At his funeral, the firefighter's young daughter, Charlotte, toddled around his coffin wearing his fire helmet.
A 36-year-old firefighter killed battling Australia's blazes was honored by hundreds of mourners, a traditional dance and a medal of honor for his young daughter.
Andrew O'Dwyer, a 16-year veteran of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, was battling the bush fires in Sydney on December 19 when a tree fell on his firetruck, killing him and Deputy Captain Geoffrey Keaton, 32. Both men were volunteers of Sydney's Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade. At his funeral, O'Dwyer's young daughter, Charlotte, toddled around his coffin wearing his fire helmet.
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