Alfred Dohring Explained

Alfred Dohring
Constituency Am1:Roma
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:7 Mar 1953
Term End1:3 Aug 1957
Predecessor1:William Ewan
Successor1:William Ewan
Birth Date:11 July 1896
Birth Place:Alpha
Death Place:Brisbane
Restingplace:Mt Gravatt Cemetery
Birthname:Alfred Dohring
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor
Otherparty:Queensland Labor Party

Alfred Dohring (11 July 1896  - 13 July 1982) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Alfred Dohring was born on 11 July 1896 in Alpha, Queensland, the son of August Dohring and his wife Jane (née Donnell).[1]

Politics

Dohring was the member for Roma in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1953 to 1957, representing first the Labor Party and then the breakaway Queensland Labor Party in 1957.[2]

Fall from Story Bridge

On Thursday 29 July 1954, Dohring fell 100 feet from the centre span of the Story Bridge to the Brisbane River below. An officer on the freighter Daylesford heard the splash and dispatched two seamen in a ship's boat who dragged the unconscious Dohring from the water. He suffered extensive injuries and was placed in an iron lung at the Brisbane General Hospital.[3] When he recovered consciousness, he told police he must have blacked-out as he had no memory of the fall. Doctors said he was lucky to have survived such a fall.[4] By late August, he was well enough to return to his parliamentary duties.[5]

Later life

Dohring died in 1982 and was buried in Mt Gravatt Cemetery.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Queensland births: 1896/C2174 Alfred Dohring. Search birth historical records. Queensland Government. 27 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Dohring, Mr Alfred (Alf). 2011. Former Members Register. Parliament of Queensland. 27 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127101200/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=197118851. 27 January 2017.
  3. News: 2 LABOUR M'sLA in TROUBLE. . . Brisbane . 30 July 1954 . 2 February 2014 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: MLA's fall. . . Brisbane . 1 August 1954 . 2 February 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: Letter from State Member..... . . Roma, Qld. . 24 August 1954 . 2 February 2014 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  6. https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=56957 Dohring Alfred