( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Deepest condolences to Steve’s wife, Marie, and to Steve’s family and friends.
Obituary
REST IN PEACE
Funeral Service Details
Family and friends of STEVEN are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held in the North Chapel of Pinegrove Crematorium, Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington Street, Minchinbury on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 commencing at 1.00 pm.
Please meet at the Chapel.
Date:Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Time:1:00 pm
Venue:North Chapel
Address:Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington Street, Minchinbury NSW, Australia
Steve also played a few 1st Grade games for Penrith rugby league club during the time that the team wore brown and white vertical stripes.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
7 April 2022
Robert Keith MURRAY
| 07/04/2022
Robert Keith MURRAY
AKA Robert MURRAY, Bob MURRAY, Chuck MURRAY
Late of ?
“possible” relation in ‘the job’:
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 156
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 17709
Uniform # 3141
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 4 July 1977 ( aged 20 years, 7 months, 21 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed Monday 12 September 1977 ( aged 20 years, 9 months, 30 days )
Constable – appointed 12 September 1978
Constable 1st Class – appointed 12 September 1982
Final Rank: = Constable 1st Class
Stations: ?, Darlinghurst Police Stn – Retirement
Service: From 4 July 1977 to2 February 1987 = 9 years, 6 months, 29 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 30 years, 2 months, 20 days
Time in Retirement from / or Leaving the Police: 35 years, 0 months, 23 days
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system – although:
Commissioner’s Commendation ( Awarded for Courageous Actions or Meritorious Service )
SenCon C.S. DIGBY
Winner of the George Lewis Trophy – ( Most Courageous Act )
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
The Hastings community will farewell Chuck Murray on March 9.
A seamless ability to switch from rugby league commentating to boxing in the blink of an eye is how long-time friend Peter Saville will remember Robert Keith Murray.
The man affectionately known as ‘Chuck’ passed away on February 25, following a sudden battle with bowel cancer.
Mr Saville reflected on his favourite moments as producer alongside Chuck, when they covered the Hastings League, spanning almost three decades.
“His ability to switch between rugby league and boxing commentary was probably one of his best assets,” Saville said.
It was in reference to a match many years ago which saw an all-in-brawl erupt following a send-off.
Saville and Chuck first met in 1993, when Chuck joined the radio station after moving from Sydney.
“I originally knew him as Robert when he first turned up and halfway through that year he decided to change his name to Bob,” he said.
“When that didn’t work he went back to his old police nickname which he got at a pub in Sydney. You can imagine why he was called Chuck if he got his nickname from a pub in Sydney.”
The 65-year-old was a common sight at various Hastings League grounds from South West Rocks to Smithtown over the years before his health deteriorated.
Whether it was Group 2, Group 3, Hastings League, motocross or even schoolboy rugby league, the commentary was of a high standard.
The Port Macquarie Sharks’ reserve grade team bus even performed a u-turn on the Pacific Highway barely 10 minutes into their trip home back in the early ’90s, after they turned the radio on and heard of their first grade team’s grand final comeback.
Chuck was always committed to the cause and always answered the call – especially when the radio station was in trouble in early 2000.
“You can imagine why he was called Chuck if he got his nickname from a pub in Sydney.”
But Mr Saville will always fondly remember their regular climbs up onto the roof of Lank Bain Sporting Complex, even if it made those underneath nervous.
“Chuck was always wearing stubby shorts when he climbed up the ladder and God knows why,” he said.
“You’d be sitting in the stand and watch the roof bow as he walked across the gang plank and then sit and broadcast the game. Those were the days.”
Hastings League president Geoff Connor also paid tribute to Chuck and how he had helped promote rugby league over the years.
“He was good for people sitting at home who didn’t want to go because of wet weather or were too old or whatever,” he said.
“Chuck certainly promoted the game; he made himself a big part of the competition, but his biggest contribution was probably for people who moved away. They could still tune in and listen to their favourite team of a weekend.”
Clubs are encouraged to donate jumpers or shirts to go on the coffin during the service.
The jumpers can be dropped at Midcoast Funerals in Port Macquarie or Wauchope marked “attention Pieta Law” before Tuesday (March 8) mid-afternoon.
His funeral service will be held at the Anglican Church in Laurieton at 12.30pm on March 9.
SYDNEY: Mr Luciano Santos., who is alleged to have escaped from Darlinghurst police station almost two months ago, had used a loaded pistol to prevent his arrest, Waverley Petty Sessions was told yesterday.
Mr Santos, 22, appeared before Mr Forbes, SM. handcuffed to two uniformed policemen. Other police guarded the exits.
Mr Santos, unemployed, of no fixed address, was charged with escaping from the station on February 17.
He also was charged with assaulting Constables Wayne Innes ( # 18948? ), Sidney Davis( 19881? or 20580? ) and Robert Keith Murray in the execution of their duty, and with assaulting Constable Murray causing him actual bodily harm.
He also was charged with using a loaded firearm to avoid arrest, using a .38 calibre pistol and possessing a shortened firearm at Centennial Park on April 8.
Bail was not applied for.
When he escaped in February, Mr Santos was on remand on charges of armed robbery.
Mr Forbes adjourned the matters to April 28 for mention.
SYDNEY: A police sergeant told Balmain Court yesterday that he was hit in the head during a shoot-out with a man he described as “very dangerous”.
Detective Sergeant Graham Frazer ( # 9982 ), of the Armed Hold-up Squad, said the man, Mr Luciano Santos, had done “a couple of frightful things” and was serving a “very long term of imprisonment”.
Mr Santos is appearing before Mr Norton, SM, charged with shooting to avoid lawful apprehension at Centennial Park on April 8, using a .38 calibre revolver without a licence and possessing a shortened firearm.
He has not entered any pleas.
Sergeant Frazer said he and other detectives had been in the Centennial Park area on April 8 with the aim of recapturing Mr Santos.
About 9.30pm he was driving with two other detectives towards Cook Road, at Centennial Park, when he saw a large van which he had been told was carrying Mr Santos and another man, Mr Michael Johnson, who was now dead.
