In loving memory Dear husband Thomas David GREGORY Died 31st March 1962 Aged 68 years A loving wife & Mother Mildred Jane GREGORY Died 26th May 1972 Aged 59 years
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A former policeman, who drove the first ‘PD’ car ever used in Parramatta, died recently after nine years’ retirement from the force.
He was Constable First Class Thomas David Gregory ( 68 ) and he is survived by his wife and two married sons and daughters. Many senior police officers joined the guard of honour outside All Saints Church following the funeral service.
Constable Gregory, who served for many years in Parramatta and Dundas, retired from the force in 1953 after 32 years service.
Popular
A returned soldier from World War I, he was popular with children throughout the district for his care and attention while directing traffic at the city’s busiest intersections.
A former fellow – officer said yesterday that Constable Gregory was one of the most popular officers ever to serve in Parramatta. He said Const. Gregory was a familiar sight throughout the district driving a ‘bullnozed’ PD car in 1925.
Tributes
Const. Gregory was later transferred to duty in Parramatta Court House, and on his retirement, tributes to him were paid by Judges, Senior Counsel and other members of the Bar. His death came as a blow to the hundreds of people who knew him during his police service and since his retirement.
A long guard of honour of friends and former fellow officers stood in respect as the cortege left from his Grose Street home. Rev. O. Crawford conducted the service at All Saints Church, and later at the graveside in St. Paul’s cemetery, Carlingford.
Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 – 1950), Monday 22 June 1936, page 1
Wireless Patrol in Crash
Chase of Stolen Car
FENCE KNOCKED DOWN
Constable Gregory’s promptness and presence of mind averted what might have been a fatal crash In Church-street, Parramatta, early on Sunday morning, when a stolen car, travelling at over 70 miles an hour, swerved in front of the Parramatta Police wireless patrol car.
Constable Gregory, who was driving the wireless car, turned quickly to avoid a collision. A front tyre blew out and the car, getting into a broadside skid, ran on to the footpath,knocked down a fence and finished up in a hedge.
The accident occurred after the two cars had crossed Lennox Bridge. The driver of the stolen car, who was accompanied by a man and a woman, swerved in front as the police drew abreast.
Despite the high speed at which it was travelling, the patrol car received relatively small damage. With Constable Gregory were Constable Tompkins ( operator ) and Detective Booth.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954) , Monday 9 March 1931, page 4
TWO MEN CHARGED
Fugitive Shot in Knee
SYDNEY Sunday.
When one of two men failed to stop after being challenged by the police in Sydney-road, Granville last night, Constable Gregory fired three shots, one of which struck a fugitive in the left knee. The man was conveyed to the Parramatta Hospital, and admitted. The other man made no attempt to escape when the police made their challenge. Subsequently both men were charged.
The police visited a house in Auburn and recovered £300 worth of property, alleged to have been stolen.
Thomas David Gregory was born in 1893 in the Queanbeyan district on NSW. Some sources, including his enlistment papers, state his name as David Thomas Gregory although birth and baptismal records give his name as Thomas David Gregory. His grandfather and father were rural workers at properties around Duntroon and Tharwa and Gregory is associated with Royalla, NSW where he too was a farm labourer.
Gregory enlisted in April 1916 with the 56th Battalion and joined his unit near Flers in France in February 1917. The 56th Battalion fought at Louverval and Bullecourt during April and May 1917. Gregory was gassed at Polygon Wood in Belgium in September 1917. He rejoined the 56th Battalion in June 1918 and was wounded three months later at Péronne on the Somme River where he was shot in the ankle, leg and forearm.
After the war, Gregory worked for a few months at the Royal Military College, Duntroon before applying for a Soldier Settlement block. In his application, he indicated he wanted to graze sheep, that he was single with no dependents and that he had £250 in capital.
Gregory was granted the lease on Woden Block 110D of 208 acres (84 hectares), one of the smallest blocks in the District of Woden. Jerrabomberra Avenue (now the Monaro Highway) boarded the block on the west and Narrabundah Lane on the north. The lease began on the 3rd April 1920 for 25 years at an annual rental of £50/10.
Plan of Woden Block 110D.
