'Everyday heroes': fallen volunteers hailed for service

Key points

• Two Marine Rescue NSW volunteers who died in May have been honoured at a memorial ceremony in Sydney. Frank Petsch and Bill Ewen died while responding to a vessel in distress near the South Ballina breakwall in northern NSW.
• Their names were added to a state memorial at Mrs Macquarie's Chair alongside 10 Rural Fire Service volunteers. NSW Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib described the volunteers as everyday heroes.
• The memorial, established in 1999, now bears 137 names.