Funeral location: Magnolia Chapel, Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Cnr Delhi & Plassey Rds, Nth Ryde, NSW
Buried at: ?
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Raymond John REED
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Raymond John REED
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 15462
Rank: Sergeant – retired
Stations: ?, Blue Mountains – retirement
Service: From ? to 5 August 1999 = 27 years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 14 December 1988
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1999
Born: ?
Died on: Monday 14 September 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 65
Funeral date: Friday 25 September 2015 @ 2.30pm
Funeral location: Chapel of Leura Memorial Gardens, Lot 1-17 Kitchener Road, Leura
Buried at: ?
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Brett KINLOCH
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Brett KINLOCH
Australian Federal Police Force
Regd. # ?
Rank: ?
Stations: ?
Service: From ?to?
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Unit: UNMIT
Regiment: ?
Enlisted: ?
Service # ?
Rank: ?
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: ?
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
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Awards: awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal. The U.N. Secretary-General established the Dag Hammarskjöld medal for posthumous award to members of peacekeeping operations who lost their lives during service with a peacekeeping operation under the operational control and authority of the United Nations.
Born:
Died on: ?
Place of death: East Timor
Cause: Heart attack
Age: ?
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial at: ?
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James Alfred MORGAN
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James Alfred MORGAN
aka Jim
( late of Glenfield, NSW )
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 7698
Rank: Sergeant 1st Class
Stations: Penrith Police College, Liverpool ( 22 Division ) General Duties, Public Safety Bureau ( P.S.B. ) – Solo Cyclist, Liverpool on PSB, Campbelltown PSB, Liverpool, No 3 Division – General Duties, Traffic Branch – Supervisor, 3 Division – Traffic Sgt, 22 Division ( Liverpool ) – Traffic Sgt, Liverpool – General Duties, Green Valley ( 22 Division ) O.I.C.
Service: From 4 January 1954 to ?
Promotions: Trainee – 4 January 1954 – Penrith Police College
Probationary Constable – 25 January 1954
Constable – 4 January 1955
Constable 1st Class – 4 January 1960
Senior Constable – 4 January 1965
Sergeant 3rd Class – 7 March 1969
Sergeant 2nd Class – 26 March 1977
Sergeant 1st Class – 1 December 1979
Awards: 23 February 1960 – For duty performed in search for escapees Simmonds & Newcombe
24 January 1964 – for observations & good Policemanship in effecting the arrest of armed escapee Pat John HYNES
9 September 1965 – commended for actions during disasterous bush fire – Country Cumberland in 1965 – Appin Rd
Born: 27 March 1934
Died on: 7 September 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 81
Funeral date: Tuesday 15 September 2015 @ 11am
Funeral location: North Chapel of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden Valley Way, Leppington
Buried at: ?
Sgt 1st Class James MORGAN
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James Alfred MORGAN Death Notice
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Married Beryl on 26 March 1954.
Lived in Glenfield all his life except for a short period in 1953 when he lived at Cabramatta.
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Leon BOWRA
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Leon BOWRA
( late of Glenmore Park, NSW )
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 7136
Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on 24 January 1949
Either Class # 025 at Penrith Police College or Class # 044 at Redfern Police Academy
Cadet # 790
Rank: Commenced training at ? Academy on 24 January 1949 ( aged 16 years, 1 month, 29 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 26 November 1951 ( aged 19 years )
Service: From 24 January 1949 to 27 July 1988 = 39+ years Service
Awards: National medal – granted 8 June 1988 ( C/Insp )
Born: Saturday 26 November 1932
Died on: Sunday 13September 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 82 years, 9 months, 18 days
Funeral date: Friday 25 September 2015 @ 2.30pm
Funeral location: South Chapel of Rookwood Crematorium, Lidcombe
Buried at: Cremation
There will be no formal police involvement at the funeral service however the family do invite all friends and former colleagues to attend if they wish.
L to R Sgt, Leon Bowra and Inspector Max Mathew, keep a close watch on the proceedings as the hemp drops into the furnace. Police today burnt 1.5 tonnes of Indian Hemp at the Waverly Tip, Botany Rd, Waterloo. The hemp had a street value of $2,000,000, and all except 5 plastic bags of the hemp was from one drug raid. April 7, 1982. (Photo by Pearce/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
LEON is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
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BOWRA, Leon
7136
Much loved husband of Marilyn, devoted father of Tracey, Leon and Craig. Father-in-law to Tony and Sue. Grandfather to Chris and Kate.
Aged 82 years
LEON’S family and friends are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held in the South Chapel of Rookwood Crematorium, Lidcombe on FRIDAY (September 25, 2015) commencing at 2:30 pm.
