Gordon Charles FARNHAM

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Gordon Charles FARNHAM – DCM, MM

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Constable

Stations: Broken Hill, Wagga Wagga,

Service 1: From ? ? ? to ? ? pre 1914 – Broken Hill

Service 2: From 15 April 1919 to 10 March 1920 – Wagga Wagga – Resigned

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Australian Imperial Force

Regiment 1: 3rd Field Ambulance, B Squadron

Regiment 2: 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery

Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Morphetville, South Australia

Service # 151 & 176

Rank 1: Corporal # 151

Rank 2: Lance Corporal # 176

Embarkation 1: 3rd Field Ambulance, B Squadron – Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A12 ” Saldanah ” on 21 October 1914

Embarkation 2: 3rd Light Trench Motar Battery – Unit embarked from

Age: 26

Next of kin: Father: Thomas Farnham, Cessnock, NSW

Religion: C of E

Single / Married: Single

War Service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

21 October 1914: Lance Corporal, 3rd Field Ambulance

21 October 1914: Embarked HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide

1 March 1917: Corporal, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery

Returned to Australia: 4 December 1918

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Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal – granted 6 September 1915 – ‘For great gallantry on the 25th April, 1915, and throughout the landing operations near Gaba Tepe (Dardanelles). In attending to the wounded under a heavy fire, he showed the greatest zeal and disregard of danger, and at all times gave a fine exhibition of coolness and devotion to duty.’
Source: ‘London Gazette’ No. 8844
Date: 6 September 1915

Military Medal – granted on 7 October 1918 – ‘In the operations against the enemy positions at MONT DE MERRIS near STRAZEELE on night 2nd/3rd June, 1918 Corporal FARNHAM displayed great gallantry and initiative. When a gun close by which was firing on a very strong enemy machine gun position on the flank was put out of action, Corporal FARNHAM, regardless of his personal safety, carried the ammunition through the enemy’s barrage to his own gun position and expended both his own and the disabled gun crews’ quota. By great skill he was able to fire alternate shots at his own and the disabled gun crews’ targets, thereby saving casualties from flanking machine gun fire. He set a splendid example of gallantry and initiative.’
Source: ‘Commonwealth Gazette’ No.

1914 – 15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Born: 18 June 1888 at Cessnock, NSW

Died on: Friday 28 January 1921

Place of death: Wagga Wagga, NSW

Cause: Food poisoning

Age: 32

Funeral date: Friday 28 January 1921

Funeral location: Wagga Wagga

Buried at: Methodist portion of the Cessnock cemetery

Memorial at: ?

[alert_blue]GORDON is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_blue] * NOT JOB RELATED

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The Cessnock Eagle & South Maitland Recorder Friday 28 January 1921 page 5 of 6

DEATH OF MR. GORDON FARNHAM A CESSNOCK DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER.

The relatives of Mr. Gordon Farnham D.C.M., M.M. were shocked to receive word this morning of his death at Wagga Wagga. The sad information came as a great shock as it was not even known by his relatives that he was ill. The deceased was a native of Cessnock, being born in the premises now occupied by Mr. Dennis Kenny, in Main Street. The deceased was 30 years of age and was an Anzac, being one of the first Australians to enlist. He enlisted from Broken Hill, where he was a member of the police force.

The late Mr Farnham secured the Distinguished Conduct medal at Gallipoli and the Military medal in France.

He returned on furlough in the early part of 1919 and during his stay at his home town the Armistice was signed.

His remains will be brought to Cessnock and will be interred in the Church of England cemetery on Sunday afternoon.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/99448638

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Daily Advertiser ( Wagga Wagga ) Saturday 29 January 1921 page 6 of 8

OBITUARY.

MR. GORDON C. FARNHAM.

The death of Mr. Gordon C. Farnham, licensee of the Club House Hotel, Wagga, caused great regret, as the deceased was well-known throughout the district. Mr. Farnham was present at the boxing contests in the Riverina Hall on Wednesday night, and after returning to his hotel ate a supper which included cucumber, and had an iced drink. Later not feeling too well he had a glass of brandy, but during the night he suffered considerably from internal pains. In the morning his condition was such that Dr. Martin was called in, and he diagnosed the case as one of gastritis and enteritis. The sufferer was removed to a private hospital, but although everything possible was done for him he passed away about 3 o’clock on Friday morning. Dr. Martin certified that death was due to food poisoning, and this was endorsed by the deputy coroner after a formal inquiry.

The deceased, who was an ‘Anzac,’ rose to the rank of sergeant-major in the 1st Divisional Engineers, and earned the coveted awards of the D.C.M. and the M.M. At the time of his death he was on the committee of the Returned Soldiers’ League.

Prior to enlisting he was a member of the police force, attached to the Wagga station, and he rejoined the force on April 15, 1919, on his return from the front, and resigned on March 10, 1920, to take over the Club House Hotel.

He leaves a wife, five brothers, and two sisters.

The funeral left Traill-street for the Wagga railway station at 4.30pm on Friday, from where the remains were conveyed by rail to Cessnock for interment in the Methodist portion of the Cessnock cemetery. The chief mourners were the wife of the deceased, Mrs. W. Ball, and Messrs. D. Harris and N. J. Richards. A large number of members of the Returned Soldiers’ League marched behind the hearse, including the president, Ald. Gissing, the pall bearers being Messrs. V. Charker, T. A. Plummer, J. S. Wild, L. H. Shaw, T. A. Smith, and A. Stephenson. Sister Proctor, and members of the Red Cross League were also present, while Senior-sergeant Gallaher, Sergeant O’Brien, Senior-constable Cooper, Constables Brownlee and Waugh, and Tracker McLean represented the Wagga police. There were many beautiful floral tributes.

