Noel Vincent McKNIGHT

| 14/06/2019

Noel Vincent McKNIGHT

AKA ?

Late of Berallah Place, Cowra, NSW formerly of Dee Why, Young & Boorowa, NSW

NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 123

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 14164

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 22 June 1970

Constable 1st Class – appointed 22 June 1975

Final Rank = Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Young ( 1975 – 1978 ), Cowra ( Lock-Up-Keeper – 1970’s – 1980’s ),

Service: From ? ? pre June 1970 to 28 March 1985 = 15+ years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 3 September 1985 ( SenCon )

Born: Monday 25 December 1944

Died on: Wednesday 5 June 2019

Age: 74 yrs 5 mths 11 days

Cause: ?

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Friday 14 June 2019 @ 10am

Funeral location: Raphael’s Catholic Church, cnr Lachlan & Kendal St’s, Cowra

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Keith Philpott Funerals, Cowra 6342 2322

Buried at: Cowra Cemetery,

Memorial located at: ?

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Noel Vincent McKNIGHT

Passed away 5th June 2019,

aged 74 years.

Late of Berallah Place, Cowra.

Much loved husband of Maree and

adored father of Glenn, Mark, Kate and Christine.

Devoted grandfather of his 10 grandchildren.

Noel’s family & friends are respectfully invited to attend his funeral to be held at St Raphael’s Catholic Church Cowra, commencing at 10.00am on Friday 14th June 2019.

Thence for interment in the Cowra Cemetery.

Keith Philpott Funeral Directors

19 Vaux Street, Cowra.

Ph 6342 2322

www.philpottfunerals.com.au

Published in Cowra Guardian on June 11, 2019

June 18, 2019

At this time God offers you his compassion, grace and loyal love. May you find comfort in these words knowing that there is someone who genuinely cares about you. Psalms 119:76
Sincerely, B.B.

June 15, 2019

A man I respected and admired greatly. May he rest in peace and always be remembered.

Michael Peristeris,

London

June 14, 2019

May Noel McNIGHT forever Rest In Peace:

Noel Vincent McKNIGHT

Greg Callander,

Goulburn, New South Wales

http://tributes.grenfellrecord.com.au/obituaries/grenfellrecord-au/obituary.aspx?n=noel-vincent-mcknight&pid=193108062

Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 – 1954), Friday 20 April 1945, page 3

MRS. M. McKNIGHT

The death is announced of Mrs. Mary McKnight, wife of Mr. James McKnight, of Dee Why.

She was the second eldest daughter of the late Mr. A. H. Wark and of Mrs. Wark, of Young, formerly of Bungendore.

Mrs. McKnight was 33 years of age.

She had been in ill-health for some months.

Besides her husband, she is survived by three children, Denis, Patricia and Noel: her mother, Mrs. M. Wark (Young) : two brothers, Tom and Alex, of Young, and two sisters, Daphne (Temora) and Ada (West Wyalong).

Mr. Walter Flynn, of “Ingledow,” Bungendore, is an uncle.

The funeral was largely attended. Rev. Father Lynch, of Temora, officiating at the church and graveside.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103218352

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), Monday 8 December 1952, page 1

Child Shot With Spear Gun

SYDNEY, Sunday. –

A seven-year-old boy was wounded by a spear gun at Dee Why to-day.

He is Noel McKnight, of Redman-road, Dee Why.

McKnight was playing near the rock pools when a man handed the spear gun to a friend in the water. The gun went off and the spear, about three feet long, pierced McKnight‘s buttocks.

Dee Why Surf Club ambulance men removed the spear and Manly Ambulance took McKnight to Manly Hospital, where he was treated and allowed to leave.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133568048

Lyn TOWNSEND

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Lynette Irene TOWNSEND

Wife of Retired NSWPF member Supt. Lloyd Townsend # 9234

AKA LYN

Late of Dubbo

New South Wales Police Force

Rank: Police wife

Final Rank = ?

Stations: ?

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: ? ? 1945 – 1946

Died on: Wednesday 5 June 2019

Age: 73

Cause: Heart attack

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Tuesday 11 June 2019 @ 10.30am

Funeral location: Chapel of the Western Districts Memorial Park, Boothenba Rd, Dubbo, NSW

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Abbey Funeral Home, 6881 8988

Buried at: Buried

Memorial located at: ?

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LYNETTE IRENE TOWNSEND

“LYN”

Passed away 5th June 2019

Aged 73 years.

Late of Dubbo.

Dearly loved wife of Lloyd.

Loving mother & mother-in-law of Gavin & Natalie, Aaron & Emma.

Adored grandmother of Isabella.

Lyn’s funeral service will be held in the Chapel of the Western Districts Memorial Park, Boothenba Road, Dubbo commencing at 10.30am Tuesday 11th June 2019 followed by a private burial.

Funeral arrangements are in the care of:

“Our family caring for your family”

02 6881 8988

www.abbeyfuneralhome.com.au

Published in Narromine News on June 8, 2019

http://tributes.narrominenewsonline.com.au/obituaries/narrominenewsonline-au/obituary.aspx?n=lynette-irene-townsend-lyn&pid=193088730

Francis Leo PURCELL

| 14/06/2019

Francis Leo PURCELL

AKA LEO, Mumbles

Late of ?

Father to John Purcell

NSW Penrith Police Academy Class # ? ? ?