NOTHING FURTHER IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS MAN OR HIS DEATH.
HIS SON, CRAIG, USED TO WORK AT VKG1 ( SYDNEY )
VKG1 – They Sydney Morning Herald Friday 6 June 1986
Gerard John ROWAN
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Gerard John ROWAN
( late of Hursltone Park )
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 11016
Rank: Sergeant – retired
Stations: ?, Business & Technology Services – retirement
Service: From ? to 13 July 2002 = 38 years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 20 January 1981
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 27 November 1990
2nd Clasp to National medal – granted 24 March 2000
Born: 10 July 1942 in Nth Sydney
Died on: Saturday 12 September 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 73
Funeral date: Friday 18 September 2015 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: St Patrick’s Catholic Church, 5 Drynan Street, Summer Hill
Buried at: Rookwood Cemetery
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Requiem Mass for the eternal repose of the soul of Gerard Rowan will be celebrated at 10.30am Friday 18th September 2015 at St Patrick’s Catholic Church, 5 Drynan Street Summer Hill. Following Mass, the cortege will proceed to Rookwood Catholic Cemetery.
Harley Gerard DONOHUE
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Harley Gerard DONOHUE
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 12918
Rank: Sergeant
Stations: ?, Traffic Branch, Part time diver with Water Police, Hurstville – death
Service: From 11 December 1967 to ?
Awards: National Medal – granted 29 November 1983
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 16 September 1993
Born: 23 May 1945
Died on: 27 January 1996
Cause: Cancer
Age: 50
Funeral date: ? ? 1996
Funeral location: Woronora Crematorium
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial plaque at Woronora Cemetery
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Harley Gerard DONOHUE
Harley Gerard DONOHUE
HARLEY GERARD DONOHUE
JOHN DUNCAN, KAREN BRANFIELD, HARLEY DONOHUE
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Geoffrey WILLIAMSON
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Geoffrey WILLIAMSON
aka Blinky Bill
New South Wales Police Force
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Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 13 May 1946
Inspector
Stations: ?, Fairfield, 34 Division, O.I.C. – Parramatta District
Service: From ?pre 13 May 1946to ? ? ?
Awards: ?
Born: 10 July 1923 in Sydney, NSW
Died on: 17 September 2009 at Longueville Private Hospital
Cause: ?
Age: 86
Funeral date: Thursday 24 September 2009 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: St Charles Catholic Church, Cnr Charles & Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW
Buried at: ?
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It is with the deepest regret that we wish to advise the peaceful passing of Geoff Williamson, former Olympian and Leichhardt’s Vice President, passed away peacefully in Longueville Private Hospital late yesterday the 17th September ( 2009 ) aged 86 years.
Geoffrey joined Leichhardt Rowing Club as a coxswain before the Second World War.
After active War service, Geoff returned to Rowing as an oarsman and became part of Professor Frank Cotton’s contribution to Sports Science in the 1950’s.
Apart from many State Championship wins, Geoff represented New South Wales in the Kings Cup in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956.
He represented Australia in the Olympic Men’s Eight in 1952 (Helsinki) and 1956 (Melbourne) in the Coxed Four. Geoff also represented Australia in the Eights at the Vancouver Empire Games in 1954.
He continued to be a strong supporter of Club rowing and will be fondly remembered as a much respected Life member and Vice President of the Leichhardt Rowing Club.
His career as a Police Officer saw him move through the ranks to “Officer in Charge of the Parramatta District until his retirement many years ago.
Always the gentleman, Geoff worked continuously for Leichhardt Rowing Club and will be sadly missed.
The funeral for Geoff will take place at 10.30am on Thursday, 24th September at St Charles Catholic Church, Corner Charles and Victoria Road Ryde.
The funeral notice will be in the papers on 22nd September.
A formal complaint from a friend of Lyn Dawson that NSW police were failing to investigate her suspicious disappearance from Sydney’s northern beaches has been discovered decades later in a sealed file in state archives.
Susan Strath was so disturbed by the inaction of police that she wrote to the NSW Ombudsman’s office and begged the independent government watchdog to intervene.
Ms Strath’s complaint of 1985, three years after Lyn went missing, documented her alarm that a woman could vanish without officers interviewing work colleagues or friends, or conducting any serious investigation.
She pointed out that shortly before Lyn went missing her husband Chris — a teacher and former star footballer — was widely known to be in an intense affair with a teenage schoolgirl who had been one of his students.
“Her husband was so sure she would not return, his girlfriend was moved in the following week,” she wrote.
“He has now married his schoolgirl lover, has a beautiful home and established family.