The van was being followed by a number of other police cars.
The van went through a red light and he saw Mr Santos, in the driver’s seat, pointing a handgun at police.
Sergeant Frazer said he was armed with a departmental-issue shotgun which he put out of the police car window and fired one shot at the van.
A detective in the back of the car he was in also fired a shot, but Mr Santos kept driving.
Sergeant Frazer said he fired another shot which shattered the window of the van and bought it to a halt.
“I immediately alighted and saw Mr Santos leaning from the window of the van holding a handgun,” he said. “I saw it was pointing at me.”
A shot was fired from the weapon. “I commenced to run towards the kerb. As I was running I was struck in the left side of the head by a projectile.
“The next thing I recall is being placed in the rear of my police car and later being taken to St Vincent’s Hospital by ambulance.”
At about 2am the next day he underwent surgery.
He told the court Mr Santos was wanted for what he would term “a very serious escape” from the cells at the District Court, Darlinghurst. He had escaped with a man named Mr Ian Steele.
The court was told Mr Steele was shot by police in Victoria on the same day Mr Santos was arrested.
Sergeant Frazer told the court that at the time of his escape Mr Santos had been serving sentences for kidnapping and armed hold-up.
He said police had been told that on April 8 Mr Santos and other people planned to hold up a TAB agency in the Redfern or Surry Hills area.
Before proceedings against Mr Santos began on Monday, the police prosecutor, Sergeant Mal Spence, told the court that much of the evidence would also be given at the inquest on a man named Mr Johnson, who was shot dead by police.
SYDNEY: Two prisoners had sawn through a steel bar and climbed down a ladder made of linen before prison officers prevented their escape at Sydney’s Long Bay jail yesterday, a NSW Corrective Services Commission spokesman said.
The prisoners, Mr Luciano Santos and Mr Cyril Gidley, were apprehended shortly after 4am.
Mr Santos is serving a 14-year sentence for armed robbery and Mr Gidley is serving a life sentence for murder.
Patrolling officers had seen Mr Santos before he reached the ground, and apprehended him as he hid behind a pile of bricks in the prison yard.
Mr Gidley was still in the cell when Mr Santos was caught.
The commission spokesman said the escape was never likely to succeed as the men had still to cross the main prison wall.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
1 April 2022
Gary John PEACOCK
| 07/04/2022
Gary John PEACOCK
AKA Gary Peacock, Feathers, Have a Chat
Late of ?
“possible” relation in ‘the job’:
George Ernest PEACOCK, NSW Police Cadet # 0175, Regd # 4550 ( R.I.P. )
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Funeral Parlour: ? TBA
Buried at: ? TBA
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( March 2022 )
Feathers is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
Deepest condolences to his son Daniel, family and friends.
Friends, Janice Bush Betts, Feathers & Alan Farlow – 2016
Feathers on the orange bike coming down the Barenjoey Mountain, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Feathers on the orange bike coming down the Barenjoey Mountain, Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Gary Peacock & Ron Judd on Finns Rd, Douglas Park, NSW.
Gary J PEACOCK ( Orange bike ) & Ron JUDD riding up Bulli Pass, NSW on 7 May 2014.
Friends; Elena Dania Pusceddu, Feathers & Janice Bush Betts – 20 March 2016 at Bilpin, NSW.
Tucking into a pie at Bargo Pie Shop ( NSW ) on the way home. Friends Angelo DeCelis, Feathers & Elena Dania Pusceddu – 20 March 2016
Feathers and Ron Judd at Oran Park Cafe, NSW – 17 May 2014. It was too much for Ron this morning at Oran Park Cafe. Feathers was so loud poor Ronny had to get an improvised ear plug.
Gary Peacock ( standing ) with Russell Paterson at Boorowa Hotel, NSW, – 22 November 2017 Another prestigious award presented at our overnighter.
Feathers at Wests Leagues Club, Leumeah, NSW on 6 December 2016 for a Coffee Crunch catchup.
Feathers at Wests Leagues Club, Leumeah, NSW on 6 December 2016 for a Coffee Crunch catchup.
Ron JUDD visiting Gary PEACOCK in hospital
Class 132 of 1972 at Redfern Police Academy. Sworn In on 11 September 1972.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
30 March 2022
Bruce Charles WILLIAMS
| 07/04/2022
Bruce Charles WILLIAMS
AKA Bruce Williams, Stumpy, Stumpy Williams
Late of Campelltown, NSW
“possible” relation in ‘the job’: NO
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Started with Class # 126 and Completed with Class # 138
NSW Police Cadet # 2689
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 16259
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy as a Police Cadet on Monday 22 February 1971 ( aged 16 years, 0 months, 2 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed 27 March 1974 ( aged 19 years, 1 month, 7 days ) ( may have been injured or failed a subject – thus loss of 1 mth, 7 days Seniority )
Constable – appointed 27 March 1975
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ? NO
Senior Constable – appointed 27 March 1983
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Appears in the 1985 ‘Stud Book’ but not the 1987 issue
Final Rank: = Senior Constable
Stations: ?, Central ( 1 Division ), ?
Service: From 22 February 1971 to? ? ? = ? years Service ( 17 – 18 years service )
Retirement / Leaving age: = ?
Time in Retirement from Police: ?
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Born: Sunday 20 February 1955
Died on: Sunday 13 March 2022
Age: 67 years, 0 months, 21 days
Organ Donor: NO
Cause: Cancer – Pancreatic & Lung together with other health issues
Event location: Campbelltown Hospital, NSW
Event date: Finally went to Hospital on Thursday but because he wouldn’t previously visit a Doctor, he passed on Sunday
Funeral date: Wednesday 23 March 2022 @ 11am
Funeral location: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden Valley Way, Leppington, NSW
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
18 March 2022 – 20 March 2022
Brendan J AKHURST
| 07/04/2022
Brendan J AKHURST
AKA BJ, BJ AKHURST
Late of Buradoo, Southern Highlands, NSW
“possible” relation in ‘the job’: Ron C AKHURST, NSWPF # 16716
No relation to: A J AKHURST, NSWPF # 7401. A J ( Jim ) AKHURST worked at the old Sydney Water Police ( 1973 / 76 era )
Jim & Brendan were at Sydney Water Police during the same era.