The Commonwealth never intended for anyone to be able to make a living from Woden Block 110D; Gregory certainly didn’t. He applied for an advance of £168/15 to buy 150 ewes as well as funds to build fences worth about £35. However, it seems that Gregory did not stock his block but sublet it, as he wrote in 1922, “for 2 years to Messrs Hardy and Reid.”
Google Maps image of area c2013 with Woden Block 110D boundary in red.
By 1922, Gregory had moved to Parramatta, NSW where he married and also joined the New South Wales Police Force. William Harris, a neighbour at Jerrabomberra, looked after the block on Gregory’s behalf. He held onto Woden Block 110D until May 1931 when he transferred it to another neighbour, Hector McIntosh, who in turn sold it to Hugh Read in 1934. Thomas Gregory retired from the NSW Police in 1953 as a Senior Constable and died on the 31st March 1962 in Parramatta.
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 26 February 1942
Probationary Constable – appointed 29 June 1945
Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 1 March 1974
Inspector 2nd Class – appointed 2 March 1976
Inspector 1st Class – appointed 1 August 1977
Senior Inspector – appointed 14 April 1978
Superintendent – appointed 21 December 1978
Senior Superintendent – appointed 17 September 1982
Executive Chief Superintendent – Retirement
Stations: ?, “possibly” Parkes ( as Detective ), “possibly” Penrith ( as Detective Sgt ), Superintendent ( Dubbo ), Chief Superintendent ( Parramatta – 18 Division ), Superintendent of Metropolitan Area
Service: From26 February 1942to 14 February 1985=43years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 November 1982
Born: 15 February 1925 in Nabiac, NSW
Died on: Wednesday 14 June 2017 at Kingswood, NSW
Age: 92
Cause: ?
Event location: Kingswood, NSW
Event date: Wednesday 14 June 2017
Funeral date: Tuesday 20 June 2017
Funeral location: private funeral via Supremacy Funerals Chapel, 44 Station St, Penrith
Memorial Service: A Celebration of Life will be held Wednesday 12 July 2017 at Caddens Retirement Village, 21 Braeburn Street, Caddens at 2.30 pm.
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
Lion Frank Killen, one of two founding members of the Penrith Lions Club, has been awarded the highly prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship award for his ongoing dedication to the club.
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May they forever Rest In Peace
Frank Killen passed away and funeral notice in this mornings Daily Telegraph. He was a senior officer and the family well entrenched in Police history with siblings Louise F. KILLEN (Cummings) ( Regd # 11006 ) with John Francis KILLEN ( Regd # 19176 ) and Martin P. KILLEN ( Regd # 17965 ) former members too. R I P.
Francis Leonard (Frank) Killen
Born in Nabiac NSW, Australia on 15 February 1925
Passed away in Kingswood NSW on 14 June 2017
Late of Penrith District
Aged 92 years
Service Details
A private funeral service will be held on Tuesday 20 June 2017. A Celebration of Live Service will be held in July 2017, date to be advised.
KILLEN, Francis Leonard (Frank)
15/2/1925 – 14/6/2017
Late of Penrith District Beloved husband of Anne. Loved and devoted father, step-father, father-in-law, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Forever in our Hearts
A private funeral service will be held on Tuesday 20 June 2017. A Celebration of Frank’s Life will be held on Wednesday 12 July 2017 at Caddens Retirement Village, 21 Braeburn Street, Caddens at 2.30 pm.
Supremacy Funerals
(02) 4721 2020
Penrith and All Suburbs
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on June 17, 2017 – See more at: http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=francis-leonard-killen-frank&pid=185822696#sthash.ZPEgyiu1.dpuf
Lion Frank Killen, one of two founding members of the Penrith Lions Club, has been awarded the highly prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship award for his ongoing dedication to the club.
Mr Killen started the Lions Club in 1957 and after more than 50 years of dedication, the Lions International’s Head Office in Oak Brook, Illinois, America bestowed on him the Fellowship.
“I appreciate the award but never set out to win it,” Mr Killen said.
“I started the Lions Club in 1957 and was formerly the president and then also the secretary for 17 years straight.
