Alfred GALLARD

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Alfred GALLARD

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: ?

Stations: ?, thought to have been stationed at Broken Hill

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: ?

Born: ? ? 1870

Died on: ?

Cause: ?

Age: ?

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

[alert_red]? is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_red] * BUT SHOULD BE

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Funeral location:

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Barrier Miner ( Broken Hill ) Thursday 11 February 1897 page 4 of 4

Two new policemen (probationers), Constables Robert D. Hoare and Alfred Gallard, arrived in Broken Hill this morning from Sydney as an addition to the local police force.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44182648

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You have provided a bit more info than I currently have about Henry Chadban, who is my first cousin twice removed!

I have some others in my genealogy who were also reported to be NSW Policemen, though my quick search of your site did not bring them up. I’m wondering if you have come across them?

GALLARD, Alfred – b 1870 – thought to have been in the Police in Broken Hill
McBEATH, Norman – b c1802 – thought to have been in the Police in Mudgee abt 1881
MILLER, Harry Frank Turnbull – b1881 – thought to have been in the Police in Sydney after his stint in the Boer War
I would love to know if you have anything on these men!
Thank you, once again!
—
Regards,
Megan Tilley

18 August 2015

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There is an Alfred GALLARD buried in Field of Mars Cemetery, Cressy Rd, Ryde, NSW, who died on 22 September 1950, aged 80 in Portion Mth, Row Sec 2, Plot 149.

http://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=7585849

There is also Emily Jane GALLARD buried in the same plot who died on 27 March 1948, aged 80.

http://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=7585850

It is NOT KNOWN if these two people are the same people to whom this memorial page relates.

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Harry Frank Turnbull MILLER

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Harry Frank Turnbull MILLER

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 8096

Rank: ?

Stations: Woodstock?, thought to have been in the Police in Sydney after his stint in the Boer War

Service: From 7 August 1903 to ?

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Boer War

Unit: 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

Enlisted: Friday 22 February 1901

Service # 846

Rank: Trooper

Embarkation: ?

Next of kin: ?

Religion: ?

Single / Married: ?

Conflict: South Africa 1899 – 1902 ( Boer War )

Discharged: Tuesday 4 November 1902

Age: 22

Desc: 5′ 10″, Fair complexion, brown hair

Living in Merewether, Newcastle, NSW

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Awards: South African Medal ( Queens ) with 3 clasps – issued 9 November 1903

King’s South Africa Medal with 2 clasps – issued 9 November 1903

Born: 5 June 1881

Died on: Thursday 22 June 1950

Place of death: ?

Cause: Suffered an illness ever since the Boer War

Age: 70 – 71?

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

Memorial at: ?

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FURTHER INFORMATION REQUIRED ON THIS MAN

You have provided a bit more info than I currently have about Henry Chadban, who is my first cousin twice removed!

I have some others in my genealogy who were also reported to be NSW Policemen, though my quick search of your site did not bring them up. I’m wondering if you have come across them?

18 August 2015

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Birth: Harry F T Miller – born 1881. Registration # 5127/1881. Father: Harry Mother: Jane. Born in Petersham District, NSW.

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

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Harry is believed to have been stationed at a One Man station for many years at Woodstock. He has been described as a ‘big man’ and could sing.

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Registers of Police
Service No Surname First Name DOB Native Of Date Appointed Reel Item Remarks
8096 MILLER Harry Frank 1881 New South Wales 7 Aug 1903 3043 [8/3253]

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Jennifer Louise EDGERTON

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Jennifer Louise EDGERTON

aka Jenny

( Late of Cowra & formerly of Moama, NSW )

New South Wales Police Force

Goulburn Police Academy Class # DPP 10 ( Class 4 ) ( Class 284 )

Regd. # 35468

Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on ? ? ?

Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 21 December 2001

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank: Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Central Coast, Northern Beaches, Cootamundra L.A.C. – Young, Deniliquin L.A.C. – Moama

Service: From pre 21 December 2001 to Friday 14 August 2015

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: Saturday 12 September 1970

Died on: Friday 14 August 2015 during the morning

Cause: Cancer

Age: 44 years, 11 months, 2 days

Funeral date: Friday 21 August 2015 @ 2pm ( wear blue jeans & AC/DC t-shirt )

Funeral location: St John’s Anglican Church, 98 Kendall St, Cowra

Buried at: Cremated

Memorial 1: NSW Police force Service Memorial Wall, Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills, A8 ( right wall )

Memorial 2: Police Memorial Wall at the new Deniliquin police station, Charlotte St ( February 2018 )

JENNIFER is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO

I regret to advise the death of Serving member, Senior Constable Jennifer Louise EDGERTON, this morning – Friday 14 August 2015.