The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Messrs. McIntosh Bros.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/142355550

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Service Number listed as 176 and 151

“AN ADELAIDE D.C.M.

Lance-Corporal Farnham, who came to Adelaide from Broken Hill to enlist, has won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for “showing the greatest zeal and disregard for danger during the landing at Gabi Tepe.” Lance-Corporal Farnham is a native of Cessnock (N.S.W.), and is 27 years of age. Like all the country recruits from the Cessnock district, he had a varied experience in rural pursuits in his native State, and was also for a time in New Zealand, and for 18 months prior to enlisting had been in the New South Wales police force, being stationed at Broken Hill. At the historic landing on April 25 he was for 10 hours under fire, “during which time,” says the official report, “he attended the wounded continuously, and made a fine exhibition of coolness and devotion to duty.” Lance-Corporal Farnham was in the trenches from April to the end of August, and is now on police patrol duty guarding prisoners. His parents are very old residents of Cessnock.” – from the Adelaide Advertiser 06 Oct 1915 (trove.nla.gov.au)

“D.C.M. FOR CESSNOCK.

The distinguished conduct medal has been won by Lance-corporal Gordon Farnham, a former resident of Cessnock, for “showing the greatest zeal and disregard for danger during the landing at Gaba Tepe.” The D.C.M. hero, who is a native of Cessnock, is 27 years of age, and previously was employed at the Aberdare Colliery and blacksmith. He is a fine example of Australian manhood, and has many friends in Cessnock who are naturally proud of him. His parents also live in Cessnock. After leaving his native town, Farnham journeyed to New Zealand, from whence he went to Broken Hill, where for eighteen months previous to his enlistment he was a member of the police force. The call of war was too strong, however, and he enlisted in Adelaide with the Third Field Ambulance Corps. He subsequently took part in the famous landing of the 25th April, and was for ten hours under fire, “during which time,” says the official report, “he attended the wounded continuously, and made a fine exhibition of coolness and devotion to duty.” – from the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate 08 Oct 1915 (nla.gov.au)

“OBITUARY. MR. GORDON C. FARNHAM.

The death of Mr. Gordon C. Farnham, licensee of the Club House Hotel, Wagga, caused great regret, as the deceased was well-known through out the district. Mr. Farnham was present at the boxing contests in the Riverina Hall on Wednesday night, and after returning to his hotel ate a supper which included cucumber, and had an iced drink. Later not feeling too well he had a glass of brandy, but during the night he suffered considerably from intenial pains. In the morning his condition was such that Dr. Martin was called in, and he diagnosed the case as one of gastritis and enteritis. The sufferer was removed to a private hospital, but although everything possible was done for him he passed away about 3 o’clock on Friday morning. Dr. Martin certified that death was due to food poisoning, and this was endorsed by the deputy coroner after a formal inquiry.

The deceased, who was an ‘Anzac,’ rose to the rank of sergeant-major in the 1st Divisional Engineers, and earned the coveted awards of the D.C.M. and the M.M. At the time of his death he was on the committee of the Returned Soldiers’ League. Prior to enlisting he was a member of the police force, attached to the Wagga station, and he rejoined the force on April 15, 1919, on his return from the front, and resigned on March 10, 1920, to take over the Club House Hotel. He leaves a wife, five brothers, and two sisters. The funeral left Traill-street for the Wagga railway station at 4.30 p.m. on Friday, from where the remains were conveyed by rail to Cessnock for interment in the Methodist portion of the Cessnock cemetery. The chief mourners were the wife of the deceased, Mrs. W. Ball, and Messrs. D. Harris and N. J. Richards. A large number of members of the Returned Soldiers’ League marched behind the hearse, including the president, Ald. Gissing, the pall bearers being Messrs. V. Charker, T. A. Plummer, J. S. Wild, L. H. Shaw, T. A. Smith, and A. Stephenson. Sister Proctor, and members of the Red Cross League were also present, while Senior-sergeant Gallaher, Sergeant O’Brien, Senior-constable Cooper, Constables Brownlee and Waugh, and Tracker McLean represented the Wagga police. There were many beautiful floral tributes. The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Messrs. McIntosh Bros.” – from the Wagga Daily Advertiser 29 Jan 1921 (nla.gov.au)

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NSW Births, Deaths & Marriages

Death: 4551/1921 Father: Thomas Mother: Susan Wagga Wagga District

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Robert S. DAVIS

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Robert S. DAVIS

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Constable

Stations: ?, Lock Up Keeper at Wingham

Service: From ? to Monday 21 January 1867

Awards: ?

Born: ?

Died on: ?

Cause: Drowned

Event location: Manning River

Body found: Wednesday 23 January 1867

Age: 32

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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We Remember…

Constable Robert DAVIS
Drowned
Wingham
21 January, 1867

This recently unearthed police death on duty is now the subject of research. The following newspaper articles tell part of the constable’s story.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 31 January, 1867:

“Robert Davis, police constable and lock-up keeper at Wingham, while out collecting the electoral roll, was drowned in the Manning, near Wingham, on the 21st January. He was seen riding near the river on that day, and was not seen afterwards alive; but no one appears to have seen him crossing the river. Not returning home in the evening, his wife sent out messengers in search of him. Next day his horse was found near the river, and it was then surmised that he had been drowned. The police and others dragged the river, and found the body a short distance above the crossing place. ‘The deceased has left a wife and several children unprovided for; the inhabitants of the locality are raising subscriptions for them.”

