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 (1896-07-11)11 July 1896 Alpha
Died	13 July 1982(1982-07-13) (aged 86) Brisbane
Resting place	Mt Gravatt Cemetery
Party	Labor
Other political affiliations	Queensland Labor Party

Alfred Dohring (11 July 1896 – 13 July 1982) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Alfred Dohring was born on 11 July 1896 in Alpha, Queensland, the son of August Dohring and his wife Jane (née Donnell).

Politics

Dohring was the member for Roma in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1953 to 1957, representing first the Labor Party and then the breakaway Queensland Labor Party in 1957.

Fall from Story Bridge

On 29 July 1954, Dohring fell 100 feet (30 m) from the centre span of the Story Bridge into 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. When he recovered consciousness, he told police he must have blacked out because he had no memory of the fall. Doctors said he was lucky to have survived. By late August, he was well enough to return to his parliamentary duties.

Later life

Dohring died in 1982 and was buried in Mt Gravatt Cemetery.