“One of our longest lasting community initiatives has been support for the Nepean Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Each year for nearly 20 years we have provided them with finances to help import expensive equipment that they may need.”
Fellow Lions Club member, Barry Leavett-Brown said that Mr Killen has served the Penrith Lions Club earnestly with great determination and, as one would expect, had very high standards in his position of club secretary for more than twenty years.
“He has been a stalwart on the committee that runs the Chocolate Wheel project in the Westfield Plaza,” he added.
Appearing in Penrith Court last week on a charge of murder at Springwood, a Woodford man was alleged to have told police that he also intended killing the wife of the dead man.
The man charged, James Frederick Burne, 23, of Woodford, was committed by Mr. A. Cummerford, S.M., for trial at Central Criminal Court sitting to commence on February 26.
For the defendant, Mr. E. O’Loughlin said Burne would plead not guilty and reserved his defence.
Burne was charged with having murdered his brother in-law, Allan Frederick Edwin Wright, 27, at Springwood on January 15, 1962.
In evidence, Sergt. Ronald F. Stewart, of Lawson, said a man rang him at the Lawson Police Station early on Monday morning, January 15. The man had told the sergeant his name and said he had just killed Allan Wright.
Sergt. Stewart said Burne had told him that Wright was married to his (Burne’s) sister.
Burne had said: “I intend ed to kill them both. She bullied me, and they both annoyed me.”
PUSHED GUN AWAY
Police also alleged that Burne had said Wright had sat up in bed and pushed the barrel of Burne’s gun away. “I pulled the trigger and he fell over the end of the bed,” Burne is alleged to have said.
Detective-Sergt. Francis J. Killen, of Penrith, told the court he went to a house in Springwood at 2.20 a.m. on January 15. A body was lying on the floor of the bedroom.
A post-mortem showed two gunshot wounds in the head, either of which could have caused death, Dr. E. Scott Young said in evidence.
Detective-Sergt. Killen, who had been accompanied to the house by Sergt. Stewart and Senior Constable W. Power, of Springwood, said Burne had told him at 3.40 a.m. he had not been at work the previous day.
After reading magazines and thinking a lot, he had decided to kill Allan Wright and Mrs. Wright, Burne told Detective-Sergt. Killen.
Widow of the dead man, Mrs. Eileen Wright, employed as a casual nurse, said she had been at work on the night of the shooting. There had been frequent disagreements between her and her brother, Mrs. Wright said.
Former Tallaganda Shire Clerk To Stand Trial Stealing Charges
Mr.. C. N. Finlay, S.M, yesterday committed a former Shire Clerk of Tallaganda Shire Council for trial on two charges of stealing money from Tallaganda Council.
He Is Malcolm Joseph Noonan, 36, a married man with five children, now a member of the R.A.A.F. station at Glenbrook.
Noonan was charged with: Stealing £155 from Tallaganda council between April 2 and April 7 while a servant of the council.
Stealing £164 from Tallaganda Council between April 17 and April 20.
Tallaganda Shire Council has its headquarters at Braidwood.
Mr. Finlay committed Noonan for trial after hearing evidence on both charges in Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. The trial will be held at next Goulburn Quarter Sessions to commence on September 13.
£100 BAIL
The defendant has been allowed £50 bail on each charge. He reserved his defence.
DETECTIVE’S EVIDENCE
Detective Francis Leonard Killen, of Penrith, said he had seen the defendant at R.A.A.F. Headquarters at Glenbrook on May 20 this year. The defendant had told him he had been in the Air Force since June 4 last year. Prior to that he had been Shire Clerk for the Tallaganda Shire Council.
He had told the defendant he (Killen) had a warrant for his arrest on a charge of stealing £155 from the Tallaganda Shire.
Witness said the defendant had commented, “This is a bit of a blow. I fixed that up.” Witness said the defendant had added: “I took £155 and I took other money too, but I put it all back and I thought every thing would be all right. “I was a bit silly. I was having a bad run at the punt but I had assets and I knew I could pay the money back. “But I did not get things fixed up as quickly as I thought I would and I had to go to Sydney and see my solicitor. “On May 8 I went with my father and gave them a bank draft for the money I owed.” Witness said the defendant had made a signed statement the following day at the Penrith Police Station. Killen added that at 11 a.m. yesterday he had again seen defendant at the Goulburn Police Station.