The Empire – 31 January 1867:

“A sad affair, which cost the life of a very decent man, occurred at Wingham on Monday last. It seems that Robert Davis, who was one of the police-constables, and lockup-keeper at Wingham, was recently appointed to assist in collecting the electoral roll of the Manning, and that in the discharge of his duty he crossed over to the Bight on Monday last. He was absent but a very short time when he was seen returning home but he failed to arrive. His wife, alarmed as the evening wore on at his non-appearance, sent out messengers in search of her missing husband, but it was only on the following morning that certain tidings were heard of him. Then the horse on which he had been mounted was found riderless in a paddock on the opposite side of the river; the saddle – covered with mud, and one of the stirrups missing. It was then conjectured that he must have been drowned, and the river was dragged for the body. It was found on Wednesday; and after a magisterial inquiry, all that remained of poor Davis was buried on the same day. How he became unhorsed will probably never be known; and the matter is all the more mysterious from the fact that he knew the ford well, had crossed it before on the same day, and was riding an animal to which he had been accustomed. The man thus lost in the discharge of his duty has left a wife and a number of small children. He had resided in the district several years, and was universally regarded as a sober, unassuming, kind hearted, and efficient public servant. Great sympathy is felt for his wife, who is said to be near her confinement. – Manning River News.”

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser 9 February, 1867:

“The ‘Manning River News’ of 26th says:—Robert Davis, who was one of the police constables and the lock-up keeper at Wingham, was recently appointed to assist collecting the electoral roll of the Manning, and in the discharge of his duty he crossed over to the Bight on Monday last. Subsequently his horse was found, on the opposite side of the river, the saddle being covered with mud and one of the stirrups missing. A search resulted in the discovery of Davis’s body in the river. He had been drowned by some mischance in crossing the ford. He leaves a wife and number of small children.”
At the time of his death the constable was aged 32 years and was stationed at Wingham, where he was the lockup keeper.

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Surname	Given Names	Notice Type	Date	Type	Age	Other Details	Publication	Published
DAVIS	Robert S	Death notice	21JAN1867	Death	32	at Wingham, Manning River	Sydney Morning Herald	07MAR1867
DAVIS	Robert S	Death notice	21JAN1867	Death	32	at Wingham, Manning River	Sydney Morning Herald	23MAR1867
DAVIS	Robert S	Death notice	21JAN1867	Death	32	late of Wingham, Manning River	The Empire	08MAR1867

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Clarence and Richmond Examiner & New England Advertiser ( NSW ) Tuesday 12 February 1867 page 3 of 8

A police constable named Robert Davis stationed at Wingham, on the Manning River, was drowned on Monday, when attempting to ford the Bight. He was assisting to collect the names for the electoral roll. He was a man much respected in the district, and has left a widow and a number of small children.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MANNING RIVER. – A sad affair, which cost the life of a very decent man, occurred at Wingham, on Monday, 21st instant. It seems that Robert Davis, lock up keeper at Wingham, was collecting the electoral roll of the Manning, and that in the discharge of his duty he crossed over to the Bight on Monday last. He was absent but a very short time when he was seen returning home – but did not arrive. His wife, alarmed as the evening wore on at his non-appearance, sent out messengers in search of her missing husband, but it was only on the following morning that certain tidings were heard of him. Then, the horse on which he had been mounted was found riderless in a paddock on the opposite side of the river the saddle was covered with mud, and one of the stirrups missing. It was conjectured that he must have been drowned and the river was dragged for the body. It was found on Wednesday ; and after a magisterial inquiry, was buried on the same day. How he became unhorsed will probably never be known, and the matter is all the more mysterious from the fact that he knew the ford well and had crossed it before on the same day, and was riding an animal to which he had been accustomed. The man thus lost in the discharge of his duty has left a wife and a number of small children – News

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/63665154

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Empire ( Sydney ) Friday 8 March 1867 page 1 of 8

DEATHS.

DAVIS — On the 21st January, at Wingham, Manning River, constable Robert S. Davis, aged 32 years.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60837325

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/166802297 – same wording as above. Sydney Mail Saturday 9 March 1867 page 9 of 12

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13140774 – same wording as above. The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 23 March 1867 page 7 of 16

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Stewart Ian KERLIN

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Stewart Ian KERLIN

Queensland Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Detective Sergeant

Stations: ?

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: National Medal – granted 5 May 2000

Born: ?

Died on: 11 November 2006

Cause: Motor vehicle accident

Event location: Pacific Hwy, Woolgoolga, NSW about 10am

Age: 42

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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Police officer killed on duty

AAP
November 12, 2006 12:00AM

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Const Wilson was the second police officer killed on the state’s ( NSW ) roads yesterday, with a Queensland detective dying after a multi-vehicle crash south of Coffs Harbour on the NSW mid-north coast.

Detective Sergeant Stewart Kerlin, 42, was killed when two cars and a truck collided near Woolgoolga about 10am (AEDT).

Fellow officer 43-year-old Detective Senior Constable Paul Meese, who was in the same car, was injured and a 60-year-old woman passenger in the second car also was hurt.

Both were taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital, where they are in stable condition.

The two police officers were travelling in an unmarked car to a number of locations around NSW as part of a Queensland Police investigation.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/police-officer-killed-on-duty/story-e6frg6n6-1111112509264?nk=73412c0e9f8bd4a2da893de353e172e7

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William James HARRIS

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William James HARRIS

Queensland Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Constable

Stations: ?

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: ?

Born: ?

