Claude Richardson attended every annual conference from 1952–1978. From 1952–1973 he was chairman of No 10 Branch (Paddington) and from 1973–1978 chairman of No 7 Branch (Redfern). From 1953–1978 he was a member of the Executive and treasurer from 1972–1978. With others, Claude was instrumental in establishing the Police Club which opened in 1962 and has written of his experience.
As his father before him, he was a staunch unionist with a longstanding commitment to protecting the rights of workers.
He was sworn in on 29 July 1946 and retired on 28 January with the rank of sergeant 1st class.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 4 May 1973 (No.57), page 1599
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919
Municipality of Woollahra: Appointment of Deputy Member of Parking Advisory Committee
HIS Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and in pursuance of section 270D of the Local Government Act, 1919, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sergeant 3rd Class James William Byers, Police Department, vice Sergeant 2nd Class Claude Richardson, as deputy member of the Parking Advisory Committee for the Municipality of Woollahra, for a period expiring on 19th February, 1975. (P.A.C. 120, pt 2)
C. B. CUTLER,
Deputy Premier and Minister for Local Government. Department of Local Government,
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 7 April 1967 (No.36), page 1102
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919
Municipality of Waverley: Appointment of Members and Deputy Members of Parking Advisory Committee
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and in pursuance of section 270d of the Local Government Act, 1919, has been pleased to approve of the appointment, as from 3rd April, 1967, of the following gentlemen as members and deputy members of the Parking Advisory Committee in respect of the Municipality of Waverley:
Members
Frank Edmund Pogson, Esquire, Administrative Assistant, Department of Local Government (Chairman);
Sergeant 1st Class Aubrey Augustine Goodyer, Police Department;
Harold Alban Peach, Esquire, Department of Motor Transport;
Patrick Thomas Seery, Esquire, Department of Government Transport; and
Alderman Ernest Thomas Page, Waverley Municipal Council.
Deputy Members
Sergeant 3rd Class Claude Richardson, Police Department; Frederick Sydney Bezer, Esquire, Department of Government Transport; and Alderman Joseph Einfeld, Waverley Municipal Council. (G. 67-687)
P. H. MORTON, Minister for Local Government. Department of Local Government,
The City Coroner, Mr. F. L. McNamara, was told yesterday that a man had lain for 30 to 45 minutes with a broken hipbone at the corner of Oxford and Moncur Streets, Waverley, while nine or 10 trams passed him.
Mr. McNamara found that the man, Arthur Reginald Townsend, of Nelson Street, Woollahra, had died accidentally at St. Vincent’s Hospital on February 26 from shock following an operation for a fractured femur, accidentally received when he fell from a moving tram on February 24.
He said: “I find it almost impossible to believe that no person saw the unfortunate deceased lying on the ground during the half to three quarters of an hour he must have been there.”
Constable Claude Richardson, of Paddington Police Station, said Townsend had told him he was getting off at Moncur Street and had one foot on the ground when the tram started off and he fell over.
Townsend had added: “The tram didn’t stop and I lay there while about nine or 10 trams went past before anybody came to my assistance.”
Bruce Carter, 6 years, of Suffolk Street, Paddington, was seriously injured yesterday when he fell off the back of a lorry in Glenmore Road, Paddington.
Central District Ambulance took him to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he was admitted with head injuries.
Constable C. Richardson, of Paddington police is in charge of inquiries.
Adored father and father-in-law of Debra and John, Jenelle and John. Loving “Pa” to Josh and Meagan, Nikki, P.J., Courty and
great grandchildren Ollie, Lila.
Special mate to “Lauchie”.
A loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle to all his family.
“Gone Fishing”
The family and friends of Roger are kindly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held at The Penhall Memorial Chapel, 33 William Street, Orange today Friday, October 11, 2019 commencing at 1.30pm.
At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Orange Lawn Cemetery.
NORMAN J PENHALL FUNERALS AFDA, FDA of NSW
33 William Street, Orange
Phone 63623751
Our family caring for your family
Published in Macleay Argus on Oct. 11, 2019
Peter Lee HAZLEWOOD
| 21/10/2019
Peter Lee HAZLEWOOD
AKA ?
Late of Heathcote, NSW
His father was also, possibly, a member of NSWPF
NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class # “possibly ” 267 – 271
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 32092
Rank: Commenced Training – 17 August 1997
Probationary Constable – appointed 13 February 1998
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Constable
Stations: ?, Macquarie Fields, ?