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 112
First Class to be issued the new Smith & Wesson .38 calibre model 10 six shot revolver
Class 112 – Attested 15 September 1967 – Redfern
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 12734
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 7 August 1967 ( aged 19 years, 3 months, 13 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed Friday 15 September 1967 ( aged 19 years, 4 months, 21 days )
Constable – appointed 15 September 1968
Constable 1st Class – appointed 15 September 1972
Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( NO )
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Appears in the 1975 ‘Stud Book’
Does NOT appear in the 1979 ‘Stud Book’
Final Rank: = Senior Constable?
Stations: ?, Court Constable ( Sydney Quarter Sessions )( part of Darlinghurst Police )( early 1970s ), ?, Sydney Water Police ( Police Diver )( Launch Maintenance Section LMS )( 1974 / 75 ), ?, – Resignation
Service: From Monday 7 August 1967to? ? 1978 ( Resigned ) =
( Resigned – stemming from ” pulling too many bodies from the water & listening to the police bullshit that went with the job ” )
11? years Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = ?
Time in Retirement from Police: ?
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Born: Sunday 25 April 1948
Died on: Friday 7 January 2022
Age: 73 years, 8 months, 13 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Cancer – Pancreatic
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ? TBA ( Private Service held )
Funeral location: St Thomas Aquinas Church, Bowral, NSW
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( March 2022 )
BJ is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
Well, not today. It was a few days ago. But it’s taken me some time to wrap my head around it and sit down at the keyboard.
It began with a phone call.
“Hi mate, it’s me.”
“I know, brother. It says ‘Brendan Akhurst’ on my phone when you call me. How you doing?”
“Not well. I’ve run out of time.”
My stomach dropped. It was not what I wanted to hear, even though I knew I was going to hear it one day.
Brendan Akhurst is one of Australia’s finest cartoonists and illustrators. His work has graced the pages of countless magazines for the last four decades. I have worked with him for more than three of those decades.
He was the genius who came up with the department illustrations for Ozbike magazine. He’d illustrated countless fiction stories for the same magazine. His cartoons of Maynard contributed greatly to the success of Street Machine magazine, and he was a mainstay at The Picture for many years, providing BJ’s Babes illos.
His was a rare and stunning talent. Not only could he illustrate to a script, but he could and did write his own cartoon scripts, which were always better than what someone else could have written.
His work was complex, but looked simple, and he would fill each panel with brilliant little jokes and characters always as an aside to the main story.
I was in awe of his talent, as were all the people who worked with him. And there were many. His work is everywhere.
A true creative genius, Brendan was justifiably hailed and revered by editors and writers all over Australia, while being simultaneously castigated as being a bastard who could never meet a deadline.
He was the bane of my existence as an editor in that regard. He never met a single deadline. Not one. Not ever.
I even got into the habit of lying to him about the deadlines. I would move them forward, knowing he would miss them and hoping he would make the actual deadline. But he’d miss that one too.
I’d sacked him. Four times. Then I re-hired him soon after each sacking because his work was without equal and always worth the wait.
I was over the moon when he agreed to illustrate my third book, The Wisdom Of The Road Gods. And I knew what was going to happen, but I also knew his illustrations of my stories would be superb. And they were.
I actually sacked him for the fifth time during that process, then promptly re-hired him, because the stuff he had sent me thus far was brilliant.
It’s not that Brendan didn’t appreciate deadlines. He did. He even wrote off his beloved Dodge-engined V8 Charger trying to get me an illustration a week after its due date. He was so tired he’d fallen asleep and put it into a tree on the drive from his home in the Southern Highlands to Sydney. Yes, it was before emails were a thing. he certainly understood deadlines. He just couldn’t meet them.
A few months ago, he called me and told me he’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. We both knew what that meant. The survival rate for that bastard is in the low single digits.
But Brendan was upbeat. He was always upbeat. And while he battled the cancer, we discussed a few new projects he wanted to do with me, one being the illustration of forgotten historical battles, and another was asking my readers to send in their motorcycle stories, which I would then turn into English, and he would do the illustrations.
But then he called me and told me he had run out of time.
“And I’ve run out of puff,” he added. “But look, I’m OK. I have made my peace with God.”
I didn’t know what to say, because what does one say when one is told that? I’m talking to a dear friend who has just told me he is about to die. It’s imminent, and he’s come to terms with it, because…well, fuck, what alternative does he have?
“I’d love to see you if you can make it down,” he said, his voice a touch strained with the pain he was in.
“I’ll be down tomorrow morning,” I said, hoping I would be in time.
I was.
I arrived at his home and was shown in to his lounge-room by his brother and his brother’s wife. She told me that Brendan had just been given some morphine and will need to rest shortly. I told her I would not stay long.
The change the cancer had wrought upon him was appalling. Brendan was always a big, strong, bloke. He was a former Water Police officer, and left when he got sick of pulling floaters out of the harbour and listening to the police bullshit that went with the job. His subsequent illustrations of the police were cutting and sharper than master-made katana.
He was still big. But he was a big skeleton. He did not look at all like the Brendan I once knew. But then he smiled and that was instantly recognisable.
“I’m so glad you came!” he said. His voice was still deep and strong; he was also one of the best singers I have ever heard.
“How could I not come?” I replied, stating the obvious.
He told me to pull up a chair and we sat and talked for a while about old times. His sister-in-law and his brother, and his wonderful partner, Michelle, hovered nearby, all clearly shattered by what was happening. They injected him with some more morphine, and they gave him a special lozenge to put in his mouth to assist him in making saliva.
Brendan reclined on the couch, his legs propped on a chair and covered in a blanket, and laughed and joked with me, and I with him. And then he got up, much to the horror of his family.