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 7149]/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 21 January 1952

Detective

Detective Senior Constable – appointed ? July 1963

Detective Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 31 December 1967

Detective Sgt 1st Class – appointed 1 December 1978

Detective Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 11 March 1983

Final Rank = Detective Inspector

Stations: Mounted Police Unit ( 3 years ), Darlinghurst GD’s ( 1955 – 8 months ),

Lithgow GD’s & ‘A’ List in Detectives Office ( 1956 – Aug 1958 ),

10 Division – ( continues in ‘A’ List – Aug 1958 – Apr 1959 ),

Liverpool ( 22 Division – April 1959 – 8 months, Cst 1/c ),

21 Division ( Dec 1959 – Sept 1961 ),

Liverpool ( 22 Division, Sept 1961 – July 1963 – where he commenced full time in Dets Office investigating serious crime. Det Cst 1/c – Det Sgt 2/c ),

Campsie Detectives ( 13 Division, July 1963 – 1970’s ), Regent St Detectives ( 2 Division ), Burwood Detectives – 9 Division – Divisional DetSgt – 1978 ), Merrylands Detective, Darlinghurst ( 1980 / 1981 ),

Liverpool ( 22 Division – Liverpool District Detective Inspector )

Due to illness, transferred to Campbelltown Police Station – then Macquarie Fields Police Station for his last 8 months before taking ‘Optional Retirement’

Service: From ? ? pre Jan 1952? to 31 March 1988 = 36+ years Service

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: Saturday 14 May 1932 in Murrurundi, NSW

Died on: Friday 24 May 2019

Age: 87

Cause: ?

Event location: Camden Hospital during the a.m.

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Friday 31 May 2019 @ 11am

Funeral location: St Pauls Catholic Church, John St, Camden

Wake location: Royal Hotel, Camden

Funeral Parlour: Michelle Roffe, Camden. 4655 2800

Buried at: Cremated

Memorial located at: ?

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Steve Reeves

May 25 at 8:47 PM

If my memory serves me correctly Leo Purcell RIP???? was possibly a Coach or Manager of Liverpool Bulls in 1970/1971. In any case he was a supporter of the Bulls and attended many games.

Earlier this morning retired Inspector Leo Purcell passed away peacefully in Camden Hospital. Leo was the OIC Campbelltown at the time of his retirement. He was 87 years of age.

His son John and I were work mates at Merrylands Detectives in the early 1980’s. I also worked in Liverpool Detectives Office in 1972 at which time Leo was a Detective Sergeant.

Leo was a kind hearted and loyal man who loved his extended family, a joke or two, an occasional beer and a punt. He is a native of Murrurandai NSW. The tentative funeral arrangements are:

????????11am Friday 31 May 2019 at St Pauls Catholic Church, Camden and after at the Royal Hotel.????????

If there is any changes I will advise ASAP.

RIP???? Leo. A Good cop and better friend. ????

Paul Loftus SHIELS

| 14/06/2019

Paul Loftus SHIELS

AKA Drover

Late of Rockdale

NSW Goulburn / Redfern Police Academy Class # 129

New South Wales Police Force

Uniform # 5651

[alert_yellow] Regd. # 14975 [/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 13 December 1971

Constable 1st Class – appointed 13 December 1976

Detective Sergeant – appointed 28 June 1987

Final Rank = Detective Sergeant

Stations: ?, Darlinghurst, Paddington ( 1970’s ), Newtown Detectives, Kings Cross – Retirement

Service: From ? ? pre December 1971? to 6 June 2003 = 31 years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 24 March 1981 ( Det Sgt )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 August 1997 ( Sgt )

Born: Wednesday 27 April 1949 at Gloucester, NSW

Died on: Tuesday 4 June 2019 – 4.50 a.m. at Kogarah, NSW

Age: 70

Cause: Cancer –

Event location: Calgary Hospital, Kogarah, NSW

Event date: Tuesday 4 June 2019 @ 4.50am

Funeral date: Tuesday 11 June 2019 @ noon

Funeral location: South Chapel, Woronora Memorial Park, Linden St, Sutherland

Wake location: Gymea Bowling Club, 691 Kingsway, Gymea

Funeral Parlour: Elite Funerals, Canterbury 1800 132 722

Buried at: ?TBA

Memorial located at: ?

Garvan Research Foundation has been chosen as the nominated charity in memory of Paul SHIELS

Make a donation

Paul Shiels and Nick Pavlov — Paul Shiels

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Granpa Paul and Granma Vina with Nathan, Kimara and Preston at their 21st.

Paul Loftus SHIELS & Nick PAVLOV — Paul Shiels and Nick Pavlov

Paul Shiels and his partner, Vina, in earlier years. 1985 — Paul Shiels and his partner, Vina, in earlier years.
1985

Paul Loftus SHIELS<br /> Tracy Lee<br /> RIP Shielsy, another good man taken too early. Will always remember you for the joker you were. Even in this picture you were laughing at a funny between us. Hope you meet up with BJ and share some laughs. with Sasha Wabash, Paul Shiels and Tony Hayward. — Paul Loftus SHIELS
Tracy Lee
RIP Shielsy, another good man taken too early. Will always remember you for the joker you were. Even in this picture you were laughing at a ‘funny’ between us. Hope you meet up with BJ and share some laughs. with Sasha Wabash, Paul Shiels and Tony Hayward.

Paul Petith<br /> June 2 ·<br /> Drover (Paul Shiels) in Calvary, level 2, room 2, maybe this week with Paul Shiels, George Weissel and Dave Whiteman.<br /> Tracy Lee<br /> Yesterday ·<br /> RIP Shielsy, another good man taken too early. Will always remember you for the joker you were. Even in this picture you were laughing at a funny between us. Hope you meet up with BJ and share some laughs. with Sasha Wabash, Paul Shiels and Tony Hayward. — Paul Petith
June 2 ·
Drover (Paul Shiels 2nd from left), George Weissel and Dave Whiteman.