EDGERTON Jennifer “Jenny”

Passed away 14th August 2015, aged 44 years.

Late of Cowra & formerly of Moama.

Beloved partner of Klint & loving mother of Connor & Cooper.

Beloved daughter of Ross Edgerton & Lois Camps (Dec) & sister of Suzanne & Daniel (Dec).

Jenny’s family & friends are respectfully invited to attend her funeral to be held at St John’s Anglican Church, Cowra, commencing at 2.00pm on Friday 21^st August 2015.

Thence for private cremation.

By request, please attend wearing blue jeans & AC/DC t-shirt, if possible.

2/1/2019, Deniliquin Times.

Eight honoured on police memorial wall’ –

Seven former local police officers and a former police chaplain were honoured during a police reunion in Deniliquin.

They were the first to be added to the police memorial wall at the new Deniliquin police station.

Honoured were

Constable Charles Chapman (died 5/3/1866),

Senior Const James Morrison (19/1/1898),

Senior Const Thomas Smith (19/4/1910),

Superintendent Henry Grugeon (10/1/1911),

Sergeant George Thomas Whiteley (25/3/1931),

Detective Senior Const Risto Vic Baltoski (2/1/1989) and

Senior Const Jennifer Louise Edgerton (August 2015) and

Rev David Bond.

Ted Collins (R.I.P.) May I say this. Jennifer.

I nursed you as a baby.

Played cricket with your dad.

Enjoy car racing with dad and uncle Robert. Reggie Renault was the go.

You chose a job that I chose too.

I left Cowra when you were a child to pursue my dream.

You left many years later to pursue your dream.

Your life was cut short far too early.

I knew you as a princess a small child.

I never saw you in uniform but knowing your parents they were both immensely proud of you.

I speak not only as a former Cowra resident, and we both shared childhoods there, I also speak as a member of which you too belonged the NSW Police Force.. Rest In Peace Jennifer your duty has been done.

I hope you find peace.

I think Cowra has lost a cherished daughter.

My heart goes out to your parents and close relatives that I personally knew.

God bless and share the grief.

Stumpy.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSWFallenPolice/permalink/620346394773365/

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.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/514697128544865/1135440536470518/?notif_t=group_comment_follow

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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

http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

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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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John FARMER

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John FARMER

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Constable

Stations: ?

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: ?

Born: ?

Died on: ? between 1792 – 1820

Cause: ?

Age: ?

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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Funeral location: on the site of the present site of the Sydney Town Hall. Exhumed in 1869 & interred at Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe.

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Mystery solved in time for Police Remembrance Day

Exclusive By Gemma Jones
The Daily Telegraph
September 28, 2007 12:00AM

MORE than 200 years after Constable Joseph Luker was bashed to death while investigating a robbery near a Sydney brothel, the officer’s grave has finally been found again.

With the discovery of Constable Luker‘s original grave under Town Hall, the police have solved a Sydney mystery over the burial site of the first officer in Sydney to die on duty.

As the force prepares to commemorate fallen officers on Police Remembrance Day today, the story of Constable Luker’s final resting place can finally be told.

After years searching graveyard records, recent excavations under the Town Hall have revealed Constable Luker was buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground, which was used from 1792 to 1820. Constable Luker’s grave was marked “assassinated“.

Records show the bodies of three policemen, including Constable Luker, were exhumed in 1869 when building began on the Town Hall site and they were interred at Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney’s west.

“It is important to police as an organisation that we ensure we honour and pay respect to those who have served before us and that is why we have continued to search for Joseph Luker’s burial place,” Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said yesterday.

“Joseph Luker paid the highest price for protecting the citizens of the then fledgling colony. No organisation should ever forget the sacrifices of its staff.”

Sydney City Council found records showing another two officers, Constables Joseph Haynes and John Farmer, were buried on the Town Hall site but nothing is known about how they died.

Constable Luker was on a midnight patrol after a spate of burglaries near prostitute Mary Breeze’s brothel in Phillip St, then known as Back Row, east Sydney Town, in August 1803.

He had been beaten to death and his cutlass guard was wedged in his skull when his body was found near Macquarie St.

In one of the first scandals to rock the police, two of his colleagues were suspected but were never convicted.

A message to his killers was posted on his headstone at the Town Hall site telling them: “My midnight vigils are no more, Cold Sleep and Peace succeed . . . But when my murderers appear, before JEHOVAH’s Throne, Mine will be to vanquish there, And theirs t’endure alone.”