Died on: 24 August 1915

Cause: Injuries received riding a Police horse

Age: 28

Funeral date: Friday 27 August 1915

Funeral location: Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld

Buried at: Rockhampton Cemetery, Qld

RC Section 15X Burial # 4002d

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The Capricornian ( Rockhampton, Qld ) Saturday 28 August 1915 page 31 of 52

The funeral of Constable James William Harris, who met his death as the result of an accident on the Scrubby Creek Bridge, took place yesterday afternoon. A large body of officers and men of the Rockhampton police force, as well as others from outside stations, assembled at the police barracks, and, in charge of Senior sergeant M J. Carmody, marched in royal blue uniforms and white helmets to the late residence of the deceased in Arnold street and afterwards followed his remains to the Rockhampton cemetery, three marching on either ride of the hearse and the others immediately in the rear. Among those present at the funeral were the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. L Archdall, and the Clerk of Petty Sessions, Mr. W. G. Moran. The Rev. Father T. Grogan officiated at the graveside.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/69402310

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Morning Bulletin ( Rockhampton, Qld ) Friday 3 September 1915 page 10 of 12

MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY.

A magisterial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Constable William James Harris, at the Rockhampton General Hospital on the night of the 24th of August last, as the result of an accident on the Scrubby Creek Bridge the same night, was held before the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. L. Archdall, yesterday.

Senior-sergeant M. J. Carmody, conducted the examination of witnesses.

Senior-sergeant Carmody deposed that he instructed the deceased on the morning of the 24th of August last to go to Kabra to make some official inquiries and expected his return that night unless something occurred to delay him. About eight o’clock, that night he was advised by telephone from Gracemere that the deceased had met with an accident on the Scrubby Creek Bridge and that the ambulance was taking him to the Hospital.

After stating his course of action immediately before the deceased’s death and subsequently, witness added that the horse ridden by the deceased was quiet. The deceased was twenty-eight years of age and had a wife and a child fifteen months old. He was an excellent horseman and a most reliable and trustworthy constable.

Robert McKim, labourer, living at Gracemere, deposed that when on horseback within 100 yards of Scrubby Creek Bridge, about seven o’clock on the night of the 24th of August last he saw a horseman on the bridge. The horse shied and bounded about 4 ft. into the air. Both horse and rider fell on the off side ( right side ). Witness hurried to the scene as quickly as possible, and as be got on to the bridge the horse came towards him. Having tied up both horses, witness went towards the man, and recognised him as a constable, as he was in police uniform. He could get no reply from the constable as to whether he was hurt. Through the slabs he could see a fire underneath the bridge at a man’s camp, though he did not see a man there until shortly afterwards. The horse was just about over the spot where the fire was when it bounded. Rain had fallen in the afternoon, and, in consequence, the bridge was slippery. If a horse with shoes on slipped on a board, it would fall very heavily. The reflection from the light, he thought, caused the horse to shy and bound. He was satisfied that the horse was only walking on to the bridge when the accident occurred. If the horse had been cantering witness would have heard it. Witness telephoned to the Ambulance Office from the Gracemere railway station, a mile from the bridge.

In reply to the Police Magistrate, witness said that he could not say whether the horse fell on the deceased or whether the deceased struck the slabs independently of the horse.

W. G. Daniel, Superintendent of the Ambulance Brigade, gave evidence to the effect that, when summoned, he went in the ambulance motor car to the Scrubby Creek Bridge, five miles distant from Rockhampton, and on the bridge saw Constable Harris, who was quite unconscious. There was a contused wound, with effusion of blood, on the forehead over the right eye. The deceased, who was in a serious condition, was conveyed in the car to the Hospital.

Alexander MacDonald, butcher, Gracemere, testified that he had known Constable Harris as a steady and reliable and a good horseman, and adding that, after inspecting the bridge with Constable Cullen on the following morning, he had formed the opinion that the horse bounded just after it got on to the bridge, jumped to get over the reflection of the fire, and then fell owing to the bridge being slippery from the rain. The horse was marked on the off shoulder.

The inquiry was then adjourned to a date to be fixed.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/53369843

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Morning Bulletin ( Rockhampton, Qld ) Thursday 9 September 1915 page 6 of 12

THE DEATH OF CONSTABLE HARRIS.

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Constable James William Harris, as the result of an accident on the Scrubby Creek Bridge, was continued before the Police Magistrate, Mr. H. L. Archdall, yesterday.

Senior sergeant M. J. Carmody conducted the examination of the witness, Constable Robert Lindsay Cullen, who, in the course of his evidence, stated that his examination showed that the deceased’s horse was going at a walking pace to the bridge and afterwards slipped about 9 ft. on the bridge when attempting to bound, and then skidded about 15 ft. before it started to scramble to get on its feet.

It appeared to him that the horse bounded over the reflection of the fire underneath the bridge.

Judging by marks, the horse fell on the off side ( right ).

The deceased was a good horseman and a very careful man with horses, while he was most sober and reliable.

The bridge was very slippery on the night of the accident, and it was a dangerous bridge at any time. The inquiry was further adjourned.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/53378874

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Brian Joseph KENNY

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Wayne Raymond GEORGE

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Wayne Raymond GEORGE

New South Wales Police Force

Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on 2 February 1976

Cadet # 3222

Redfern Police Academy Class 157

Regd. # 17765

Uniform # 1822

Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commence 2 February 1976

Probationary Constable – appointed 5 December 1977

Constable – appointed 4 December 1978

Senior Sergeant – Death

Stations: ?, The Rock – O.I.C., School of Traffic and Mobile Policing ( S.T.A.M.P. ), Police Academy, Goulburn

Service: From 2 February 1976 to 8 June 1995 = 19+ years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 16 September 1993

Born: Thursday 4 December 1958

Died on: Thursday 8 June 1995

Cause: Motor Vehicle Accident – Police cycle – Rider

Location: Picton Rd near Almond St, Picton

Age: 36

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: NSW Police Academy, Goulburn

Buried at: Bega Cemetery, Princes Hwy ( South )

General Section 6, Row E, Lot 11

Hanging at the Police Driver Training School, Goulburn.

