Video: “Charlotte should know her father was a selfless and special man, who only left because he was a hero.”

“Charlotte should know her father was a selfless and special man, who only left because he was a hero.”

Ninteen-month-old Charlotte received the medal from rural fire service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, who wept as he read out a tribute to Mr O’Dwyer, 36, during the service at a church in Horsley Park.

Mr O’Dwyer and Mr Keaton died when their vehicle rolled off the road at Green Wattle Creek near Buxton in Victoria, which has endured much of the devastation caused by the fires.

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