He had told him it was believed that he had taken a further £164, the property of the Tallaganda Shire Council, between April 17 and April 20. The defendant had said that was right. Witness said he had then asked the defendant why he took this money. The defendant had replied: “The same as the other.” Witness: “I said to him, ‘You mean you did that money on the horses or, as you say, on the punt.'” The defendant had said “Yes.” Witness said he had asked the defendant what had led up to him repaying the money eventually. The defendant had said: “I received a letter demanding that the money be repaid by May 9 or proceedings would be taken against me. “I went with my father on Friday, May 8.” The defendant had told him he had realised on his assets to the extent of £364 to repay money he owed to the council, witness said.
CLERK’S STATEMENT
Cleve James Taylor, an A grade clerk employed by Tallaganda Shire Council, said he had been employed by the council for five years and knew the defendant during that period. On the morning of April 7, 1953, a Miss Morris, who is now Mrs. Gowen, told him something as a result of which he checked the receipt books and checked cash for the takings on April 2 in a drawer in the strong room. He had found a deficiency of £155.
There was a note in the drawer with Mr. Noonan’s initials, M.J.N., and £155 written on it. He would say the note was in Noonan’s hand writing. He had seen the defendant on April 9 when Miss Morris told Noonan there was a deficiency of £155 in the cash drawer Witness said the defendant had told him he knew it was missing. “He did not give a reason for it being missing,” witness said.
EXPECTED CHEQUE
“He said he expected to receive a cheque in a day or so and would repay the money them ‘ Witness said he had found a further deficiency in cash in the strong room to the extent of £164 .on Monday, April 20. He did hot see the defendant that day and did not see him again as an employee of council. On May 8, 1953, Mr. Noonan had come to the shire office with his father and handed him a bank draft drawn on the Commonwealth Bank for £365 and 5/- In cash.
Witness said he had made out a receipt for £46/5/- for goods purchased from the council and given it to the defendant.
During the period from April 2 to April 20, he and Noonan were the only persons with keys to the strong room. “Only I and Mr. Noonan would have access to the safe after it was locked. “Money placed in the safe had been received on behalf of the Tallaganda Shire by the various employees in the office.”
“NO DOUBT MONEY WOULD BE REFUNDED”
The defendant, Noonan, asked the witness if he at any time had had any doubt that the money would be refunded. Witness : “I had no doubt at all.” To Noonan, witness said the Shire Clerk Would be “overall” responsible for any deficiency.
Mrs. Marie Clare Gowen, formerly Miss Morris, a clerk employed by the Tallaganda Council, corroborated the evidence given by witness Taylor.
SYDNEY : A 22-year-old farm worker had become too scared to take delivery of a motor truck which he purchased from a Sydney firm with two forged cheques for £1318, Det. Frank Killen, of Parkes, said in the Quarter Sessions today.
John Whitfield Dunstan, of Cowra, pleaded guilty to having forged both cheques, one for £860 and the other for £458, in the name of his employer, Roy Attenborough. grazier, of Parkes. Dunstan also pleaded guilty to having uttered the cheques. Judge Redshaw sentenced Dunstan to 12 months’ gaol and said that after Dunstan had served a reasonable part of it, he might recommend release provided Dunstan’s family arranged to establish him on the land.
Detective Killen said that Dunstan, a former fireman in the N.S.W. railways, had, after separation from his wife at Newcastle some months ago, become farm laborer in the Parkes district. Stole Cheque Forms In December last while employed by Mr. Attenborough, Dunstan had stolen two cheque forms from Mr. Attenborough’s cheque book, made passable imitations of Mr. Attenborough’s signature and had negotiated the cheques in the purchase of a motor truck. ‘I think he is more foolish than criminal,’ Det. Killen told Mr. Trevor Martin (for Dunstan).
When arrested, said Det. Killen, Dunstan was employed as a laborer at the Cowra gas works and in his spare time assisted in the training of trotting horses. In refusing to grant Dunstan a bond, the judge, referring to a previous conviction against Dunstan in 1950 for cattle stealing, said: ‘This is your second step in crime.’