The 35-year-old was a convict who served seven years transportation before joining a fledgling police force.

Mr Scipione urged people to wear a blue ribbon on the right-hand side of their shirt today to show support for police. He said remembering lost officers was a way to offer continued support and comfort to their families.

“It means we will never forget their courage and sacrifice,” he added.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/grave-story-of-first-fallen-cop/story-e6freuzi-1111114517756

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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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Marie LENTON

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Marie LENTON – wife of Robert Lenton

New South Wales Police Force

Rank: Police Wife

Stations: ?, M. O. Unit – Parramatta

Service: From ? to 9 May 2015

Awards: ?

Born: ?

Died on: Saturday 9 May 2015

Cause: ?

Age: 80

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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I have been advised, on 4 August 2015, of the death of Marie LENTON, 80 old, the wife of Robert Lenton, an Unattached Veteran Member of the RPA.

Marie passed away on 09/05/2015 and her funeral has been held.

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Sergeant Lenton worked his last years at the M. O. Unit, Parramatta, around the 1980’s – 1990’s

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Robert Douglas McINTOSH

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Robert Douglas McINTOSH

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: ?

Stations: ?, Mounted Trooper ( most of his Service was in the country area ), O.I.C. Waverly Police Station

Service: From ? to ? = 39+ years Service

Awards: ?

Born: ?

Died on: ?

Cause: ?

Age: ?

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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Great Grandfather of Roy BEVERSTOCK, Inspector, Waverley Police Station.

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Roy Douglas BEVERSTOCK

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Roy Douglas BEVERSTOCK

late of Caringbah, NSW

May be related to A. R. BEVERSTOCK, NSWPF # 10689

New South Wales Police Force

Redfern Academy Class # 046 – 061?

Regd. # 8137

Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on 3 March 1952

Cadet # 986

Rank: Commenced at Redfern Police Training Centre on Monday 3 March 1952 as a Cadet – aged 15 years, 7 months, 6 days

Probationary Constable – appointed Tuesday 26 July 1955 ( aged 19 years )

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed 26 July 1966

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 2 October 1971

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 December 1978

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1 February 1982

Inspector – appointed 17 December 1986

Chief Inspector – appointed ? ? ?

Superintendent – appointed 8 February 1989

Final Rank: Superintendent, Staff Officer – Retired

Stations: Darlinghurst, ?, Central Police Station ( Rosters – 1971 ), Redfern Police Academy ( late 70’s – early 82+ ), Maroubra ( early 1980’s ), Waverley ( 10 Division )( 1987 )( Inspector – Assistant Officer ), North West Region – Staff Officer – Operations ( Supt. )( 1989 )

Tasks: General Duties, Traffic control, Highway Patrol, plain clothes, Senior Law Instructor at Academy ( 1980’s ), O.I.C., Breath Analysis Section

Service: From 3 March 1952 to ? Nov / Dec 2000 = 45+ years Service

Attested as Probationary Constable in 1954

Awards: National Medal – granted 28 May 1990 ( Supt. )

Born: Sunday 26 July 1936

Died on: Tuesday 22 May 2001 ( 6 months after Retirement )

Age: 64 years, 9 months, 26 days

Cause: Leukaemia – contracted

Age at Retirement: 64 years, ? months, ? days

Time in Retirement: 6? months, ? days

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: Woronora Cemetery & Crematorium

Buried at: Cremated – Ashes collected on 11 July 2001

Tony Stevens - Brian Johnson - Bill Smith - Roy Beverstock - Bob Hurst - Jack Pearce - Russ Swinbourne - Gary Ticehurst the first PolAir Pilot — **Tony Stevens** # 11315 – **Brian Johnson** # 12683 or # 9221 – **Bill Smith** # 5689 or # 7728 or # 7844 or # 7949 – **Roy Beverstock** # 8137 – **Bob Hurst** # 8309 – **Jack Pearce** # 7005 – **Russ Swinbourne** # 8063 – **Gary Ticehurst** ( Special Constable ) the first PolAir Pilot.

ROY is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO

May be related to A. R. BEVERSTOCK, NSWPF # 10689

Grandson to Inspector Robert Douglas McIntosh ( dec )

Ronald Gary PLUNKETT

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Ronald Gary PLUNKETT

aka Gary & Plunko

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 13877

Rank: Leading Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Campbelltown, Macquarie Field – Crime Management Unit

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: National Medal – granted 10 September 1986

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 8 November 1995

Born: 19 August 1948

Died on: 18 December 2011

Cause: ?

Age: 63

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: ?

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Gary, loved his car racing & used to deck his garage out at Bathurst time.

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