“Brendan,” they all said. “Sit down. Where are you going?”
“I’m going out to the studio. Boris, come with me.”
“No, no, no! You can’t go. You might fall!”
“Get out of my way. This will only take a minute.”
I followed him out to his studio – a veritable temple to the creative art he’d practiced, and he walked pretty steadily, I thought, even though the path was a little steep and had a few steps.
We walked in, and he pulled a painting off the wall and handed it to me. It was of a pair of girl’s legs in heels and her hands were pulling her panties down. I recognised it instantly.
“You remember this?” he grinned.
“I sure do.”
“It was my favourite panel from that strip I did ages ago when I used your head for the main character. I think you fell into a river after she did this.”
“Thank you,” I said. What else could I say?
We went back inside and he propped himself back on the couch.
His brother, Bill, came and said that I could stay as long as I wanted to. Me being there had made Brendan very happy, he said.
Then the community nurse arrived and she needed to examine Brendan, so I went outside with his brother while that happened.
We talked. Mostly small-talk. It’s pretty much the default chat of people who are in the presence of a tragic event, and are struggling to cope with the inevitability and outcome of that event. In Bill’s case, it was the passing of his younger brother. In mine, the passing of a dear friend and colleague. My pain was simply not in the same league as Bill’s.
Then Bill’s wife came out with a rueful grin.
“Brendan says if you don’t come back in, he’s going to come out.”
I trooped back in and stood there awkwardly as the nurse explained to Brendan that he had a bowel obstruction and that he would need to go to hospital to have it seen to.
“What are the options?” Brendan asked.
“You can go to hospital, get your obstruction scanned, get your pain medication sorted, and hopefully be home in a day or so. If you choose not to do that, we can set up a syringe that will supply you with a cocktail of drugs that will keep you comfortable and a little dozy…er, until…”
It was obvious “until” what. The medical profession calls it an “end of life event”, while avoiding the words “until you die”.
“Let me think about it,” Brendan said.
I knew I had to leave then. But knowing this and actually leaving is a crushing position to be in. Brendan needed to be with his family. Not some prick he’d worked with. But how do I actually do that?
I waited until Michelle, wreathed in tears and pain, went into the kitchen then I came and knelt by his side.
“I better go,” I said, grasping his big hand. It was warm and he still had a strong grip.
“This is the last time you and I will speak,” he said, and smiled gently.
My eyes filled with tears and a knot formed in my throat. What does one say to that? How does one respond? I had no idea.
“Um…” I said, and cleared my throat while trying to think of what else I might say.
“Thank you for coming to see me,” Brendan said. “Just move the green bin closer to the door when you go.”
“The green bin?” I blinked.
“Yeah, the recycling bin they might chuck me in,” he grinned.
“I’m not sure you can get recycled in that state,” I said. “But fuck thanking me. I need to thank you. You were the greatest illustrator I have ever worked with. And I can never thank you enough for the joy you have given me and so many other people through your work.”
Yes, I know. It was a pointless thing to say. But I had no other words. I knew no other words.
Brendan squeezed my hand. I squeezed back. He was still strong.
“I’ll see you on the other side,” he said.
“Further on down the road, brother,” I rasped back.
And then I turned and walked slowly away, wishing this was yet another deadline he would not meet.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
7 March 2022
Cheri ADAMS
| 07/04/2022
Cheri ADAMS
AKA ?
Late of Wallerawang, formerly of Dapto, NSW
Daughter of Retired NSWPF Member Allan ADAMS ( AJ ) # 18115 – formerly of Warilla Police Stn & Mt Victoria Police Stn
New South Wales Police Force
Final Rank: = Police Daughter
Stations: ?, Warilla, Mt Victoria, ?
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Born: ? ? 1977 – 78
Died on: 16 February 2022
Age: 44 years
Cause: Cancer – Ovarian – 1st diagnosed on 26 December 2017
Event location: Home – Wallerawang, NSW
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Thursday 24 February 2022 @ 11.30am
Funeral location: St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Lithgow, NSW
Committal prayers and interment at Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery, 230 Kanahooka Rd, Kanahooka ( Wollongong ), NSW
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Lakeside Memorial Park Cemetery, 230 Kanahooka Rd, Kanahooka ( Wollongong ), NSW
Portion: ?, Row: ?, Grave: ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( February 2022 )
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
peacefully at home, of Wallerawang – formerly of Dapto.
Dearly loved daughter of Allan & Elizabeth, loved mother of James, Flynn, Amy,
dear sister and sister-in-law of Rea & Christopher, Jessica & David and
auntie of the families.
Aged 44 years.
Forever in our hearts.
Prayers for the repose of the soul of Cheri will be offered in St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Lithgow on Thursday 24 February 2022 at 11.30am.
Thence to be followed by committal prayers at Lakeside memorial Park Cemetery, 230 Kanahooka Rd, Kanahooka ( Wollongong ) on Friday 25 February 2022 at 2.30pm.
We all know Cheri loved flowers and the finer things in life.
We invite you to wear your beautifully coloured outfits while we celebrate her life.
She was a very loved lady. Our family welcome all of her friends and workmates to pack out the church.
From AJ
16-2-22
Today we lost our darling Cheri.
Our lives will never be the same.
We hope she felt the love of her family by her side over the last week – Mum, Dad, Rea and myself and her 3 brave, loving babies.
Family: Elizabeth, Jessica, Rea, Cheri, Allan
Cheri with her sister, Jessica, on 26 April 2020 Happy happy birthday to my favourite birthday buddy ???????? This is one of my favourite picture of us. So strong, so beautiful, winning the battle #mycherish #matchy #sisters #ovariancancer #survivor #superhero #mysister #lookafteryourladybits #nostoppingyounow
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Cal
24 February 2022
Roderick Edward BARRY
| 07/04/2022
Roderick Edward BARRY
AKA Rod BARRY, Rocket Rod
Late of ?