Three detectives, whose CIB car was in a collision at Matraville last night with an oil waggon, each received injuries to the spine and fractures of the pelvis, an X-ray showed today.
The detectives, Norman Thomas, Thomas Quinn and Frank Killen, have all shown improvement since their admission to Prince Henry Hospital.
Det.-Sgt. Bennett Toms, who was also a passenger in the police car, was treated in hospital for severe shock. He is still too ill to resume duty.
In the collision, which occurred in Bunnerong Road, the police car was wrecked.
Detectives In Mangled Car SYDNEY, Friday.- Four Sydney detectives were in a police car when a 10-ton oil tender capsized and crushed it to-night at Matraville.
Two of the detectives were admitted to Prince Henry Hospital with serious injuries. They are Senior-detective Norman Thomas, 44, and Senior-detective Thomas Quinn, 39.
Detective Frank Killen, 23, went home after treatment. Detective sergeant Bennet Tome escaped in jury.
The tender loaded with 500 oil drums, is believed to have got out of control while rounding a corner in Bunnerong Road. The tender veered across the road and capsized on the police car, crushing it.
Gates of memories will never close, how much I miss you Steve no one knows. days pass away into years, but I think about those memories with silent tears.
Love Chris, Jono, Callie, Dave, Callum, Chloe and Curtis
Published by Illawarra Mercury on June 7, 2017 – See more at: http://tributes.kiamaindependent.com.au/obituaries/kiamaindependent-au/obituary.aspx?n=steve-passmore&pid=185712412#_ga=2.44858980.1908542426.1497097293-641006719.1497097293
Stephen Passmore 28/09/44 – 07/06/06
Steve I never go to say goodbye when angels came and took you away. I just wanted to hold your hand so tight kiss you gently and say goodnight. And then just before you had to go I would tell you how much I love you so. I don’t know how I don’t know why. Steve I never got to say goodbye.
Love Chris, Jono Callie, Dave, Callum, Chloe and Curtis
Published by Illawarra Mercury on June 7, 2016 – See more at: http://tributes.illawarramercury.com.au/obituaries/illawarramercury-au/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=180226868#sthash.RgMPQKLo.dpuf
Scientific Police – December 1979 Front Row L – R: Det Sgt 2/c A.J. WOOD, Det Sgt 2/c E.J. KELLY, Det Insp J.E. SNOWDEN, Det Insp J.E. MERRETT ( O.I.C. ), Det Sgt 1/c R.R. BROWN, Det Sgt 3/c D.W. WARDROBE, Det Sgt 2/c B. GIBSON 2nd Row L – R: Det Sgt 3/c L.K. CAMPBELL, P.C. Sgt 2/c J.H. SOILAND, Det SenCon J.R. HESLOP, P.C. Const S.J. HENKEL, Det SenCon D.J. HUGHES, Dets Sgt 3/c D.J. CHIVERS. 3rd Row L – R: Det SenCon R.W. MILLINGEN, P.C. Cst P.J. MARCON, Det SenCon C.S. IRELAND, P.C. Cst G.V. HALLETT, Det Cst 1/c D.M. MARTIN, P.C. Cst R.N. ADAMS, P.C. Cst 1/c D.J. RANSOME 4th Row L – R: P.C. Cst B.W. RITCHIE, P.C. Cst P.E. McCAMLEY, P.C. Cst S.O. HASSELL, P.C. Cst 1/c N.J. RAYMOND, P.C. Cst N.M. MYRIS, Det SenCst S.G. PASSMORE ABSENT: Det Sgt 3/c N.G. EZART, Det Sgt 3/c R.W. JOHNSON, Det SenCon W.F.W. DAY, Det SenCon E.L. OOSTERHOFF, Det SenCon M.R. EDWARDS, Det SenCon R.A. NAPIER, Det SenCon R.H. MUNDAY, P.W. Det SenCon V.L. FLEMING, Det SenCst R.J.W. BARBER, P.C. SenCst D.J. TYSOE, P.C. Cst 1/c T.P. BAKER, Det Cst 1/c R.B. MUSGRAVE, P.C. Cst 1/c P.A. SANDEMAN, P.C. Cst 1/c J.A. AHERN, P.C. Cst 1/c P.J. HOLDER, P.C. Cst G.L. MURPHY, P.C. Cst G.C. RATCLIFFE, P.C. Cst G.J. CLAUSEN, P.C. Cst M. CONWAY
Beresford John KILL
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Beresford John KILL
aka Barry
Late of Corrimal
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 10867[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 28 October 1963
Loving father and father in law of Evan, Alanna, Tahnee, Mitchel, Rowan and Leonie, Patrice and Nathan, Bethany and Matthew, Julieanne and Michael, Leonard.
