St John Ambulance veteran honoured as ACT 2022 Senior Australian of the Year

John Piggott
Updated November 29 2021 - 3:03pm, first published November 27 2021 - 1:30am
LOVES HER WORK: Val Dempsey has spent five decades with her beloved St John Ambulance. Photo: Salty Dingo
LOVES HER WORK: Val Dempsey has spent five decades with her beloved St John Ambulance. Photo: Salty Dingo

At five foot and "a half inch", Valmai Dempsey is by no means a tall woman. But she says that when she first put on her St John Ambulance uniform 50 years ago, she stood tall, albeit "shaking in her boots".

John Piggott

John Piggott

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