You can’t put brains in statues
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 131 or 132
NSW Police Cadet #2643
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 15408
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy as a Police Cadet on Monday 23 November 1970 ( aged 17 years, 4 months, 7 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed 16 July 1972 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( February 2022 )
ROD is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
Sad news about Rod. A great guy with a wicked sense of humour.
I remember when we first got the new leather front draw holsters and cuffs pouch on the wide belts. Rod was doing Rosters at the time and proudly strapped the new leather around his waist and proceeded to walk the halls of Manly Police Station with his cigs and lighter in the handcuff pouch and a banana in the holster.
Loved working with him.
He will be sadly missed.
RIP Rocket Rod Barry – from one of the Goslings.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
21 February 2022
Peter Anton VLUG
| 07/04/2022
Peter Anton VLUG
AKA Vluggy
Late of ?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Commenced, as a Cadet, with Class # 122 – Finished with Class 131
NSW Police Cadet # 2571
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 15403
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy Police as a Cadet on 16 February 1970 ( aged 16 years, 7 months, 24 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed 23 June 1972 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )
Constable – appointed 23 July 1973
Constable 1st Class – appointed 23 July 1977
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 23 July 1981
Leading Senior Constable – appointed? ? ?
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 31 December 1987
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank= Sergeant
Stations: ?,14 Division, 21 Division, Drug Squad, City of Sydney GDs, C.I.B. – Fingerprint Branch, ?, Manly ( 14 Division )( 1974 / 75 ), ?, North Sydney ( 1978 / 79 ), Northern Beaches – Dee Why, ?, TOU,
Service: From 16 February 1970 to3 November 1993 = 23 years Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = ?
Time in Retirement from Police: ?
Awards: National Medal – granted 2 November 1988 ( SenCon )
Born: Tuesday 23 June 1953
Died on: Thursday 27 January 2022
Age: 68 years, 7 months, 4 days
Cause: Cancer ( Brain )
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 4 February 2022 @ 1.30pm
Funeral location: Ann Wilson Chapel, Cnr Barranjoey Rd & Darley St, Mona Vale, NSW
PLEASE: Wear happycolours to celebrate Vluggys life
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Funeral Parlour: Ann Wilson Funerals, Barranjoey Rd & Darley St, Mona Vale, NSW 02 9971 4224
Buried at: ? TBA
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time (January 2022 )
PETER is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
RIP Pete. What a great bloke. Worked with him at North Sydney in 78/9. On parade one morning and Insp Dafter chipped him about his hair being too long. Next day on parade Pete turned up bald as a badger and got in the shit for it.
Peter Vlug was the original “Crocodile Dundee” of the Northern Beaches. Snakes, lizards, spiders, turtles, dragons and many other creatures. A strong willed, relaxed, deep thinking, charismatic Police Officer. The King of Avalon! Keith Blackett often wondered what the youngsters at Avalon were doing! When with Peter Vlug – check the surf, feed the lorikeets from the front verandah at Avalon, check out the koalas in the back yard then terrorise the locals. Many a time bitten by his beloved pythons he never gave up on them. A wonderful man, great friend to many and an exceptionally good Policeman. Kind Regards and best wishesto the family of Peter Anton Vlug.
Fond memory of a NSW Police Surfing Association competition we had one weekend in UlladullaI. THE 90’s We all stayed in the Marlin Hotel.
Vluggy was there with his pet snake. He wandered down to a pet shop and came back with a mouse. Proceeded to feed the mouse to his snake at the tables outside when we were having a beer. Remember it well. LOL. Catch a big wave for us up there. You will be charging as always.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
30 January 2022
Stephen Laurence RIDLEY
| 07/04/2022
Stephen Laurence RIDLEY
AKA Steve RIDLEY, Stephen RIDLEY, Riddles, Seagull
Late of Stanwell Park, NSW
Brother to NSWPF Member, Bob RIDLEY # 21763
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # Started with Class 119 ( who started on 12 May 1969 )
& was Sworn In with Class 126 ( who started on 22 February 1971 & Sworn In on 5 April 1971 )
NSW Police Cadet # 2484
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 14597
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy as a Police Cadet on Monday 12 May 1969 ( aged 17 years, 1 month, 5 days )
Probationary Constable- appointed 7 April 1971 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )
Wake location: Heathcote Hotel, Princes Hwy, Heathcote, NSW
Wake date: Tuesday 8 February 2022 after Service
( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )
Early yesterday morning my dear big Brother Stephen Lawrence RIDLEY lost his battle with cancer.
A retired Police Officer who became one of the pioneers to modern fingerprint and crime scene investigation from Cadet Class 126.
He was also a great football player and total golf tragic and absolute larrikin.
You went too young mate a few months prior to your 70th birthday. You were my inspiration growing up and always looked out for me. I love you and will miss you.
Condolences to Steve’s wife – Bub Ridley, their daughter Teagon and grandchildren Sandon & Rae.
Bub and Riddles met through ‘work’. Bub’s was a Public Servant when they met.
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
24 January 2022
Selwyn SMITH
| 07/04/2022
Selwyn SMITH – Doctor
AKA Sel
Late of ?
NSW Psychiatrist
A true “mate” to New South Wales Police Force members
Rank: Psychiatrist
Service: From? ? 1942 to? ? 2022 = ? years Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = December 2021
Time in Retirement: 1+ month
Awards: No find on Australian Honours system
Born: ? ? 1942
Died on: Tuesday 18 January 2022 during the early a.m. in his sleep
Age: 80 years
Cause: Cancer – Melanoma
Event location: Home – with family by his side during the early a.m.
Event date: Diagnosed in October 2021
Funeral date: Friday 21 January 2022 @ 11am – 1pm
Funeral location: South chapel, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, 12 Military Rd, Matraville, NSW
I have never met Selwyn Smith BUT I have, for over twenty years, been seeing one of his colleagues in the field of psychiatry.
I have never heard a bad word about Selwyn and if he is anything like the bloke I have been seeing for twenty years, Selwyn’s is a man to be honoured and respected for the way in which he cared for, and looked after – not only damaged police but all First Responders.