Pete Guru-Gf Clarkey<br /> May 26 ·<br /> Welfare visit today to see Paul The Drover Shiels. You cant keep a good man down. He is in good spirits, showed his strength of character, was very positive and gave us youngsters some sage advice on life. We left him in the care of the beautiful nurses and went for ride down to the Headlands Hotel for lunch and raised a glass to his health. Cheers Drover! Thanks to Frosty for organising. feeling inspired with Roger Rhm, Stephen Hopkin, Glenn Frost, Paul Shiels and Ricky Gee at St George Hospital. — Pete Guru-Gf Clarkey
May 26 ·
Welfare visit today to see Paul The Drover Shiels. You cant keep a good man down. He is in good spirits, showed his strength of character, was very positive and gave us youngsters some sage advice on life. We left him in the care of the beautiful nurses and went for ride down to the Headlands Hotel for lunch and raised a glass to his health. Cheers Drover! Thanks to Frosty for organising. feeling inspired with Roger Rhm, Stephen Hopkin, Glenn Frost, Paul Shiels and Ricky Gee at St George Hospital.

Vina, Prithi and Yougan with Paul Shiel's at the hospital still cracking a joke or two and giving sound advice on friendship. — Vina, Prithi and Yougan with Paul Shiel’s at the hospital still cracking a joke or two and giving sound advice on friendship.

Geoff Snellgrove is with Paul Shiels.

Today we lost a great Australian, Paul Shiels – The DROVER.

For decades whilst society slept easy he went to work as a Police Officer/Sergeant in Australia’s most dangerous area, Darlinghurst then Kings Cross.

He looked after his mates, he looked after young police like myself and mentored them (not so sure his methods were always strictly by the book or all that helpful????). He was a character through and through, quick to joke and loved a yarn over a nice cold beer.

This ones for you, You will be missed by many my friend. Rest well.

Mary Cousemacker ❤️????❤️????.

He grabbed Rochelle and I out of the station tour on our very first day. Put us in the car with him and drove us around to all the dirtiest syringe filled alleys which were the favourite druggy haunts. I nearly shit myself and nearly didn’t come back for my next shift He was like a second dad. You could always depend on him
For anything. Having a glass of red for him tonight. ????❤️???? God speed Shielsy love always Slats xxx

Grandpa Paul was a very wise and happy man. There was never a moment in the past 7 years have I seen him upset or negative. He has such a positive energy being around him makes you happy. He was like the grandpa I never had.

Growing up overseas without my grandparents left an empty space but grandma Bina and Grandpa Paul were more then grandparents they were just very nice people.

Thanks to both of them I am who I am today and I hope no matter where grandpa is now may god give him happiness and peace.

Love Fairoj Nishita ❤️❤️????????

Donald George COATES

| 14/06/2019

Donald George COATES

AKA COATESY, DON

Late of ?

NSW Redfern OR Penrith Police Academy Class # ? ? ?

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 7435[/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 20 October 1952

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 April 1968

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 March 1976

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?

Chief Inspector, Assistant Officer, Administration, Disaster & Rescue Branch – pre 18 July 1986

Superintendent – appointed 19 August 1987

Superintendent, Commander, State Operations Support

Last day of Duty = 4 June 1990 – Leave

Final Rank = Superintendent

Stations: ?, *Newtown?, Marrickville Police Rescue Squad, Commander – State Operations Support – Retirement

Service: From ? ? pre October 1952? to 27 May 1991 = 38 years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 29 March 1991 ( Supt )

Born: Monday 30 November 1931

Died on: Wednesday 29 May 2019

Age: 87

Cause: ?

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Wednesday 5 June 2019 @ 1pm

Funeral location: Easton Funeral Chapel, 16 Florence St, Tweed Heads, NSW

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Heritage Brothers – 07 55991500

Buried at: ?

Memorial located at: ?

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Date listed: 1/6/2019 30th November 1931-29th May 2019

NSW Police Superintendent (Retired)

Beloved Husband to Fay.

Loving Father to Karen and Wendy.

Cherished Grandpa to Dalton, Bryson, Liiam, Hannah and Michael.

Respected long serving member of the NSW Police Force.

He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

Family and friends are warmly invited to attend DONALD’S Funeral Service to be held on Wednesday 5th June 2019 in the Easton Funeral Services Chapel, 16 Florence St, Tweed Heads commencing at 1pm.

Publication: Daily News

https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/tributes/notice/3247292/?nk=a6ab7a60433bfe1633013551470d352d-1559544932

Police Association of NSW

COATES, DONALD GEORGE

From the late 1950’s to 1983 Donald (Don) Coates held the positions of branch secretary, chairman and conference delegate of the Parramatta and later Eastwood Branches. He also served as a member of the Executive for a number of years. On reaching commissioned rank he became vice-president and then president of the Commissioned Officers Police Association from May 1987–May 1991. Don was attested in October 1952 and retired on 28 May 1991 with the rank of superintendant.

https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140301102818/https://www.pansw.org.au/node/418

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 12 February 1988 (No.28), page 834

BUSH FIRE COUNCIL OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Appointment

IT is hereby notified that in pursuance of section 39 of the Bush Fires Act 1949, the Governor has approved of the appointment of Superintendent Donald George Coates, as a member of the Bush Fire Council of New South Wales referred to in paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of the said section in the place of Mr R. B. Gould.

The appointment is for the period ending 4th June, 1990, being the balance of Chief Superintendent R. B. Gould’s term of office.

(3194)

GEORGE PACIULLO,

Minister for Police and Emergency Services..