“Everything seems too easy. He got exactly what he wanted and his wife, who wasn’t up to standard, has vanished from the face of the earth, having no further contact with family or friends.
“It doesn’t seem possible that a person can be swept under the rug and forgotten.”
The ombudsman’s file on the complaint was discovered by The Australian in storage with NSW State Archives and Records after lengthy investigations for podcast series The Teacher’s Pet and is detailed in a new episode, released today.
The ombudsman’s office had said no trace of the complaint could be found and that records would have been destroyed.
But after archives staff located the file for The Australian, the ombudsman’s office agreed to waive restrictions that would have prevented the documents being released for 90 years from when they were created.
Among the documents was Mr Dawson’s long-lost handwritten statement to police of August 1982, in which he blamed his marital problems on his wife’s credit card spending but did not mention his teenage lover.
Mr Dawson’s statement had disappeared along with the rest of the separate police file in the 1990s and was not available to the former investigating officer, Damian Loone, or to two coroners who examined the case.
Despite Ms Strath’s complaint, neither police nor the ombudsman’s office interviewed Mr Dawson’s schoolgirl lover, Joanne Curtis, or numerous other witnesses including fellow teachers, neighbours, family members and friends at the time.
Senior police who were forwarded the complaint insisted there was a satisfactory investigation when Lyn disappeared and there was nothing to indicate foul play or suspicious circumstances.
It would be another five years before Sydney homicide detectives looked at the case, acting on information from Mr Dawson’s former teenage lover, Ms Curtis, after they split up.
The two coroners later found, in 2001 and 2003, that Mr Dawson murdered his wife. He has not been charged and maintains his innocence.
The sealed ombudsman’s file includes correspondence about Ms Strath’s 1985 complaint, showing Lyn’s disappearance was brought to the attention of the highest levels of the NSW police force.
Sue Thompson, an ombudsman investigator, referred Ms Strath’s complaint directly to then-police commissioner John Avery. The commissioner was kept informed of the progress of inquiries.
“This is a bit of a sensitive complaint. It’s about the alleged disappearance of a woman some three years ago and allegation that the police may have failed to properly investigate,” Ms Thompson wrote in a file note.
Ms Strath noted in her complaint that she last spoke to Lyn on Friday, January 8, 1982, at the childcare centre where they both worked. Lyn and her husband had returned from marriage counselling that day, with Lyn expressing excitement that their marital difficulties would be resolved, she wrote. Lyn disappeared the next day, without another word being heard from her.
“The next day what happened????” Ms Strath wrote.
She noted Lyn’s inability to drive, her exceptional devotion to her two young daughters, then aged four and two, and her love of her Bayview home, which was worth more than $250,000 when she vanished.
Ms Strath also noted Lyn had no interest in religion and didn’t attend church — this was a response to her husband’s claims that she apparently went off with a religious group.
“I would like to know what the police have done in the matter? Why weren’t her workmates interviewed as to her last 24 hours?
“I’m concerned that I was one of the last to see her on the Friday but was never questioned by the police. Can a person just disappear and it be accepted?”
A senior officer, Inspector Geoff Shattles ( # 7398 ), noted in response that Lyn’s parents, Helena and Len Simms, had not “ever hinted” at concerns of foul play.
“Further to this, the brother of the missing person is a senior constable in the NSW police force and he at no time contacted police at this station in regard to any suspicions.”
A chief superintendent wrote that he was “satisfied all avenues of investigation were covered at the time”.
The file shows that as a result of Ms Strath’s complaint, she was visited in 1985 by a detective, who also contacted one of her colleagues at the childcare centre. Inspector Shattles also spoke to Lyn’s mother.
But there was still no questioning of the former schoolgirl lover or many other key witnesses. In the course of its preliminary investigation, the ombudsman’s office had Mr Dawson’s 1982 handwritten statement to police about his wife’s disappearance, in which he lied about going away “to be by myself” over Christmas 1981 when he had gone to Queensland with Ms Curtis.
Mr Dawson at the end of his statement made an unusual comment — that he was “being advised on procedure by Sergeant Brian Gardner( #8841 ), Manly Detectives”.
Mr Gardner was an influential senior figure of the Belrose Rugby League Club, where Mr Dawson and his twin brother Paul were joint captains and coaches. Known to colleagues as “Smacka”, Brian has since died.
Ms Strath believed Mr Dawson’s celebrity status as a former Newtown Jets rugby league star protected him from scrutiny.
Ultimately the ombudsman’s office concluded “no further action is necessary” after informing Ms Strath of the police position.
NSW Ombudsman Michael Barnes yesterday said the office had limited jurisdiction and resources in 1985 and its response was “satisfactory”.
