With regret I advise the death of John (Jack) Victor WARING, 88 old, former Regd. No. 5266, a non-member of the RPA of Kyeemagh, NSW.
Jack passed away on 30/11/2013 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 10.30am on Friday 6th Instant at the South Chapel, Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, 49 Military Road, MATRAVILLE.
David Bruce MELDRUM, 86 old, former Regd. No. 5544, a non-member of the RPA.
David passed away on 21/11/2013 and his funeral has been held.
Charles William NICHOLLS, 73 old, former Regd. No. 14087, a non-member of the RPA.
Charles passed away on 21/11/2013 and his funeral has been held.
Galli RIPKA – age 76 – Regd. No.7610 – Member of the Gold Coast Branch of the R.P.A. – Sadly, Galli passed away last Tuesday the 26/11/13 following a long debilitating illness.
A ‘Family Only’ service and cremation has already been held.
His ashes will be conveyed to Sydney in December for a private family internment.
Regards John KING – Sec. G.C. RPA
ELLIOTT, Colin John.
Retired Police Superintendent.
November 7, 2013.
Passed away suddenly in Moruya Hospital. Late of Moruya. Dearly loved husband of Margaret. Much loved father and father-in-law of Russell, Anne & Reg, Susan & Noel and Jan & David. Will be sadly missed by all his Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren.
Aged 90 years.
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
COLIN’s relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend his funeral to be held in the Chapel of the Broulee Memorial Gardens Crematorium, with a service commencing at 1:00 pm on Wednesday the (November 13, 2013)
Moruya District Funerals
Family owned. Est 1969.
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Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 3 February 1975
Probationary Constable – appointed 29 August 1976
Senior Constable – appointed 29 August 1985
Final Rank: Senior Constable – Resigned
Stations: Sutherland, Wollongong, Unanderra, P.S.U. – Wollongong
Service: 3 February 1975 to ? ? 1990 = 14+ years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 27 August 1992 ( Former SenCon )
Born: Thursday 29 August 1957
Age: 46 yrs 2 mths 12 days
Died on: Monday 10 November 2003
Cause: Suicide – Hanging
Funeral date: Monday 17 November 2003
Funeral location: Wauchope, NSW
Funeral location 2: Gold Coast, Qld
Buried at: Wauchope Cemetery, NSW
PAT is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
CONSTABLE PAT CARNEY, FROM WOLLONGONG POLICE, RECEIVED THE TOOTH L.A. MAN OF THE MATCH TROPHY IN THE DRESSING SHED OF LYSAGHTS FOOTBALL FIELD, FIGTREE.
CONSTABLE PAT CARNEY, WOLLONGONG POLICE.
20 APRIL 1983
CONSTABLE PAT CARNEY, FROM WOLLONGONG POLICE, RECEIVED THE TOOTH L.A. MAN OF THE MATCH TROPHY IN THE DRESSING SHED OF LYSAGHTS FOOTBALL
13 APRIL 1983
This would have been a Police Footy BBQ.
Pat was born and bred in Wauchope, NSW, and joined the New South Wales Police Force via the Police Cadet system, aged 16, and commenced at the Redfern Police Academy on the 3 February 1975 and was assigned Cadet # 3097.
After the Police Academy, Pat was stationed at various locations including Sutherland. He was later transferred to Wollongong General Duties and also performed duties at Unanderra as part of the District Foot Patrol.
Pat was a funny bastard and always up for a practical joke. He was also a great footballer, playing in the NSW Police Football competition and playing for Wollongong District.
He served his final years back at Wollongong in the Prisoner Security Unit ( PSU ) until his resignation in 1990.
Two funeral Services were held for Pat. One in his old home town of Waucope, NSW, where he was laid to rest and the second was held on the Gold Coast where Pat resided.
Pat was born on the 29 August 1957.
With regret I advise the death of the following;
Albert Stafford RAYNER, 82 old, former Regd. No. 8762.
Albert passed away on 05/11/2013 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 1400Hrs on Wednesday 13th Instant at Castlebrook Memorial Park, Windsor Road, ROUSE HILL.