Wayne Raymond GEORGE - Grave — Wayne Raymond GEORGE – Grave

Wayne Raymond GEORGE - Grave 3 - Died 8 June 1995 — Wayne Raymond GEORGE – Grave

Wayne Raymond GEORGE memorial plaque at NSW Police Driver Training ( S.T.AM.P. ), Goulburn

WAYNE IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance

Touch plate at the National Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra.

Funeral location: ?

On 8 June, 1995 Senior Sergeant George was riding a police solo motor cycle from Goulburn to Sydney to attend a meeting. Whilst he was riding along Picton Road, near Almond Street, Picton his cycle was struck by a motor vehicle. The sergeant was thrown to the roadway where he was run over by a number of passing vehicles including a semi-trailer. He died as a result of injuries received.

The senior sergeant was born in 1958 and joined the New South Wales Police Force as a cadet in February, 1976. He was sworn in on 5 December, 1977. At the time of his death he was attached to the School of Traffic and Mobile Policing, Police Academy, Goulburn.

Have searched Trove and Google without success for the articles in relation to this man.

Anthony David STREHER

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Anthony David STREHER

New South Wales Police Force

Goulburn Police Academy – Class 246

Regd. # 27835

Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 29 July 1990 ( aged 19 years, 3 months, 2 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 25 January 1991 ( aged19 years, 8 months, 29 days )

Constable – appointed – “probably” 25 January 1992

Stations: Marrickville – Death

Service: From 29 July 1990 to 22 January 1995 = 4 years, 5 months, 24 days Service

Age at Leaving: 23 years, 8 months, 26 days

Time in Retirement: 0

Awards: ? – nil found at It’s An Honour

Born: Tuesday 27 April 1971

Died on: Sunday 22 January 1995

Cause: injuries received in MVA – Off Duty whilst returning home from duty

Event location: Mittagong

Age: 23 years, 8 months, 26 days

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: St Mel’s Catholic Church, Narrandera

Buried at: Narrandera Lawn Cemetery, 289 Douglas St, Narrandera

GPS of Narrandera Cemetery: Lat/Long: -34.74169,146.54273

ANTHONY is NOT mentioned on the National Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra * NOT JOB RELATED

ANTHONY IS mentioned on the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance

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Local news for Harden-Murrumburrah & surrounding areas

Molloy Examined For Award

Published on 09/10/2015 in General News by ttteditor

Robyn Molloy, daughter of Bob and Helen Molloy of Harden and sister to Graham, Judith and Phillip has been living in Perth for many years. Robyn attended Murrumburrah Public School and completed her studies as Dux of Murrumburrah High School in 1989. She took up a position as a cadet journalist with News Limited in Sydney working on the Daily Telegraph, The Mirror and The Sunday Telegraph in 1996. She met and married Anthony Streher, a police officer from Narrandera, in a beautiful ceremony in her parent’s garden. Sadly, only five weeks later Anthony was involved in a fatal car accident on the way home from work. After this tragic event Robyn travelled the world for a time and did travel writing for the UN in Laos. Upon returning to Australia, she made Perth her new home and worked on the Sunday Times whilst contributing to the West Australian. A total change of pace came with running Old Macdonald’s Farm for 9 years.

The business transported baby farm animals around schools, shows and nursing homes all over the state. A return to journalism came after Robyn had her 3rd boy. But this time she found that technology had undergone a major transformation. Instead of ‘bricks’ for phones and fax machines the internet had become the main mode of communication. Robyn fast tracked computing skills with Curtin University and took lessons in shorthand. She soon found herself on a News Website contract, then the Examiner in a part time position. She is now the editor of four newspapers under the Examiner umbrella. Robyn is a passionate photographer however, her writing skills have attracted attention of late. She has recently been honoured by being shortlisted as a finalist in the Western Australian Media Awards. Robyn, although the Editor says she still loves to write. To be eligible for the awards, journalists were asked to submit three feature stories.

She chose stories on emergency services workers on the front line as she found the people working in this area fascinating and they all had diverse stories to tell. One of her stories featured a hearing impaired fireman, another featured a policeman who had been a professional dancer in Asia before coming to Australia. The third story was about an ICU nurse and how he and his colleagues worked intensively to save people whilst at the same time working at preparing loved ones for the possible loss of that person. When asked if she had met any well known people in her career. She said that when she was in Sydney she had met quite a few, but then went on to say that she had met Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop recently as Don Randell’s electorate office was next door and they were in WA for the Canning By-election. She says she is honoured to be considered for the award as her colleagues produce high quality work. Robyn and her partner Andrew have 4 children, Jayden 13, Cameron 11, Lachlan 9 and Ryan 8. We would like to take this opportunity to wish her well from the Twin Town Times.

http://twintowntimes.com.au/_/2015/10/molloy-examined-for-award/

Elise Veronica KREJCI

| 19/08/2015

Elise Veronica KREJCI

( late of Shellharbour, NSW )

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 41513

Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Monday 2 May 2005? with Class # ???

