Alfred Dohring

Alfred Dohring
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Roma
In office 7 Mar 1953 – 3 Aug 1957
Preceded by	William Ewan
Succeeded by	William Ewan
Personal details
Born	Alfred Dohring 1 July 1896
Died	13 July 1982 (aged 86)
Resting place	Mt Gravatt Cemetery
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Other political affiliations	Queensland Labor Party

Alfred Dohring (1 July 1896 – 13 July 1982) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Politics

He was the member for Roma in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1953 to 1957, representing first the Australian Labor Party and then the breakaway Queensland Labor Party in 1957.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] By late August, he was well enough to return to his parliamentary duties.^[4]

Later life

Dohring died in 1982 and was buried in Mt Gravatt Cemetery.^[5]

References

1. "Former Members Register". Parliament of Queensland. 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
2. "2 LABOUR M'sLA in TROUBLE.". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 30 July 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. "MLA's fall.". Sunday Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 1 August 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
4. "Letter from State Member.....". The Western Star (Roma, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 24 August 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
5. Dohring Alfred — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 25 January 2015.