Much loved Grandad to his 14 grandchildren and Sookie.
Aged 80 Years
At Peace
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Barry’s funeral service to be held in the chapel, Parsons Funeral Home, 278 Princes Highway Bulli on Tuesday June 13, 2017 at 10am.
Published by Illawarra Mercury on June 9, 2017 – See more at: http://tributes.illawarramercury.com.au/obituaries/illawarramercury-au/obituary.aspx?n=beresford-john-kill-barry&pid=185746807#sthash.s16AoXZC.dpuf
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Sidney Clarence EDWARDS
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Sidney Clarence EDWARDS
aka Slippery, Sid
Late of Albion Park Rail
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 9153[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 17 November 1958
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 April 1974
Senior Sergeant – Retirement
Stations: ?, Clarence St, Byron Bay, Bathurst, Pt Kembla GD’s ( Sgt 3/c ), Flemington, Castle Hill – Retirement
Service: From? ? pre November 1958? to 20 August 1987=29years Service
May have been a Railway Detective prior to joining the NSW Police Force.
Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954),
Tuesday 22 May 1951, page 12
RAIL POLICE RAID HOUSES
Railway detectives yesterday recovered more than £1000 worth of goods allegedly stolen recently from the railways.
They recovered the goods in a raid on a house in Park Avenue, Pagewood.
Later they seized more goods in a raid on a house in Erskineville.
Detective Bert James, of the C.I.B., Railway detective A. R. Whittaker and five other railway detectives made the raids.
They raided the house in Pagewood when they saw a man drive an empty truck into the premises. They found the living-room stacked high with carpets, tyres, arid men’s sports coats.
The carpets included 12 wall-to-wall carpets and about 100 yards of carpet runner.
In the raid at Erskineville the detectives arrested a man carrying a sugar bag. The sugar bag contained 12 dozen new spoons and a quantity of men’s sand shoes.
Later, at Daceyville Police Station, the detectives charged a young married woman with having had in her custody goods suspected of being stolen.
At Central Police Station they laid similar charges against the woman’s three brothers.
Nothing further is known about this man and further information is sought.
Cal
6 June 2017
Peter John ARMSTRONG
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Peter John ARMSTRONG
aka Sheepdog
Late of Picketts Valley, NSW
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 21800[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 25 January 1985
Constable – appointed 25 January 1986
Stations: ?, Burwood & Enfield ( 9 Division ), VKG1 ( Sydney ), Flemington, Gosford – Medical Retirement
Service: From? ? pre January 1985? to? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: There are two Peter John Armstrong’s mentioned on It’s An Honour.
They both received the National Medal & 1st Clasp to National Medal with one receiving the 2nd Clasp but I am unable to confirm who is who on that system.
Born: 2 March 1965
Died on: ” Left to go to heaven” on Thursday 1 June 2017 @ 2.15pm at home
Age: 52
Cause: Tumour in the brain. Diagnosed in May 2016
Event location: ?
Event date: Thursday 1 June 2017 @ 2.15pm
Funeral date: Friday 9 June 2017
Funeral location: Pete requested a private funeral for his family and close friends. The Chapel, Greenways Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 460 Avoca Dve, Green Point
Buried at: ? TBA
Memorial located at: ?
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In the words of his wife, former member Peter Armstrong “left to go to heaven” at 2.15pm this afternoon., (1st June). No funeral details at this stage but will advise. Please give Prue and the girls as much support as you can and keep them in your prayers and thoughts.