You received your Cancer diagnoses only in October 2021 and eventually had to rest up because of fatigue in November 2021.
You worked tirelessly to ensure that your patients were looked after and, on behalf of all First Responders ( ESPECIALLY the Members of NSWPF, I express my personal and sincere thanks to you and your family for the time that you gave all of my fellow work mates ( whether I knew them or not ) in your efforts to help, and save, them from the demons of PTSD / PTSI.
Your family and friends need to know that you were regarded as a bloody good mate to so many Police, and other First Responders, who were suffering PTSD / PTSI and you managed to pull a lot of them out of that dark pit that they were in for so many years.
Rest In Peace Selwyn. Your Duty is now done.
Greg Callander
NSWPF # 17463
20 January 2022
Very sad news from the St John Of God with the passing of Dr Selwyn Smith.
Although Selwynwas not a police officer or a first responder, he ( as a psychiatrist ) understood the plight that most first responders suffered with their mental ( and physical ) health and the many, unfounded and unnecessary, hoops that insurance companies make us jump through.
He was a very thoughtful man and an outstanding health care professional with the St John of God Hospital PTSD programs and his many, many patients.
Dr Smith understood emergency services and mental injuries and advocated for us when it felt like no one else did.
He was a brilliant psychiatrist and held in the highest esteem amongst his clients and his peers.
Dr Smith had literally only just retired before last Christmas ( 2021 ) due to his terminal illness ( cancer ) and our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and the countless people he has saved and helped throughout the years.
Rest In Peace.
some of the Comments from various Policing Facebook Groups & pages:
He helped me to turn around from a very broken ambo with work induced PTSI and the St John of God program was a BIG part of that. With his support to try to return to operational duties, I did another 8 years full-time and now 3 years part time. If others had their way, I would have got the boot. Selwyn went to bat for me after listening to me.
I wish he had longer in retirement after helping so many of us.
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I found out yesterday it’s a sad loss , he was a great doctor for people with ptsd and would fight with the insurance companies to make sure we got the right treatment we need
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I’m struggling to find a replacement too. Can some inbox me some suggestions.
Also devastating news today of his passing on Monday.
I guess he didn’t leave us because he wanted to.. he truly worked with all of us till the very end.
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I’m sad to hear that Dr Selwyn-Smith passed away today. Those who know of his work as Psychiatrist will really feel this. I have a heavy heart! His work at St John of God was invaluable.
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Best wishes Selwyn. You shared my contempt for heartless management practices and you greatly helped me along with countless others. Stay strong.
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Selwyn’s office are in the process of sending out letters to his patients. I spoke to them two days ago and my January appointment was cancelled. Retired immediately due to serious health issue. I’ve been told he is completing all outstanding reports.
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Sad news he was a man that cared about his patients and took on NSW Police Department for many of us. He became a friend and helped me through some dark times. RIP Selwyn
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RIP Doc you helped so many of us in our time of need you will be always be remembered by us. God Bless R.I.P
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Sad news he was a man that cared about his patients and took on NSW Police Department for many of us. He became a friend and helped me through some dark times. RIP Selwyn
Cal
20 January 2022
56 Comments
Charles Field-Marsham
19 hours ago
What a great life of a remarkable man! Strong and grounded family; a career that added great value to the world and a positive and loving friend. Truly inspirational and a model for us all.
I am grateful to have met him and shared a few “GREAT” meals with him and the family.
I cant believe he was 80, I thought he was in his early 70’s!!
XOXO
Charles
Leon and Melissa
2 days ago
Dr Selwyn Smith how can we ever repay you for how you have helped us over so many years.
The only way is to remember you and tell everyone who will listen about you.
Rest in peace our friend from sunny Queensland, always in our hearts.
Bronwyn Croft
2 days ago
Dr Smith helped so many Police that struggled with ptsd. I am so grateful of his unwavering support that has enabled me to be the best mum I can be for our 3 children and still be proud of my 30 year service to the NSW Police Force.
I am grateful for his amazing skill’s with helping his patients recover and I always left his room knowing that I had his support which helped my recovery immensely.
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Mark Eady
2 days ago
Thank you Selwyn. You made a difference to so many lives.
Your compassion, understanding, humility, and authenticity are some of my lingering memories. So glad we got to cross paths and I am forever in your debt for your support and advice during one of the most challenging times in my life.
My sincere condolences to your family.
They must be so proud of a life well lived.
Sophie Hartley
2 days ago
Thank you for your kindness and compassion and being a pillar of strength for many who reached out for you.
You have been a true advocate for many Police and their families.
May you Rest In Peace.
Anna Nikolis
2 days ago
Gone too soon and so suddenly, we are all saddened and heartbroken by your death. What will we do now without you?
Your smile, care and compassion is what got us through the hardest times.
Thank you Dr Selwyn Smith for being like a father and a guardian angel to me since 2007, you saved my life and I am forever grateful for everything you have done. You were one in a billion.
Anyone who had the opportunity to meet you was lucky and each one of us are still here because of you.
You truly cared about everyone and helped so many people in their darkest of times. You will forever be in my heart, thoughts and prayers.
My family and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Our deepest sympathy to your family and loved ones.
Thank you all for allowing us to share in the celebration of Dr Selwyns life.
Goodbye to a remarkable man beyond words.
You will be terribly missed and remembered with great respect and gratitude.
RIP my best friend, mentor and doctor ????
Harry Stengos
2 days ago
You will forever be held in the highest regard for your compassion and caring.
The definition of a gentleman and a saviour to so many.
May you Rest In Peace and may God bring comfort to your family.
Garry K
2 days ago
It is with sad hearts that we all say good bye to an amazing man who helped so many people in their darkest of times. I only knew you for a short time, but you gave me hope when I thought there was non.
My deepest sympathy to your to you wife and family.
REST IN PEACE
GK
Charlene
2 days ago
You were a godsend to so many psychologically injured NSW Police. Thank you for helping so many of us so much and being in our corner.
You will be terribly missed.