Service: From? ? 1997to? ? 1999 ( Resigned ) = 2+ years Service
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours
Born: Wednesday 25 October 1978
Died on: Sunday 13 October 2019 about 11.30pm
Age: 40 years 11 mths 18 days
Cause: Motor Vehicle Collision – Veh 1 – Driver
Event location: ?, Heathcote Rd, Engadine, NSW – abt .5 km west of Princes Hwy
Peter HAZLEWOOD with Emily, 3 girls and son. May you all remember your Dad for whom he was to you.
HAZLEWOOD, Peter Lee
Forever in our Hearts
Loving son of Carolyn & Stephen (dec).
Brother of Kim & Adam.
Beloved husband of Emily.
Adored father of Kiara, Elijah, Elliana & Malachi.
Family and friends are warmly invited to celebrate Peter’s life on Wednesday 23rd October, 2019 at 2pm at Menai Anglican Church.
25.10.1978 – 13.10.2019
Aged 40 years
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
He was a Teacher at my daughters school, Wollondilly Anglican College. He had a lot to do with my daughter. He saw her through two bouts of depression. Peter was a lovely human being and a true Christian. When he said he would pray for you, he really meant it.
It is with great sadness that we are letting our AF family know that we tragically lost one of our dearest members on Sunday night in a road accident.
Peter Hazlewood was one of the friendliest and most genuine blokes you would of ever had the privilege of knowing. He was incredibly helpful around the gym, always made everyone feel very welcome with his infectious personality, his genuine interest in others and his unarguable love for a chat. Pete simply just loved people and found such joy in sharing his love and pride for his kids and his excitement and pride for Emily thriving here in the gym too. He loved this place and had such a passion for training. Pete was always smiling and was an enormous source of energy around the club. You always felt him here, he just had that incredible vitality. We, as a gym family, are sending his beloved Emily, who too is our treasured member here at Anytime, along with their 4 beautiful children, so much love and support at this time. No words can describe how we feel for you all. Our hearts go out to you!
We are a small but tight community here at AF Engadine, and if there is anything at all we can do to help, please just reach out and let us know. Pete’s presence here will be severely missed, but we know he will always be looking over us.
Rest In Peace our brother ❤️
Much love,
AF Engadine
Xx
Anytime Fitness (Engadine)Thank you all for all your touching comments. I’m sure they will be greatly appreciated by Emily, the kids and other family and friends affected by this tragedy. Pete will never be forgotten here at AF Engadine and we pray that all the family receives all the assistance and support that they need. We are so lucky to have such a tight and awesome community at AF Engadine. We love all of you guys. ????????
Debra ThomasSo so sad ???? my thoughts & prayers go out to Emily & the kids. RIP Peter ????????
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Julianne SharanOh Emily…..my heart goes out to you and your children. My deepest sympathies and love to you and please never forget, that the AF family will be there if you need us. My prayers are with you daily ????????
Michael LoboOh My….so sorry to hear this sad news…will keep Emily and the kids in our prayers
Penny GengeSo so sad. Thinking of Emily and the family at this very sad time! ????
Mick MaroneyOh dear, I’m heartbroken 🙁 All my love and support to Emily and the kids and sending up prayers to Pete. .
Liz PaineSo sorry to hear this terrible news. Thinking of Emily and her family xxx
Brooke DugganOh that’s such sad news, my thoughts and prayers go out to the gorgeous Emily and her kids ❤️❤️❤️
Ally KarkowskiOh my goodness……. so sorry to hear that news….. love and support to Emily and her beautiful children…… life can be so cruel and unexpected ????
Michelle SpeakmanSuch a terrible tragedy. Our love and support to Emily and her 4 gorgeous kids xx
Paolo WilkinboschNo way! One of the nicest guys in the gym, one of the first to talk to me when I was new in there. RIP
Emily HazThank you to you all at AF for your kind messages and support for myself and our family ????
Information to hand is that there was a Jim BURGESS, back in the early 1970s to early 1980s stationed at Orange.
He was on permanent Light Duties and maintained the police vehicle fleet at Orange.
It is believed that he had a neck injury and have previously been stationed at 4 Wheels, Sydney.
After his ‘stint’ at 4 Wheels, he transferred to Orange.
The mentioned Jim Burgess “might” be identical to the above James Burgess BUT is NOT confirmed. ( Now confirmed to be true – Jan 2024 )
For information only.
Nothing further, than what is published above, is known of this man, his life, career or death.
Cal
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Updated 18 Jan 2024 with Niche photo and Niche location.