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231245151

*Unconfirmed if this is Donald George COATES but the time frame and age coincide.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Friday 16 July 1954, page 13

Three Injured In Collision

Three people were injured yesterday when a police motor cycle outfit and a car collided at the corner of William Henry Street and Wattle Street, Ultimo.

The driver of the car, William George Bryan, 81, of Prince Edward Street Gladesville, suffered a lacerated chin.

His wife, Mrs.Annie Bryan 69, and the police motor cyclist, *Constable D.G. Coates, 22, of Newtown police station received minor bruises.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18428706

Adam James HAHN

| 14/06/2019

Adam James HAHN

AKA Hahny

Late of Garden Suburb

“possible” Relation in ‘the job’: Anthony William HAHN, NSW Police Cadet # 1581, NSWPF 10374 ( joined 1960 ) ?

NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class # 237

New South Wales Police Force

ProCst # 60490

Regd. # 25809

Rank: Commenced training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 19 June 1988 ( aged 18 years, 9 months, 14 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 9 September 1988 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 4 days )

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank = Sergeant

Stations: ?, Newcastle, Gosford ( 1990’s ), Police Prosecutions Command – Retirement

Service: From 19 June 1988 to 21 January 2010 = 21 years, 7 months, 2 days Service

Age at Retirement: 40 years, 4 months, 16 days

Time in Retirement: 9 years, 3 months, 27 days

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: Friday 5 September 1969

Died on: Saturday 18 May 2019

Age: 49 years, 8 months, 13 days

Cause: Heart attack

Event location: Kurraka Reserve in Fletcher playing soccer

Event date: Saturday 18 May 2019

Funeral date: Friday 31 May 2019 @ 3pm

Funeral location: Pettigrew Family Funerals, 444 Pacific Hwy, Belmont, NSW

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Pettigrew Family Funerals, 4951 1166

Buried at: Cremated

Memorial located at: ?

Adam James HAHN with friend John Marlow — CHARACTER’: Mr Hahn, left, was described as an intelligent man with a larger than life personality. Friend, John Marlow on right.

Adam James HAHN — WORK: Mr Hahn outside Newcastle Courthouse in 2007, when he was working as a police prosecutor. Picture: David Wicks

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HAHN Adam James

Late of Garden Suburb

Passed unexpectedly

18th May 2019
Aged 49 years

Dearly loved husband of Rachel.

An adored father to Rylie, Elijah and Seth.

Cherished son of Lynette (dec’d) and Dennis.

A much loved brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law, uncle, nephew, cousin and great mate to many.

The family and friends of Adam are warmly invited to attend a celebration of his life, to be held in The Chapel, 444 Pacific Hwy Belmont (parking via Henry St), on Friday 31st May, 2019, service commencing at 3pm.

Published in The Newcastle Herald from May 25 to May 29, 2019

http://tributes.theherald.com.au/obituaries/theherald-au/obituary.aspx?n=adam-james-hahn&pid=192971315&fhid=31483

Adam HAHN Memoriam

Published by Newcastle Herald on May 18, 2020.

Adam James Hahn “Hahny” 1 year gone miss you mate. Dad

Adam HAHN Obituary (2020) – Legacy Remembers

May 31, 2019

From a Boy to a Man, from Windale to great heights, sadly missed by many. RIP Adam.

Julie & John Lorimer,

Gloucester

May 31, 2019

May Adam forever Rest In Peace.

Adam James HAHN

Greg Callander,

Goulburn, New South Wales

May 27, 2019

Thanks for the laughs mate, for your honesty and integrity, for the gutsy determination that drove you. Always enjoyed being with you, work or sport. When I think of you / I smile RIP.

My thoughts and prayers to Rache and your beautiful children.

Colin Chaffey,

Jewells,

New South Wales

May 25, 2019

One of the funniest people I have ever met. And just a real great bloke.

RIP little fella

Murray Lamb,

South west rocks,

New South Wales

May 25, 2019

Teresa Hill,

LEMON TREE PASSAGE,

New South Wales

http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/theherald-au/adam-james-hahn-condolences/192971315

May 24 2019 – 5:00AM

South Cardiff footballer Adam Hahn has been remembered as a ‘likeable, genuine bloke’

Max McKinney

Adam Hahn suffered what is believed to have been a heart attack about 10 minutes before the end of his South Cardiff team’s match at Kurraka Reserve in Fletcher on Saturday.

The 49-year-old collapsed without warning on the field and – despite the best efforts of those on the scene, including a nurse who used a defibrillator and later paramedics – could not be revived.

The incident has rocked South Cardiff Junior Football Club, which the over-35s side are a part of, and shattered players and those associated with the team.

“He was just a character,” team-mate Ian Nesbitt said.

“A very intelligent man, but just a character.

“A larger than life sort of fella – he was only a little bloke. He was just one of the boys, loved drinking VB like it was going out of fashion.”

Mr Hahn, a Garden Suburb resident who ran a handyman business, leaves behind a wife and three children.

He grew up Windale, and spent many years working as a police officer, and later, police prosecutor. He was also a regular writer to the Herald’s letters page.

Mr Nesbitt, who was on the bench at the time, said his team-mate had shown no signs of any medical problem before the tragic incident.

“I was actually discussing who to pick as man of the match, and Adam’s name came up so I was kind of focused on him,” he said.

“And he just simply fell to his knees and then fell flat on his face, and that was it. He wasn’t even running, he was standing still.

“There wasn’t too many people who saw it. I ran out onto the park, I kind of knew something was going on. We initially thought he was having some sort of seizure.”