David Hooper
2 days ago
Selwyn, you have saved my life and showed me the utmost care and compassion. My family & I thank you from all our hearts.
You are still the most professional and caring person I have known & I thank you again for your professional care and advice.
I am surviving because of you.
My thoughts & prayers are with your family.
RIP Dr Smith!
Sharon Lee Twiss
2 days ago
Thank you Dr Selwyn Smith for being a lighthouse in the darkness.
My deepest sympathies to your wife May, your family, friends, colleagues and all your patients who were blessed to have you in their corner.
You will remembered with great respect and gratitude.
RIP ????
Diane Birch
2 days ago
Sad news. Still can’t believe it. Such a witty sense of humour. I loved our chats. Your memory was extraordinary. I was privileged to know you. I will be forever grateful for the support you provided me over many years.
You will be sadly missed by so many. You were one of a kind. Such a remarkable human being beyond words.
RIP.
Darryl L
2 days ago
Thank you Dr Smith for caring for me for 25 years. A very compassionate man who helped so many others as well.
You will be missed greatly.
Paul Daley
2 days ago
You referred to yourself as “The General” and would say ‘My job is to do the fighting, yours is to get well.’ And he did.
I am only here today because you gave me and countless others discarded by the police system the ability and willingness to live and fight on.
Thank you does not even scratch the surface of the debt of gratitude so many owe you.
To Mrs Smith and family, deepest condolences and thank you all for allowing us to peek behind the curtain and share in the celebration of Selwyns life.
Jodie
2 days ago
May you forever Rest In Peace Dr Smith. A true gentleman.
Condolences to your family, friends and loved ones during this very difficult time.
You have truly touched the lives of so many.
It’s your time to rest easy.
Jim Short
2 days ago
Dearest Selwyn, I came to you broken and in darkness, you helped show me the way through. Your smile and easy manner, and reassurance ‘I’ve got your back Jim’ helped me stay the course.
The world seems to be a slightly smaller less lit place with your passing.
From my family to yours, thank you for caring, thank you for being in my corner,
RIP.
Jim
Christine McGuire
2 days ago
Selwyn…what a truly amazing man you were! Thank you for the kindness, support and optimism you had towards all the Police you helped on our journeys.
You will never be forgotten.
Patricia Rinaldo
2 days ago
Dearest May, Ben, Michelle I am so sad.
Cannot believe that Sel Is gone.
We loved Him so much and the Family.
Sel was an Icon and will never forget Him.
Please know I am there with You in my heart.
One of My (Our) True Friends in Life Fondly, Pat Fondly,
Pat
Natalie
2 days ago
Dr Smith, what a remarkable human.
He has touched and changed the lives of so many. He will be missed.
I fell fortunate to have met him and thank you for all you did for me and everyone that had crossed your path.
A wonderful man, compassionate, empathetic, professional and funny.
You made me laugh when I didn’t think it could be possible.
Thank you.
Condolences to your friends and family.
Amy and Stephen Tsang
2 days ago
????????rest in peace, Selwyn
We miss you
Natalie M
2 days ago
Dr Smith thank you so much for your passion and service to the whole community.
You were truly an amazing man.
Love and strength to your family.
You will be greatly missed.
Rest in peace Selwyn
Helen Weston
2 days ago
Thank you Selwyn.
Thank you for putting me back together, for caring and supporting me.
Your kindness will never be forgotten.
Peter Gould
2 days ago
A wonderful man who has helped and saved so many injured police officers.
My deepfelt condolences to family and loved ones.
Rest in Peace Selwyn.
Cheryl
3 days ago
Rest easy Dr Smith, thank you for saving my life, and thank you for all helping so many of my friends.
You were a great man.
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Paul
3 days ago
A very very sad loss. A true gentleman who had a genuine care for others.
The Colonel saved me and several others.
Rest in Peace.
Thank you for your legacy.
My condolences and prayers to the precious family.
TJ Parker
3 days ago
Small in stature, huge in heart. A giant in his field.
A huge loss for his family and so many in the triple 0 and military services. I am forever grateful for his warm smile and expertise.
From my family to yours Selwyn,
Rest in Peace.
You’ll never be forgotten.
Christine Noel Faught
3 days ago
Deepest sympathies, Michelle, and to all of your family.
Your Dad is always smiling in my memories – you are in my thoughts, and I’m so sorry for such a great loss.
With love always.
Vanya MacRAILD
3 days ago
Our dearest Selwyn, hearing of your illness and your sudden passing has left me and so very many people with the heart that is hurting beyond words. You are an amazing man who dedicated so many many years to helping so many people. I know all of us in the emergency services and correctives have been helped by you immensely and that will never be forgotten. The best thing I ever did was take the words of a very close friend of mine who was treated by yourself was to go and see yourself and Fotoula. I cherish the words you said to me and they were, “I will fix you“. I will continue to carry those words with me everyday. You bought me so far in the two years I had been seeing you, you lit up my life each time I came to see you as I knew I was in good hands and you lived by those words you said to me.
Like so many people we will all miss you terribly and we can not thank you for all you have done for so many.
Love to you, your precious family and friends.
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Andrew
3 days ago
When Selwyn tells you; “I got ya back.” He really meant it.
The struggle by many first responders to find a way forward through life in the aftermath of multiple trauma was made so much easier by him punching on with “The System” to make sure you were covered.
A giant of a man who will be sorely missed.
RIP mate
Deb T
3 days ago
Dr Smith, thank you for everything you did to get me through. You fought the battle for me many times and “had my back”.
You are a gentleman and an angel xx
Darryl Hahn
3 days ago
Doc. Thanks for putting me back together, like you did for many police men and woman over the years.
It was an absolute privilege having you as my doctor and confidant. You gave me the comfort and light in a very dark time, and I will be forever grateful to you.
Much love and strength to your family at this time xxx
Warmest regards Darryl.
Lisa
3 days ago
Dr Smith thank you for your compassion and kindness that you showed me, you believed me when others failed me. You brought me out of the darkness into the light and gave me hope. You will be missed.
