By Steven Trask
A volunteer firefighter killed during the NSW bushfire crisis has been farewelled in an emotional funeral procession involving his fiancee and young son.
The funeral service for Geoffrey Keaton.Credit: Ben Rushton
Geoffrey Keaton, 32, died when his fire truck rolled while battling the large Green Wattle Creek blaze near the town of Buxton on December 19.
Mr Keaton was remembered at a funeral at Pinegrove Memorial Park in Minchinbury, western Sydney, on Thursday morning.
Fiancee Jess Hayes and young son Harvey were part of a long procession of fire trucks that drove to the service in tribute to Mr Keaton.
RFS volunteer Geoffrey Keaton who was killed at Buxton.Credit: NSW RFS
An RFS guard of honour was also formed.
Mr Keaton was part of the 68-strong Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade.
"An additional public memorial service is also currently being planned by NSWRFS in the coming weeks," the brigade said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny were among those paying tribute to Mr Keaton.
Mr Morrison said it was important to be able to honour his "great sacrifice and his tremendous service".
"It was also tremendous to be there with the men and women of the Rural Fire Service brigade as they provided their guard of honour for their mate," he said.
"Sadly, we will be attending two more of these services in the not too distant future."
Volunteer Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, was also killed in the crash and will be remembered at a separate service next week.
Five other people have died as a result of the fires over the past few days on the South Coast.
AAP