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Robin Barrett SMALL
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Robin Barrett SMALL
aka Bob
Late of Inverell area
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 11535[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 16 August 1965
Senior Constable – appointed 16 August 1974
Detective Sergeant
Detective Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 24 May 1989
Superintendent – Retired
Stations: ?, National Crime Authority – Inspector – ( Senior Investigator from 1989 ), Kings Cross ( Patrol Commander from 1992 ), Newtown, South West Region Commander – Retirement
Service: From? ? pre August 1965to 2 July 1997=31years Service
My question without notice is to the Attorney General, and Minister for Industrial Relations. In view of the question raised yesterday in this House by Reverend the Hon. F. J. Nile concerning an alleged police cover-up and allegations against solicitor John Marsden by Superintendent Bob Small, will the Attorney make it clear to the House that those allegations have already been investigated by the police royal commission and that Mr Marsden and Assistant Commissioner Alf Peate were completely exonerated of any improper conduct? Is it a fact that Superintendent Small and other police officers have given internal police papers and police documents to Channel 7, either directly or through intermediaries, in breach of police regulations, in order to assist Channel 7 in its litigation with Mr Marsden? If so, will the Police Integrity Commission investigate those officers?
The Hon. J. W. SHAW:
I do not know, and therefore cannot comment on, what information the police may or may not have given to Channel 7 in relation to this contentious litigation. I simply want to stay completely away from that. I reiterate the point I endeavoured to make yesterday, namely that honourable members ought to be circumspect about commenting on pending litigations in the Supreme Court. Obviously, there are some very hard-fought issues between Mr Marsden and Channel 7 that the judge will need to adjudicate upon. I myself am cautious about making any comments about the matter, and I think all members ought to be cautious. I believe that the honourable member is correct in suggesting that this allegation of a police cover-up was dealt with by the police royal commission. However, I would not want to go further than that.
I wish to make a personal explanation. My political character and integrity have been impugned by claims by the former Kings Cross local area command, Superintendent Robin Small, which have been reported in the media. The inference of these claims is that as the honourable member for Bligh I sought inappropriately to influence decisions to move a police officer. The implications are outrageous and completely false. These matters date back to 1993 and 1994, prior to the Wood royal commission, of which I was a vocal and consistent supporter in the efforts to remove corruption and ensure an accountable and honest New South Wales Police Service. Over many years I have made appropriate representations as the member for Bligh on behalf of my constituents concerning serious crime problems in the Kings Cross local area command. I have reported to police and the Minister for Police serious problems of street crime, prostitution, drug dealing, violence, property damage, antisocial behaviour and people not being safe on the streets. I continue to make these representations on behalf of my constituents.
While Robin Small was superintendent of the Kings Cross local area command I was very concerned about his approach and attitude. I was particularly concerned about the priorities of Kings Cross local area command. Despite the very real crime problems in the area, Superintendent Small undertook a campaign of 24-hour blitzes on parking, which involved police observing alleged infringements from a moving police car, with the paperwork being done back at the police station. I wrote to the Minister for Police informing him that the campaigns appeared to be targeted at revenue gathering rather than responding to real community concerns. Specific reported incidents included deliberate harassment of a doctor and nurses responding to an emergency situation at St Vincent’s Hospital, deliberate disregard of a disabled person in a wheelchair in Oxford Street, and issuing of infringement notices to a resident parked on the right-hand side of the road in a short dead-end street and causing no obstruction. I informed the Minister for Police that in conducting these campaigns Kings Cross police were failing to exercise sensitivity and sound judgment.
Another serious allegation involved action by Superintendent Small to break up a community-based Neighbourhood Watch group. The Police Service attempted conciliation and was unsuccessful. The matter was referred to the Ombudsman, with the former Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator stating that Superintendent Small owed them a public apology. Although I have made appropriate representation over many years on behalf of my constituents concerning the adequacy of policing at Kings Cross, no member of Parliament, not even the Minister, has the power to direct police staffing and operational matters. I have never sought to interfere inappropriately in any police operational matter. From memory I was in fact informed by Commander Darcy Cluff that he made the decision to move Superintendent Small “in his own interests”. Former Commander Darcy Cluff and police records can be consulted to verify these facts.