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Stations: Wollongong – Death

Service: From ? 2005 to 20 April 2008 = 3 years Service

Awards: ?

Born: Wednesday 26 May 1976

Died on: Sunday 20 April 2008

Cause: Injuries received in a motor vehicle accident – Off Duty

Event location: Picton Rd, Cataract Dam

Age: 31 years, 10 months, 25 days

Funeral date: Tuesday 29 April 2008

Funeral location: St Agatha’s Church, Pennant Hills, at 11am on Tuesday

Buried at: North Rocks Cemetery, North Rocks Rd, North Rocks, NSW ( with her Mother – Ann )

Grave location: Sect. B, Row 8, Grave 2

GPS -33.768712, 151.040709

Engaged just two days ... Elise Krejci. — Engaged just two days … Elise Krejci.

ELISE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED

Grave location:

Herald Sun 22 April 2008

Elise couldn’t wait to tell her news to police mates

WITH a new engagement ring worn proudly on her finger, Elise Krejci could not wait to return to work to share the news with her police colleagues.

After accepting a romantic Gold Coast proposal from boyfriend and workmate Brett Wright on Saturday, the 31-year-old Wollongong constable was rostered back on duty at 6.30am yesterday.

But Constable Krejci did not make it back to work to share her happy news as she was killed in a road crash on Sunday.

And the popular officer’s engagement ring was locked in a safe at Wollongong police station, removed from her finger by a numbed colleague.

Constable Krejci was returning home from a week-long holiday with Senior-Constable Wright and his three children – aged seven, 10, and 13 – when the Holden Commodore she was driving slammed head-on into a Ford Fiesta at Cataract in Sydney’s southwestern outskirts, killing her instantly.

As Sen-Constable Wright, 36, remained in a serious condition with spinal injuries at Wollongong Hospital, family and colleagues yesterday spoke of the cruel twist of fate that robbed of a life together. Stephen Krejci told The Daily Telegraph how his younger sister had phoned home overjoyed at her engagement after Sen-Constable Wright’s proposal on Saturday.

The couple had been together for about a year and Constable Krejci was excited about becoming a stepmother.

“She was so happy about it (the engagement). Everyone was very happy,” Mr Krejci, 38, said.

“They were planning on building a house in Wollongong. They had bought the land and had it all planned out. They had everything to look forward to.

“It’s just a tragedy. She was such a warm, friendly person. We’re all a bit numb.”

Mr Krejci said his sister, who would have turned 32 on June 3, joined the police about four years ago. She was following in the footsteps of her younger sister Anna, who worked at Wollongong police as a school liaison officer.

She was working in the same 20-officer general duties team as Sen-Constable Wright and cherished being close to her sister – two girls in a family of five brothers.

“She transferred to Wollongong only a few years ago to be close to her family and friends,” Mr Krejci said.

“That’s where she met Brett. They’d been together about a year. I just hope that he can recover.”

Colleagues, including officers who attended the crash site on Picton Rd, near Cataract dam, remained in shock with a chaplain and psychologist offering counselling.

Wollongong crime manager Inspector Mark Lavers said Constable Krejci “was such a lovely girl. We have 240 people here and a lot of them will be upset.”

Police believe that the crash occurred after Constable Krejci’s Holden Commodore hit a patch of water and aquaplaned into the Ford Fiesta in heavy weather.

Sen-Constable Wright’s three children escaped the crash unhurt.

The driver of the Ford, a 23-year-old Lurnea man, was flown to Liverpool Hospital with hip, leg and facial injuries.

A female passenger in that car was taken to St George Hospital in a stable condition.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/policewomans-future-stolen/story-e6frf7jo-1111116125885

The Age 21 April 2008

Just engaged Elise dies in car smash

The crash yesterday, and right, Elise Krejci. Photo: David Tease and Syliva Liber — The crash yesterday, and right, Elise Krejci.
Photo: David Tease and Syliva Liber

Daniel Emerson
April 21, 2008 – 9:34AM

A policewoman who yesterday died in a traffic crash that seriously injured her partner, a fellow officer, became engaged to be married two days ago, their commanding officer has revealed.

Constable Elise Krejci, 31, and Senior-Constable Brett Wright, both attached to Wollongong local area command, were travelling along Picton Road at Cataract at about 1pm yesterday when their Holden Commodore collided with a Ford Fiesta.

Constable Wright’s three children were in the back of the car and suffered minor injuries.

Constable Wright remains in a serious but stable condition in Liverpool Hospital with a fractured hip and spine and internal bleeding.

Wollongong Inspector Mark Lavers said the officers had made plans to get married.

“I just found out they were engaged two days ago,” he said.

Inspector Lavers said Wollongong highway patrol officers who did not work with the pair were first on the scene.

Command of the crash scene was transferred to Illawarra police and crash investigation officers as soon as possible to reduce the trauma for officers who had worked with the police couple.

Wollongong officers have received counselling.

“We have had psychologists and police chaplains at the station,” Inspector Lavers said.

He said the deceased officer, from Shellharbour, was very popular.

“She’s a lovely girl and a good officer,” Inspector Lavers said. “We never had to chase her up for her work. She was well respected by her peers and senior management.”

Constable Krejci was first stationed at Wollongong in December 2005,

Police said the 23-year-old driver of the other car, a Ford Fiesta with L-plates, suffered hip, leg and facial injuries, and was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a stable condition. His female passenger was taken to St George Hospital.

The Illawarra Mercury today quoted the officers’ team leader, Inspector Brian Wyver, saying each of the five teams at Wollongong Police were made up of 20 officers and camaraderie in the teams was strong.