With regret I advise the death of Terrence John TAYLOR, 77 old, former Regd. No’s. 9812 & 13791 (a Rejoinee), a member of the Brisbane & Northern Suburbs Branch of the RPA, NSW.
Terry passed away on 26/10/2013 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 2pm on Monday 4 November at the Chapel, Great Southern Memorial Park, 1774 Mount Cotton Road, CARBROOK, QLD.
The 1st Police Officer ever awarded the 50th year Clasp to the National Medal
AKA Creeping Jesus
Late of Cherrybrook, NSW
NSW Redfern OR Penrith Police Academy Class # ? 058
NSW Police Cadet # 1090
Uniform # 998
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 8925
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced Thursday 20 May 1954 ( aged 15 years, 0 months, 25 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 25 February 1958 ( aged 18 years, 10 months, 0 days ) May have been the recipient of an Award during his Cadet years to warrant a 2 month promotion. General age of a Probationary Constable was 19 years and above.
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed 25 February 1964
Senior Constable – appointed 1 July 1968 ( 5 months less Seniority )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 March 1974
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Inspector – appointed 3 December 1986
Final Rank = Inspector
Stations: ?, Merrylands ( 26 Division ) – ( ? – Feb 1968 ),
Liverpool ( 22 Division – ( Feb 1968 – ?, Cst 1/c ),
Campbelltown Traffic Sgt ( 35 Division ) in 1970’s,
Traffic Sgt ( 10 years ) Ashfield ( 1990’s ) District Traffic Inspector – ‘I’ District ( Liverpool ) pre 19 December 1986, Burwood,
Eastwood ( Duty Officer ) – Retirement
Service: From 20 May 1954 to 20 May 2004 ( Optional Retirement ) = 50 years, 0 months, 0 days Service ( Aged 65 years, 0 months, 25 days )
Time in Retirement: 9 years, 4 months, 22 days
Awards:
National Medal – granted 22 August 1980 ( Sgt 3/C )
National Medal – 1st Clasp – granted 3 September 1985 ( Sgt 1/C )
National Medal – 2nd Clasp – granted 7 May 1994 ( Sgt 1/C )
National Medal – 3rd Clasp – ( 50 year Clasp ) – granted 24 March 2000 ( Insp )
( He was the 1st Police Officer ever awarded the 50th year Clasp to the National Medal )
Australian Police Medal ( A.P.M. ) – awarded on 26 January 2004 ( Insp )
Born: Tuesday 25 April 1939 in Lakemba, NSW
Died on: Saturday 12 October 2013
Age: 74 years, 5 months, 17 days
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Thursday 17 October 2013 @ 11am
Funeral location: Castlebrook Crematorium Chapel, Windsor Road, Rouse Hill, NSW
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: Unity Funerals, 9747-4000
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial located at: ?
LESLIE 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.
PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal
May they forever Rest In Peace
WALKER, Leslie William
October 12, 2013
Late of Cherrybrook
Beloved husband of Lorraine.
Loving father of Cameron and Sarah.
Poppy to Lee, Mal and Beau and pets Ginge and Belle.
Aged 74 Years
A chapter completed
A page is turned
A life well lived
A rest well earned.
Family and friends of LES are invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held at Castlebrook Crematorium Chapel, Windsor Road, Rouse Hill, Thursday (October 17, 2013) at 11.00am.
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http://tributes.dailytelegraph.com.au/notice/3192278
May 31, 2004
Les Walker notched up 50 years to become the state’s longest serving officer, writes Stephen Gibbs.
As a young constable Les Walker had to dodge trams in a city without traffic lights when he took up directing motor vehicles through where Pitt and King streets crossed.
With only one month’s initial training followed by another five weeks at the end of his probationary time, Walker had no radio linking him to back-up when first sent out walking alone on the beat.
“It was a bit frightening, I suppose, for a young fellow,” he says.
Five decades later as Walker’s career finally came to a close, senior police and politicians invoked Elvis Presley, Robert Menzies and Edmund Hillary in attempts to put into perspective the career of the country’s longest-serving cop.
