David Thomas Stewart
1826 — 1897
David Thomas Stewart (13‑7‑19/20)
David Stewart (1826-1897) was a leader in the foundation of the City Volunteer Fire Brigade and succeeded Francis Beattie as Deputy Superintendent of the Brigade in 1870. On 3 April that year he was in charge when the Brigade attended a fire at the Queensland Club. A boot and shoemaker by trade, he arrived in Sydney in 1834 with his parents and first came to Brisbane in 1860.