Players commenced CPR, and an off-duty nurse who was at the fields assisted in administering Maryland Fletcher Football Club’s defibrillator before paramedics arrived, but it was to no avail.

Mr Hahn had been part of the South Cardiff over-35s team for the past 11 years.

Grieving team-mates gathered at the club’s training ground on Wednesday night to mourn his loss and offer support to each other.

Macquarie Football has arranged for a group counselling session to be held for affected players and officials this Saturday

“There are blokes struggling,” Mr Nesbitt said.

“It was pretty harrowing with that scene, and just wondering what the hell was going on, on Saturday.

“We thought it might benefit to get everybody together as a group … there were a few tears and a chance for everybody to talk about it.

“There were a lot of guys who weren’t saying anything on Saturday, so the idea was to try to get that out and encourage everybody to either talk to your wife, talk to your family, talk to us, talk to your mate.”

South Cardiff Juniors president Cindy Redpath said the club’s teams would wear black armbands during this weekend’s matches as a tribute. A minute’s silence will also be held before each game.

“There’s a lot of people that are quite affected, very upset,” she said.

“It’s been a tragic, tragic event.

“He was one of the most likeable, genuine blokes you would come across. It’s a big shock.”

Ms Redpath said a gala day was being planned for later this year as a fundraiser, but a 100-club raffle would be held during Saturday’s matches with all proceeds going to Mr Hahn’s family.

A GoFundMe page has also been established to raise funds.

Argenton United Football Club have pledged to donate the proceeds of a club BBQ.

Other clubs have expressed their condolences.

Mr Nesbitt said the over-35s team had cancelled this weekend’s match but players had vowed to continue playing this season in honour of their mate.

“Hahny loved his football and he’d want us to play on,” he said. “But we’re going to have this weekend off.

“We will definitely resume the following week. I think we owe it to him to keep on playing. He was a champion, he will be sorely missed.”

It’s been a tragic, tragic event. He was one of the most likeable, genuine blokes you would come across. It’s a big shock

South Cardiff club president Cindy Redpath

https://www.theherald.com.au/story/6173835/one-of-the-most-likeable-blokes-you-would-come-across-tributes-to-dad-who-died-on-soccer-field/

Stuart Munro is feeling heartbroken.

May 19 at 11:35 AM

Yesterday was a day full of highs and tragic lows.. 2 minutes before Mel came into check point 4, I received a call letting me know about the sudden tragic loss of a great mate and team mate Adam Hahn (Hahny) who died playing the game he loves during our soccer game.
Having to stay strong for Mel while trying to come to terms with the news was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do.
My thoughts and condolences go out to Rachel, Eli and Seth. Words can’t possibly express what you are going through at this sad and tragic time..
To my Southy O35 Brothers, knowing how I’m feeling not being there, would be nothing in comparison to the traumatic experience you guys dealt with at the game.
Hahny you were one of the good ones mate. Your quick Witt and stories were legendary mate. Our conversations and great laughs are going to be sorely missed.
The team has lost a larger than life character and will find it hard to go on without you mate. But we will. It’s what you would want.
Vale Hahny “you Goober”
Cheers mate. Green Dream

Colin Thomas GIBBONS

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Colin Thomas GIBBONS

AKA Gibbo, Col

Late of Mudgee

NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 106

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 11906[/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 4 April 1966

Constable – appointed 4 June 1967

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank = ?TBA

Stations: ?, South Coast District ( 1967 ), Mudgee ( 1977 – 1981 ), Cronulla, George St North, Bega, Eden, Batemans Bay

Service: From ? ? pre April 1966? to 4 April 1985 ( Resigned ) = 19 years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 15 November 1982 ( SenCon )

Born: Wednesday 15 October 1941

Died on: Thursday 30 May 2019

Age: 77

Cause: Pancreatic Cancer

Event location: Dubbo – Lourdes Private Hospital

Event date: Wednesday 29 May 2019

Funeral date: Friday 7 June 2019 @ 11am

Funeral location: St Luke’s Anglican Church, Bayly St, Gulgong, NSW

Wake location: Gulgong RSL

Funeral Parlour: Macquarie Valley Funerals & Monuments, Mudgee 6372 2331

Buried at: Gulgong Lawn Cemetery, Castlereagh Hwy, Gulgong, NSW

Memorial located at: ?

Col GIBBONS & family - 4 generations — Col GIBBONS & family – 4 generations

Col GIBBONS - coke & ? — Col GIBBONS – coke & ?

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GIBBONS, Colin Thomas

Col Gibbons

“Proud Wiradjuri Man“

30th May 2019

late of Henry Lawson Drive, Bombira (Mudgee).

Beloved husband of Ella.

Much loved father & step-father of Susan, John, Sharon, Sarah- Jane, Glenn, Steve, Leon, Sharon, their partners and their families.

Aged 77 years

“Tired and weary you made no fuss, you tried so hard to stay with us. You suffered so much and told so few, you never deserved what you went through“

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend a Service to Celebrate the Life of Col.

The service will take place at 11:00am on Friday 7th June 2019 at St Luke’s Anglican Church Gulgong.

At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Gulgong Lawn Cemetery for interment.

By special request, donations in lieu of floral tributes may be made at the Service, to our local Mudgee ‘Can Assist’ Group.