The 65-year-old retires as the only man in NSW, probably Australia, and at one estimation possibly the English-speaking world, to reach 50 years of continuous policing.
The feat is so extraordinary the father of two left NSW Police as the first officer ever awarded a 50-year clasp to his National Medal.
With police now routinely retiring at 55, it is not a milestone that will be reached again, as each speaker noted in an anniversary and retirement ceremony at police headquarters in Parramatta 11 days ago.
Born in Lakemba, Leslie William Walker became a police cadet less than a month after his 15th birthday, on May 20, 1954, and a probationary constable on February 25, 1958.
He went on to serve under eight commissioners between Colin Delaney and the present commissioner, Ken Moroney, both of whom he knew personally.
A duty officer at Eastwood for his last years on the force, the still lean tennis player reached the rank of inspector in 1986 after more than 10 years as a traffic sergeant. He had not sought further promotion for various reasons.
Moroney, who served under Walker as a probationary constable in 1965, had been in third class at St James Primary School, Forest Lodge, when the now retiree joined the force. “When you reflect on 1954, when the greatest shock jock on radio was Gary O’Callaghan and Sammy Sparrow, we seem to have come an enormous way forward,” Moroney said. “Or maybe we’ve gone back.
“1954, when a young fellow paid $40 out of his own pocket to cut a record because he thought he had some musical talent and his name was Elvis Presley. 1954, when the names of Petrov, Evatt and Menzies were in the daily news.”
The Police Minister, John Watkins, was not even born when Walker became a cop. “The world was different, policing was different and crime was different,” Watkins said.
“To get up every day and put your uniform on and go out and do it again, despite what happened yesterday, despite what you saw, despite the belting you may have got, takes great strength, and Les has that.
“He’s found these great personal reserves of strength to get out and do it again and again, day after day, throughout his career.”
The shadow attorney-general, Andrew Tink, was so eager to join the nostalgia he excitedly claimed [incorrectly, by one year] that Walker was a police cadet before Edmund Hillary scaled Mount Everest.
“There are so many ways to put it,” Tink said. “But I understand your service is unique in Australia, and as far as I know it may well be unique in the English-speaking world.”
For his part, the man who upheld an oath to protect and to serve for 50 years was most thankful to his family: wife Lorraine, son Cameron, 21 and daughter Sarah, 18.
He had joined the force, he said, because his parents told him: “Son, get yourself a government job and you’ll always have a pay cheque”.
In 50 years the biggest change had been increased and improved training, but the basics of the job were still the same.
“The bottom line is if you enjoy working with the community it makes your job a lot easier,” he says. “It’s a lot more rewarding. When you break it all down, what you’re discussing 95 per cent of the time is people and their problems.
“You can’t resolve all their problems obviously, [but] we do as best as we can.”
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/30/1085855434520.html?from=storyrhs
Parliament of NSW
Mr ANDREW TINK
Mr JOHN WATKINS
www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/30/1085855434520.html?from=storyrhs
January 25, 2004
Inspector Leslie William WALKER
www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/25/1074965441211.html
Robert passed away on 03/10/2013 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 10am on Friday 18th Instant at Greenway Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 460 Avoca Drive, GREEN POINT.
Information about Robert from another Retired NSWPF member:
I worked with Bob Steven at Queanbeyan back in the mid 70’s in G.D.s we were both Constables at that time. One particular incident I remember clearly while working with Bob was during major flooding of the city, in 1973, and we had been recalled to duty to assist with emergency evacuations, it was night time, pissing down rain, the city had been cut in half by the flood waters of the Queanbeyan River. The Queanbeyan Leagues Club, main shopping area etc, were all inundated with fast flowing water. To cut it short, Bob and I were working on the eastern side of the Town, our operations Commander was a detective Jude Maloney. Bob and I were evacuating people from units in McQuoid St which is parallel to the river. As we came down stairs from evacuating units, the waters had reached chest level depths. Bob was carrying a child of about 2-3 years old above his head for about 50 to 60 metres in fast flowing waters. I thought his courage and determination was outstanding. When his actions were raised with senior officers the next day I was informed that was “all part of the job”.
Maybe his family might like to know this.
Regards Phil Dunn