“She has been in the police for about two years and she was well-liked and it was a close team,” he said. “Brett was her fiancé and he is on that team as well . . . it’s just a sad day.

“Morale is always good and this is where they really get behind each other.
“It’s a sad day and they are dealing with it in their own way.”

Inspector Wyver said Constable Krejci enjoyed bush walking with Constable Wright and others in the team.

He said they both had family in the Wollongong area and that Constable Krejci’s sister, Anna, was a school liaison officer with Wollongong Police.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/just-engaged-elise-dies-in-car-smash/2008/04/21/1208629780214.html

The Daily Telegraph 25 April 2008

We had that perfect love, says killed cop’s fiancé; Elise Krejci

Fond memories ... Brett Wright and Elise Krejci with Brett's three children. — Fond memories … Brett Wright and Elise Krejci with Brett’s three children.

HE calls her his soulmate and just 10 days ago Brett Wright was ecstatic when a smitten Elise Krejci agreed to become his wife.

The Wollongong policeman was yesterday lying in hospital with a broken back and his “perfect” woman’s engagement ring hanging from his neck as he bravely prepared a eulogy for the love he cruelly lost in a road crash.

First report: Policewoman killed after engagement

Six days after Constable Krejci was killed as the couple returned from a family holiday, Senior-Constable Wright spoke for the first time about the “wife” he planned to spend his life with.

“We had that absolute perfect, beautiful, wonderful, true love. We were true soulmates,” the 36-year-old told The Daily Telegraph from his Wollongong hospital bed.

“Elise was the perfect partner in every way. She lived to please me and I lived to please her and that’s what made us happiest. We spent virtually every moment together from the time we got together until Sunday.

“Every day was perfect. I’m so fortunate to have had my time with her.”

The couple met when Constable Krejci moved to Wollongong two years ago. They had a fairytale romance, moving in together two days after their first kiss during a holiday with colleagues last September.

When Sen-Constable Wright gave his 31-year-old love a commitment ring a month later, she immediately placed it on her wedding finger and began calling him her husband.

That destiny was to be fulfilled, with the couple already booking their church and reception, before Sen-Constable Wright proposed 10 days ago.

Yesterday, the grieving officer spoke of memories of their final days and plans for children, before their car slammed head-on into another vehicle, driven by a learner driver at Cataract, just 20 minutes from their Wollongong home.

Choking back tears, Sen-Constable Wright said he was feeding his fiancee a mandarin when the car hit water on Picton Rd and collided with oncoming traffic.

He passed out for several minutes before waking to find Constable Krejci dead and his children, Sarah, 13, Renee, 10, and Matthew, 7, crying in shock.

“I just remember the car started to aquaplane and I could see us sliding towards the other car and thinking ‘this is not good’, then I think I passed out and the next thing I woke up and the car was on its side,” he said.

“It happened so fast, one minute we were laughing and sharing a mandarin and then . . .”

The policeman, who will deliver a eulogy from a stretcher at Constable Krejci’s funeral on Tuesday, broke down as he showed photographs of their engagement and final holiday together.

The couple had driven to the Gold Coast with Sen-Constable Wright’s children, spending a day at Movie World and soaking up the sun, before going to Port Douglas on April 15, where the wedding proposal occurred.

“It was just the most perfect day. I’m just glad we were given that last holiday with the family,” he said.

“We were brought safely all the way back to Wollongong and when we were back she was taken.

“But I believe she was taken because there’s another purpose for her. She’s got other things to do now and I believe I was left behind because I’ve still got the kids to look after.

“When my time is finished I know that she’ll be up there waiting for me. She’ll probably say something along the lines of: ‘What took you so long?’

“That’s what I believe. To believe anything else would be too painful.”

Sen-Constable Wright said, although his back and hip were broken, his spinal cord was not damaged and he was determined to return to work at Wollongong, where a plaque will be erected to commemorate Constable Krejci. He also vowed to build their dream home on the block of land in Wollongong’s south.

“I’ll do everything the way we planned, I know she’ll be looking down.”

A Requiem Mass will be held for Constable Krejci at St Agatha’s Church, Pennant Hills, at 11am on Tuesday, followed by a burial service at The North Rocks Cemetery.

The Daily Telegraph 30 April 2008

On stretcher Brett Wright lays true love Elise to rest

True love ... Policeman Brett Wright and his fiancee Elise Krejci. — True love … Policeman Brett Wright and his fiancee Elise Krejci.

True love ... police officer Brett Wright on stretcher at the funeral of his fiancee Elise Krejci. Picture: Channel 9 — True love … police officer Brett Wright on stretcher at the funeral of his fiancee Elise Krejci. Picture: Channel 9

rue love ... a photograph of policewoman Elise Krejci adorns her coffin. Picture: Channel 9 — True love … a photograph of policewoman Elise Krejci adorns her coffin. Picture: Channel 9

WHAT began as the hardest journey Brett Wright would ever make ended, fittingly, in an emotional send-off for Elise Krejci, his “perfect, beautiful, wonderful, true love”.

The Wollongong policeman and father-of-three travelled by ambulance from Wollongong Hospital to St Agatha’s Catholic Church in Pennant Hills yesterday, where he joined family and friends at his fiancee’s funeral.

Speaking from a hospital bed and supported by emergency services personnel, Senior Constable Wright spoke for almost 20 minutes about his love for Constable Krejci, his “soulmate”.

He is still recovering from injuries to his spine, lung and ribs, which he sustained in the accident that killed Constable Krejci, 31, on April 20.