MACQUARIE VALLEY FUNERALS & MONUMENTS

Members of The N.F.D.A. and The F.D.A. of N.S.W. & Monumental Mason’s Assoc. of NSW

118 Market Street, Mudgee

Telephone: 6372 2331 All Hours

Published in the Mudgee Guardian on June 4, 2019

http://tributes.dailyliberal.com.au/obituaries/dailyliberal-au/obituary.aspx?pid=193046686

Greg Martin

May 26 at 7:23 PM

Good evening caught up with an old Mudgee stalwart Colin Thomas Gibbons at Lourdes Hospital at Dubbo Col is in a bad way and his family are with him worked at Mudgee during early 80’S and he was one of the last old school coppers when telling hoodlums to get home their reply was yes Mister Gibbons he was very active with The Mudgee VRA and his family were overwhelmed today to have the Commissioner of the VRA MR Mark Gibson visit Col and his family today and I thank you Sir for your visit. May our thoughts and prayers be with Col and his family

Steve Marskell is with Aurora Marskell and Col Gibbons.

4 hrs

Col Gibbons / Gibbo / Dad / Pop / Grandpa
“A silent #Mudgee legend gave his time to save many a life as a #police office and active member of the volunteer #rescue squad today bids us farewell” Over the past months our dad has fought the biggest fight of his life. A fight that sadly came to an end this morning with his true loves, mum and his kids by his side. Next week will give us all the opportunity to celebrate Cols amazing life and I encourage all those that know our family to come along and show your support to mum (Ella) Saraha-Jane, Johnny, Susan, Sharron (Gibbo) and our extended family.
God Bless You Big Fella – May You Continue to protect us from above

Colin Thomas GIBBONS 01 – NSWPF – Died 29 May 2019 – NC11_4 21072011

Colin is mentioned on p 52 of this document. Details of previous North East Wiradjuri People claims.

Glendon John JONES

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Glendon John JONES

AKA Glen / Jonesy

Son to Norma Juneita JONES – son of Allan William ( Jerry ) JONES ( both deceased )

and brother to retired NSWPF member Kevin JONES

Late of Nambucca Heads & formerly of Maitland

NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 185

New South Wales Police Force

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Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 20 August 1982

Constable 1st Class – appointed 20 August 1987

Detective Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank = Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Macksville, Nambucca Heads Police Stn – Retirement

Service: From ? ? pre August 1982 to 12 October 2000 = 18 years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted on 30 August 2000 ( SenCon )

Born: Thursday 4 April 1957

Died on: Friday 24 May 2019

Age: 62

Cause: ?

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Friday 31 May 2019 @ 11am

Funeral location: in the park – Coronation Park, Short St, Nambucca Heads, NSW

“In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer“

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Bernard Laverty Funerals, 6568 1555

Buried at: Cremated

Memorial located at: ?

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Prior to joining the Ranks of the NSW Police Force, Glen was an Inspectors Clerk at Wallsend Police Station.

His mother, Norma Juneita JONES died on 20 January 2016 and she was the Widow of Allan William ( Jerry ) JONES.

Glendon John Jones ‘Glen’
Passed away 24th May, 2019
Aged 62 years
Late of Nambucca Heads and formerly Maitland.
Much loved husband of Kelly.

Dearly loved father & father in law of Natalie & Ciaran, Chloe & Ryan, Isaac and Liam.

Poppy to Darcy, Lachlan and Aria.

Sadly missed by his brother’s Kevin, Barry and Gerry and the extended family.
“In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer”.

https://www.bernardlaverty.com.au/tribute-centre/tributes/?fbclid=IwAR2E9ptggZHuniyR9pd6DztFRR99nimSsnyUzKq8r6MujpaH6JUyUMtQDBM#client/d3b572f8-a8e7-45ec-81a1-6f5a4fd7289e

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Funeral-Service—Cemetery/Bernard-Laverty-Funerals-1079432912077974/

Susan Mcateer This wonderful man is literally my hero. He Saved my life and I will never ever forget what he did for me. My heart is broken for his family and friends. So so sadly he will be missed ????

Barry ANTILL

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Barry ANTILL

AKA ?

Late of Goonellabah, NSW

NSW Redfern or Penrith Police Academy Class # ? ? ?

NSW Police Cadet # 1168

New South Wales Police Force

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Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced Friday 18 February 1955

( Friday is an unusual date to start & may be incorrect )

Probationary Constable – appointed 17 July 1957

Detective Constable 1st Class – appointed 17 July 1963

Detective Senior Constable – appointed 1 July 1968

Detective Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 5 August 1973

Detective Superintendent – appointed 30 March 1988

Detective Chief Superintendent – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank = Detective Chief Superintendent

Stations: ?, Western District ( Cst 1/c ), Lithgow ( 1962 – 1970’s Det Cst ), Northern Rivers Police Command ( Oct 1993 – Retirement )

Service: From 18 February 1955 to 6 October 1993 = 38+ years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 4 November 1992 ( C/Supt )

Police Overseas Service Medal – Clasp CYPRUS – granted 8 July 1992 ( SenCon )

Born: Sunday 17 July 1938

Died on: Saturday 11 May 2019

Age: 80

Cause: ?

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Thursday 23 May 2019 @ 11am

Funeral location: Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland St, Goonellabah, NSW

In lieu of flowers donations to St Vincent’s Hospital Renal Dialysis Unit would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: Parkview Funerals, Lismore 1800 809336

Buried at: ?

Memorial located at: ?

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It is with regret that we advise of the passing of Barry Antill, a NSW member of the 2^nd Contingent to Cyprus (1965-66).

Barry passed away on 11 May 2019, aged 80 years.

His funeral will be held at 11am on Tuesday, 23 May 2019 at the Richmond Chapel, Parkview Funeral Home, 43 Holland Street, Goonellabah (near Lismore) NSW.

On behalf of the UNOPAA National Executive, our National Committee, our NSW Branch and all members of UNOPAA, I would like to acknowledge Barry’s service, particularly to overseas peacekeeping, and to express our sympathy to his family, his contingent colleagues and his friends.