Sandra Bullock
3 days ago
Thank you Dr Smith for the help and guidance you gave to our son. We will be forever grateful.
RIP
Arna Meyer
3 days ago
Tuning in from America.
Dr Selwyn was a phenomenal support to me and my family and I’m saddened to learn about his death.
He was a compassionate doctor who will be sorely missed.
My deepest condolences to his family and all those he left behind.
The world is a better place for the work he performed and his legacy will live on in all of us who are alive today because of his intervention.
Kurt Gacki
3 days ago
Without Smithy I wouldn’t be here today, it’s as simple as that.
Great Dr and even better human.
I painting an Aboriginal dot art for him in which he has in his office.
Please pass that onto his family from me.
Paul Begbie
3 days ago
You were the saviour in my life and bought me back from the darkest place. You gave me and so many others hope, care and love. I will be forever in your debt. “ Don’t worry, we’ve got your back” will always be in my mind.
May you Rest In Peace beautiful man.
Thank you.
Teresa Zappia
3 days ago
Thank you to a wonderful man who always made me feel believed.
I am but one of your patients. Oh, how you will be missed.
Much love to all your family.
Effie Jordan
3 days ago
Forever grateful Thank you Dr Smith, an absolute angel on earth, now an angel in heaven.
Forever in our hearts ❤️
Melanie Gavan
3 days ago
Dr Smith – I’ll never forget what you did for me or countless other people in saving our lives. I’ll never forget you sitting there saying, “Don’t worry, we’ll get you there.” I’ll never forget the change of tone in your voice when having to deal with the dreaded insurance company.
Forever in your debt.
RIP
Ken
3 days ago
Rest In Peace. You helped so many. A truly great man.
Fadia Saker
3 days ago
Dr Smith 🙁 I only had the pleasure of knowing you for a short time. ( Thanks to my Sister she said if anyone can Help it would be You .)
You are a Kind soul and Caring Doctor You cared for those who needed you most. You helped in every way that you could .
Rest in Peace you will be missed in your passing and you were appreciated in your Life
Lisa McGuinness
3 days ago
Words can not express the thankfulness and love we have for Dr Smith, without you and your dedication I would not have a Partner, my Son would not exist, It pains us greatly that we have lost such a great man.
For your 22yrs of unconditional Love and support, thank you!
Danielle Thorp
3 days ago
You saved my life.
Thank you and may you Rest In Peace.
To your family, thank you for allowing this gifted man to help us. The best words I ever heard from Selwyn was, “I’m your nominated treating doctor now. I’ve got you. Let me deal with everything. You just take time for yourself!”
Sorely missed but never forgotten.
Xo
Ben O’B
3 days ago
Selwyn, legend does not even begin to describe you.
I sit here with a heavy heart, you were the only person that was able to get me through the hardest times of my life and the one who protected me in battles I could not fight alone.
Not only a fantastic doctor but a friend and protector.
Karol Bottle
3 days ago
What a caring and compassionate man who helped so many of us in our darkest times.
Blessings and love to your family and staff at this very sad time.
RIP Dr Smith.
Gary
3 days ago
Dr Smith, I only had the pleasure of knowing you for a short time. You are a true gentleman. You cared for those who needed you most. You helped those who helped others and then unfortunately couldn’t help no longer.
Thank you
Dan C
3 days ago
Rest in peace Dr Smith.
You changed my life, and helped me immensely.
Neil
3 days ago
I’m not normally one for words, thank you, you helped a lot of people.
Godspeed Doc.
Rob S
3 days ago
Words don’t begin to express the gratitude for how you changed my life.
A caring, compassionate and skilled physician who always greeted me as an old mate.
You will be dearly missed.
Rest In Peace Dr Smith
Anna G
3 days ago
Dr Smith you always greeted me as a friend with that cheeky smile and helped guide me through tough situations.
You truly are brilliant and amazing. I am lost of words as it is unfair that you left too soon. It truly is heart breaking and my sincere condolences to your family, loved ones and friends.
I am forever grateful for what you have done for me and my family.
Kathy Bassett
3 days ago
Dr Smith you were my confidant, rock and the only person I felt like I could trust.
Thank you from my the depths of my heart I am a greater person for having you in my corner.
There are no words adequate to describe the man that you were to countless people.
You are a man to be honoured for the way you cared about not only police but all 1st responders.
You were there for us as we had to jump through the many hoops from the insurance companies and the NSWP forever indebted to you Dr Smith you will be missed by many but what a legacy you have left us all.
A very sad day for many and condolences to our wonderful Dr Smiths family-
Kathy
Sandi Cook
3 days ago
Deepest condolences to May, Ben, Michelle and your families, Selwyn was such a wonderful and large part of our lives when you all lived in Ottawa- a hugely talented, caring friend and smiling soul ! XO
Sandi and Eddy
William Shenkman
3 days ago
Squire, you were one of a kind.
So many wonderful memories.
To May, Ben, Michelle and family thank you for sharing him with us.
That smile and laughter will be with us forever.
Love Bill and Maureen
Anna Nikolis
3 days ago
Dr Smith was one in a billion. He saved my life and was like a guardian angel to me.
Most compassionate and caring doctor, he always had a smile for everyone and genuinely cared for his patients. He said he wasn’t going to retire on us anytime soon and he didn’t..working till the end and caring for his patients ???? Sadly, he didn’t even get to enjoy his retirement.
I was devastated to hear of his sudden medical retirement, however hearing about his passing just broke my heart ????
My condolences to the family and all of his patients.
He will be missed and it is truly a huge loss to all of us as he is irreplaceable.
May he rest in peace and God grant him a place in heaven, because he deserves his place amongst the angels ????
Goodbye Dr Smith, you will never be forgotten and I’m eternally grateful for everything you have done for me and my family ????????
Greg Callander
3 days ago
May Doctor Selwyn SMITH – ( NSW Psychiatrist and Mate to many NSW Police ) Forever Rest In Peace.