The couple was returning from a family holiday on the Gold Coast with his three children when the Holden Commodore she was driving collided with a Ford Fiesta on a wet and slippery Picton Rd.

She had accepted his proposal of marriage a day earlier and couldn’t wait to return to work to share the news with colleagues and friends.

Yesterday, the 200-strong crowd also heard a series of other tributes from a number of Constable Krejci’s friends and relatives, including her sister Anna, brother Paul and 13-year-old step-daughter Sarah.

Her duty officer, Detective Inspector Brian Wyver, said she had become an integral and essential part of his team, despite having being stationed in Wollongong for only a relatively short time.

Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione, who attended the funeral, said Constable Krejci’s family had supported each other through the death of her mother Elaine, who succumbed to ovarian cancer in 1999.

Their “strength and stoicism” was again evident yesterday, he said.

“All in all, it was one of the tearier and more emotional funerals I’ve been to but when you lose one of your own, it becomes doubly sad,” he said.

“Elise was a beautiful girl – very stunning in appearance, well-travelled, well-educated and very respected. She was a teacher and a nurse, and then she joined us.”

Mr Scipione said he had been struck by the courage of Constable Krejci’s father Ernie. “The tragedy, when you reflect upon what’s happened here is that no parent should ever have to bury one of their children – the time is not right,” he said.

“She has left this Earth far too early, at 31, and certainly we’re much poorer, as an organisation, for having lost her but at least we knew her and in terms of policing, she was an important part of the landscape wherever she worked.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/policeman-lays-true-love-to-rest/story-e6freuzi-1111116202529

Graham FORBES

| 19/08/2015

Graham FORBES

aka ” Melton ” aka ” Forbsey “

( late of Erskine Park )

Goulburn Police Academy class 231B

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 20163

Rank: Constable 1st Class

Stations: ?, Ermington

Service: From ? to 2 August 1993

Awards: ?

Born: 17 August 1964

Died on: 2 August 1993

Cause: Pedestrian – MVA at Toongabbie

Age: 29

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Cremated. Pinegrove Cemetery, Sundial Garden

Constable 1st Class Graham FORBES - Ermington Patrol. Hanging in Granville Police Station. — Constable 1st Class Graham FORBES – Ermington Patrol. Hanging in Granville Police Station.

Constable 1st Class Graham FORBES - Grave plaque - Pinegrove Cemetery — Constable 1st Class Graham FORBES – Grave plaque – Pinegrove Cemetery

[alert_blue]GRAHAM is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_blue] * NOT JOB RELATED

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It is believed that Graham was standing at the boot of his vehicle whilst parked outside of an old school mates house, in Toongabbie, when he was struck from behind by another vehicle, resulting in the death of Graham.

David John HOBDEN

| 19/08/2015

David John HOBDEN

Victoria Police Force

Regd. # 23192

Rank: Senior Constable – Retired – Medical

Stations: pre mva: Force Reserve, Melbourne District Traffic and Patrol Division, Cranbourne Police Station, the Metro Traffic Operations Group and Echo District Traffic Operations Group.

post mva: recruiting, Youth Advisory Unit and as a Youth Affairs / Project Officer.

Service: From 29th January 1980 to 2005

Awards: National Medal – granted 31 July 1999

Born: 1963

Event date: 1990

Died on: 24 December 2011

Cause: injuries sustained from 1990 mva

Age: 47

Funeral date: Wednesday 4 January 2012

Funeral location: Victoria Police Academy Chapel, 1 View Mount Rd, Glen Waverley

Buried at: ?

[alert_green]David IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_green]

The touchstone of Victoria Police Senior Constable David John Hobden left the manufacturer in Melbourne this morning. Under AFP Federal Agent escort, the touchstone has just been handed over to NSW Police - Monaro LAC Commander, where it will be blessed at their dawn service at Queanbeyan Police Station tomorrow morning. The touchstone will then be installed into the National Police Memorial ahead of the national service tomorrow evening. We will remember. — The touchstone of Victoria Police Senior Constable David John Hobden left the manufacturer in Melbourne this morning. Under AFP Federal Agent escort, the touchstone has just been handed over to NSW Police – Monaro LAC Commander, where it will be blessed at their dawn service at Queanbeyan Police Station tomorrow morning. The touchstone will then be installed into the National Police Memorial ahead of the national service tomorrow evening.
We will remember.

On 30th October 1990, Senior Constable David HOBDEN was travelling on his police motor bike with the lights and siren operating in response to a call from D24 of ‘offenders on’ in a house in Endeavour Hills.

At the intersection of Heatherton Road and James Cook Drive, Endeavour Hills he was involved in an accident with another vehicle.

He was conveyed to the Dandenong Hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken leg and two broken ribs. As a result of the injuries he was off duty for 12 months.

During the following years the injuries continued to trouble him and he required ongoing medical treatment and a further thirty operations.

Eventually the discomfort he suffered from the injuries forced him to retire from Victoria Police in 2005.

David Hobden joined Victoria Police as a Cadet on 29th January 1980 and after graduating in 1982 he performed general duties at Force Reserve, Melbourne District Traffic and Patrol Division, Cranbourne Police Station, the Metro Traffic Operations Group and Echo District Traffic Operations Group.

Upon his return to Victoria Police after the accident he performed duty in a variety of non-operational roles including recruiting, Youth Advisory Unit and as a Youth Affairs / Project Officer.

The injuries he sustained in 1990 subsequently led to David Hobden’s premature death on 24th December 2011.

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Location of funeral service:

Australian Pensioner Funerals, Ph (03) 9428 1600