P McD

Peter McDonald
National Secretary/Treasurer

United Nations & Overseas Policing Association of Australia (UNOPAA)

In loving memory of …. Barry Antill …. Sadly, Barry passed away on Saturday 11th May 2019, aged 80 years.

He is survived by his daughter Toni-lea and grand-daughters Tashara-lea and Morgan-lea.

In lieu of flowers donations to St Vincent’s Hospital Renal Dialysis Unit would be appreciated and may be left at the service.

Parkview Funeral Home – Lismore

43 Holland Street,
Goonellabah NSW 2480

https://parkviewfunerals.com.au/antill-barry/

https://www.northernstar.com.au/tributes/notice/3236496/

Another lost link

IT’S evident from the number of social media posts that there are many in our community who well remember – some for better reasons than others – one time local cop Barry Antill.

Barry, who died last week on the North Coast in his 80th year, was a member of a team of detectives stationed in Lithgow in the 1960s and 70s.

It was a less uptight time with a better class of crooks, no “Ice Age”, and when the cops interacted both officially and socially with the general community where they worked and resided.

Most became household names.

Barry ended his police career as Detective Superintendent in charge of the Northern Rivers Command and set up home at Goonelebah.

He is survived by one daughter.

https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/6132768/the-saint-lithgows-cook-street-plaza-drab-today-but-a-mural-tomorrow/

Families’ pride in drivers who prevented disaster

By Gemma Jones, Daily Telegraph

January 30, 2009 12:00am

AFTER spotting a log on the railway tracks laid by a would-be assassin, Albert Patrick Rowley not only saved the Queen, he slowed his train so carefully he prevented her rolling out of bed.

While the so-called “Lithgow Plot” to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, revealed by The Daily Telegraph yesterday, may have been a national secret, among the Rowleys it was the stuff of family legend.

Mr Rowley and train driver Robert Arthur Walkington, who also played a part in preventing a catastrophic derailment near Lithgow in 1970, were later awarded Imperial Service Medals, issued from St James’s Palace.

Both men have since died but their families yesterday recalled how their heroic actions, revealed this week, prevented the derailment of the Royal Train carrying the Queen and Prince Philip to Orange on April 29.

Had they failed to see the log and continued travelling at full speed the train would have almost certainly derailed, according to experts consulted at the time.

Mr Rowley’s daughter Trish Bellini said yesterday: “He was certainly up there in the front of the train. He told us he was driving the Queen, he had his Queen on board and he spotted the log.

“He said she never flew out of her bunk. It was very secret. He said to me ‘I drove very, very slowly’. He was a beautiful man. He was a very humble man.”

Mr Rowley, who died in 1990, started work on the railways as an 11-year-old. His job was to wake up workers for their early shifts.

His granddaughter Kara Pryor has proudly kept the medal and her grandfather’s Royal Train boarding pass at her Sydney home.

Mr Walkington was also one of the top train drivers in the state and assigned to the royal visit.

His brother Norman was unsure yesterday whether he was in the Royal Train or the sweeper train which travelled ahead.

“There was a great deal of hush, hush about it. I think he drove the train that was supposed to clear the track, they awarded him the Imperial Service Medal for his actions,” Mr Walkington said.

“It wasn’t until the 1980s that I knew anything about it. Special forces came to see him and frightened the living daylights out of Mavis, my sister-in-law. He never really spoke to me or the family about it.”

Paperwork relating to the investigation has been stored in archives and RailCorp was unable to provide any information about the drivers yesterday due to “process and procedures”.

“It worried me a lot that sort of thing could happen in a sleepy little town,” former Chief Superintendent Barry Antill, who investigated the case, said yesterday.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/families-pride-in-drivers-who-prevented-disaster/news-story/a8dce2eb34922815bafa5b115cc014c6?sv=8ce61dd5115b5a99b0dd6f7b302a67b

Assassination attempt: claim corroborated

A retired senior detective, Detective Superintendent Cliff McHardy, 81, has claimed that unidentified conspirators put a wooden log on a railway track to try to derail the official train transporting the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh from Sydney across Australia’s Great Dividing Range of mountains. Since the original story, two other officers have come forward to corroborate this. They are former Chief Superintendent Barry Antill, 70, and former Detective Senior Sergeant Doug Bentley, 69.

According to Bonnie Malkin and Andrew Pierce in the London Daily Telegraph of 27 January, this incident lacked the precision and detailed planning of some other better known assassination attempts on world leaders. As for the train, after it struck the log it was merely forced to slow and came safely to a halt at a level crossing.

The report says “the so-called Republican plot” was revealed when retired Detective Superintendent Cliff McHardy, 81, decided to break his silence in an interview in his local newspaper to try to clear-up one of the great unsolved mysteries of his long police career. He said that on 29 April 1970, The Queen and the Duke were travelling by train to Orange in New South Wales.

When the train entered a winding cutting near Lithgow, two hours to the west of Sydney, it struck a large log wedged across the rails. From his investigations she concluded this was an act of deliberate sabotage to force the train off the tracks. Fortunately the train driver was moving unusually slowly.

“If the train had reached its normal speed it would have plunged off the tracks and into an embankment,” Mr. McHardy said. The log became stuck underneath the front wheels for 200 metres before the train, largely undamaged, came to a halt at a level crossing.

…tracked checked one hour earlier….

A security “sweeper” train had checked the line an hour before and had found nothing. He concluded that the assassins had knowledge of the official train’s schedule.