Mr DEPUTY-SPEAKER:
Order! For future reference I remind the honourable member of the provisions of the standing orders relating to the making of a personal explanation, which on this occasion she almost breached.
Reverend the Hon. F. J. NILE [6.07 p.m.]: In May 1994 serious allegations relating to the supply and use of Indian hemp and other drugs were made by citizens against Mr John Marsden, who at that time was a member of the police board. Mr Marsden received preferential treatment in the investigation of this matter in that the execution of the search warrant was delayed and executed only after he became aware that a police investigation was under way. Obviously, nothing was found in the search. Shortly after this the officer who headed the investigation, Superintendent Bob Small of Kings Cross, was transferred in highly unusual circumstances.
In an internal document in September 1994 Mr Small challenged the reason for his transfer. He claimed that the reasons advanced were untrue and that a confidential conversation with senior police –
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in which confidence was guaranteed but was later broken – was used to his detriment. To Mr Small’s knowledge there was never an inquiry of any sort into his allegations. In order to publicly air the subject, in December 1994 Mr Small spoke to the Hon. Deirdre Grusovin, the honourable member for Heffron, and informed her of the matters and the circumstances surrounding the favoured treatment of Mr Marsden. In January 1995, by document handed to senior police, Mr Small voluntarily brought to the notice of the Police Service that he had unlawfully handed police documents to the Hon. Deirdre Grusovin relating to the Marsden investigation.
The Hon. R. S. L. Jones: On a point of order. Reverend the Hon. F. J. Nile is raising a number of police matters. I earnestly urge him to ensure he does not endanger any police investigations.
The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT (The Hon. D. J. Gay): Order! No point of order is involved. I am sure the honourable member will take due notice.
Reverend the Hon. F. J. NILE: In addition, Mr Small complained about the failure of the Police Service to properly handle his complaint of September 1994, and also about the favoured and preferential treatment given to Mr Marsden. As a result Mr Small was informed that a complaint was registered against him for supplying the documents to Mrs Grusovin. In February 1995, apparently as a result of his January disclosure, Mr Small was interviewed by a senior police officer in relation to this matter. At the close of the interview Mr Small was informed that by bringing his allegations to light he was regarded as an internal informant. Several days later Mr Small was informed that the royal commission would take over the investigation.
The Hon. P. T. Primrose: On a point of order. Is the honourable member reading from a publicly available document?
The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT: Order! No point of order is involved.
Reverend the Hon. F. J. NILE: Absolutely not. That is the purpose of bringing it to the attention of the House. In late 1996 the royal commission obtained some written information from Mr Small about the matter. More than three years have passed since Mr Small fairly and squarely made his complaints against the Police Service. Why has not the Police Service contacted Mr Small about his status as an internal informant? Why has not the Police Service and/or the Ombudsman’s office contacted Mr Small about his complaints against the Police Service? Why has not the Police Service and/or the Ombudsman’s office contacted Mr Small about the complaint registered against Mr Small?
Why was Mr Small put through the trauma of waiting from February 1995 until his retirement in May 1997 without ever, even to this date, being told the result of the complaint registered against him? Given the miserable failure of the Police Service and/or the Ombudsman’s office to competently, credibly and promptly investigate these suspicious events surrounding the investigation into serious drug allegations by Mr Marsden, the equally suspicious transfer of Mr Small and the failure of the Police Service internal informants policy, are the Premier, the Minister for Police or the Attorney General prepared to refer these issues to the Independent Commission Against Corruption so that a full investigation and examination can be made?
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 20 November 1992 (No.137), page 8306
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE SERVICE
Commissioned Officer Appointment
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the undermentioned Commissioned Officer appointment, effective from the date indicated:
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 9 June 1989 (No.72), page 3386
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE
Commissioned Officer Appointments
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the undermentioned Commissioned Officer appointments, effective from the dates indicated:
Inspector, District Staff Officer, Operations, Dee Why
Senior Sergeant Edward James Gilligan, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Senior investigator. National Crime Authority
Detective Sergeant Robin Barrett Small, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Senior Investigator, National Crime Authority
Detective Sergeant Malcolm James Brammer, date of entry on duty.
TED PICKERING,
(1326) Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