He told The Daily Telegraph: “The log had been moved onto the line in darkness, by one or two people who had prior knowledge of the area,” he said. “Vandals couldn’t have been involved because there’s no pub nearby, so you couldn’t put it down to hoodlum behaviour. It was pre-planned.”

Mr McHardy and two detectives interviewed witnesses including railway employees and local people but no arrests were made. The Lithgow Mercury says Australian Irish Republican Army sympathisers were among those questioned. Mr McHardy said the incident was covered-up by the government which issued a suppression order.

“They said keep it out of the press because The Queen is still out here and if it had broken the next morning there would have been all sorts of trouble and we can do without that in a small country town,” said Mr McHardy.

He said that he had decided to speak out now in the hope that “it would prompt the people responsible to come forward and own up”.

The rest of the trip unfolded without incident and hundreds of well-wishers turned out in Orange to greet the young Queen and Duke. A spokesman for Buckingham Palace declined to comment but said the archives for the trip showed no records of the train hitting a log.

Assassination attempt: claim corroborated

LITHGOW: ATTEMPT TO DERAIL THE QUEEN’S TRAIN

On the night of 29 April 1970, an event occurred on the rail corridor through Lithgow that had the potential to change the course of world history (reports Orange‟s Central Western Daily,22January 2009).

“It was an incident on such a scale of international significance that an ironcast wall of secrecy was thrown up by Federal and State authorities when they responded to a curious media who had been hearing whispers‟something was amiss,”writes Len Ashworth, editor of the Lithgow Mercury, a sister paper to the Orange paper.

When Det Sgt Cliff McHardy received a phone call that night the implications were immediate; someone had made a serious attempt to derail the Royal Train that was conveying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip to Orange. Long retired after 11 years in charge of Lithgow detectives, McHardy –who left the Force with the rank of detective superintendent – has now recounted his memories of the frantic investigations and bemoaned the fact that the culprit was “one that got away‟.

On the night of the drama the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were travelling on what was known as the Commissioner’s Train. The security largely consisted of uniformed police who were ordered to man every railway station along the route and railway personnel on duty at every level crossing. On board were members of the Royal entourage and federal and special branch police. The schedule was for the train to spend the night under tighter security in a siding at Orange, ready for a two-and-a-half hour visit next day. The train almost did not make it. As it passed at speed through a winding cutting at Bowenfels the locomotive struck a large log that had been placed across the tracks.

The train continued under brakes for about 200 metres with the log wedged under the front wheels before finally coming to a halt at the level crossing near Bowenfels station.

When Det Sgt McHardy and Detectives Barry Antill and Doug Bentley arrived they found the hardwood log had not splintered under the heavy impact and had deep indentations from the locomotive wheels. But the locomotive had remained on track and largely unscathed.

The attempt to derail the train was no spur-of-the-moment example of vandalism taken to the extreme. Whoever was responsible had surveyed the area as marks indicated where the log had previously been resting at the top of the embankment in an area not often frequented by the public. It had been rolled from there onto the tracks and manoeuvred into place, possibly by more than one person.

The offenders had also been aware of the time schedule for not only the Royal Train but a security “sweeper‟ locomotive that had gone through a short time earlier to guard against just such an incident. The obstruction was placed on the tracks sometime between the passing of the sweep and the arrival in the cutting of the train carrying the British Monarch and her husband to Orange.

There were numerous suspects and theories but the perpetrators of the attempt to derail the Queen’s train were never found.

While the hunt for the culprit was underway Government officials were as much concerned about the embarrassment to Australia if the story leaked as they were with the incident itself.

Government gags were placed on the release of any information to the public. “I was constantly reassuring my superiors that the local media would cooperate if we asked them to,”McHardy said. “I told them that the editor of the Lithgow Mercury, Bede Leighton, was man of total integrity who would abide by his word when told anything in confidence. “They were used to dealing with the Sydney media and remained sceptical. ”But the official suppression order worked and there was never a mention of the incident, even though most Lithgow railwaymen knew of the incident. They obeyed from their department to say nothing.

https://www.mq.edu.au/research/research-centres-groups-and-facilities/resilient-societies/centres/centre-for-media-history/australian-media-history-database/associations/australian-newspaper-history-group/documents/number51.pdf

Pause tomorrow to honour Diggers

10th Nov 2007 9:00 AM

Barry Antill, of the City of Lismore RSL sub-branch, selling poppies at the Goonellabah Shopping Centre for Remembrance Day tomorrow. — **Barry Antill**, of the City of Lismore RSL sub-branch, selling poppies at the Goonellabah Shopping Centre for Remembrance Day tomorrow.

By Kimberley Smith news@northernstar.com.au

AT 11am tomorrow we pause to remember the sacrifice of the men and women who served our country in wars and conflicts during the past 100 years.

In the lead-up to November 11 every year, local RSL sub-branches sell red poppies, pens and badges to help the organisations which undertake welfare work.

NSW State President of the Returned Services League Don Rowe said the RSL had worked hard for the welfare of the veteran community and every dollar raised by poppy sales would go to that cause.

“I urge all Australians to wear a poppy with pride and respect for those who answered the call of their country,” he said.

Mr Rowe said the death of the first Australian in combat in Afghanistan last month was a special reason to pause on Sunday.

Today and tomorrow, volunteers will be at shopping centres and businesses in the hope of selling $2 poppies to Australians who would like to make a small, yet significant, contribution.

The Far North Coast Legacy Club makes its contribution by supporting widows and dependants of deceased ex-servicemen who live on the Far North Coast, helping them with health and welfare issues.

Tomorrow ceremonies will be held in most towns on the Northern Rivers for communities to come together and remember.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/apn-pause-tomorrow-to-honour/12887/