Raymond Ferjallah MALKOUN
| 21/10/2019
Raymond Ferjallah MALKOUN
SERVING MEMBER
AKA Ray
Late of Rydalmere, NSW
NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class # DPP 23 ( Class 296 )
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 41164
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 14 December 2005
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Detective SenCon
Stations: ?, Eastern Beaches LAC – GD’s, Eastern Beaches LAC – CI duties from 2009, State Crime Command – Organised Crime Directorate CI duties from 2013 – Death
Service: From 14 December 2005 to14 October 2019 = 14 years Service
Beloved Husband of Renee.
Adored Father of Frank and Melinda.
Loving Son of Frank and Melba.
Aged 35 years
Will be sadly missed by all that knew and loved him.
Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Raymond will be celebrated at Our Lady of Lebanon Church, 40 Alice Street, Harris Park, Tuesday 15th October 2019
commencing at 10:30am.
At the conclusion of the Mass, the Cortege will proceed to Rookwood Catholic Cemetery
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Ray suffered from Cancer and, as a result had one of his legs amputated but still had the courage and motivation to attend ‘the job’.
Unfortunately Ray took a turn for the worst recently and subsequently passed away.
Ray is the father of two young children.
We wish Ray’s children, family and friends all of our deepest condolences.
Now out of pain.
Nothing further is known of this man, his career, life or death at the time of publication.
Cal
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Karl WANSER
| 21/10/2019
Karl WANSER
AKA ?
Late of ?
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # “possibly” 099
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 10970
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 24 February 1964
Motorist. “But I thought it was a 80 zone” Sgt Wanser, “You see, that was your first mistake. You should leave the thinking to the horses, they have bigger heads.” RIP.
Karl was born in Germany and migrated to Australia with his mother and sister.
Married to Gloria Wanser, 4 children, Narelle, mark, Kara, Brendan.
Grandfather and great grandfather to many.
Played soccer for most of his adult life. Enjoyed hunting, swimming and fishing.
Gordon Lawrence CONNOLLY
| 21/10/2019
Gordon Lawrence CONNOLLY
AKA BEAR
Late of ?
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # “possibly” 088 or 089
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 10152
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 30 October 1961
Constable 1st Class – appointed 1 April 1967 ( lost 6mths Seniority somewhere )
Gordon Connolly, (Bear) was admitted to Blacktown Hospital on the morning of 4 October, 2019, after suffering a heart attack.
On arrival at emergency, his heart stopped & was resuscitated. His condition was serious.
Doctors indicated that he may have suffered some brain damage as a result, and as we know, he had been suffering Dementia for many years.
Condolences to his son Dave and families.
*It is ‘assumed’ that this article refers to Gordon Lawrence CONNOLLY # 10152
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Saturday 20 November 1993, page 11
One arrest before stabbing
SYDNEY: A youth was arrested and charged with assault a few hours before 17-year-old Geoffrey Berrett died at the same under-18s dance at The Hills Centre in Sydney’s north west last weekend, police said yesterday.
The organisers of the Castle Hill dance said they would now require all youths to go through metal detectors to gain entry and video cameras would be installed.
Police and organisers have come under pressure over safety at the dances, with both denying there had been many major incidents at previous dances, held monthly.
But a senior sergeant at Castle Hill police admitted several youths had been charged with assault at the no-alcohol dances, with one charged in an unrelated incident on the night of Geoffrey Berrett‘s alleged murder.
Senior Sergeant Gordon Connolly said several youths had been charged with assault in the past three years, but there had been nothing worse “than a bloodied nose” until last weekend.
Two youths charged with the murder of Geoffrey Berrett will appear on Monday at Westmead Coroners court.
Janne McMahon: I found this photo going through my old files. It was taken at my Passing Out Parade on 23/6/1969. It shows Adrian Allingham (R.I.P.), Dennis Gilligan, Aldo Lorenzutta (RIP) and Bruce Smith. They all won portable Olivetti typewriters as part of the Transfield trophy for topping the Detectives Course in 1968 & 1969. The little bloke without the hat was from Transfield. Bruce Smith presented his typewriter to the Detective Training Unit in 2010. Their names appear at the top of the honour board.
ADRIAN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
Geoff WolseyAdrian Allingham topped my Detectives Course in 1968.
It was the second course held after the old designation exams.
I think John Bourke topped the first one.
Worked with both Aldo ( R.I.P. ) and Bruce Smith.
Played a fair bit of soccer with the Police team with Aldo. He was a good player.
( 2017 )
Shaune EdwardsThroughout my Detectives’ Course we heard of the virtues of Adrian Allingham‘s proficiency in evidence-giving before a jury.
His skills were regularly referred to, and for good reason.
Not sure if that art is still part of being an investigator these days….
( 2017 )
Bob McdWe were always advised to go and watch Adrian and Hanoi give evidence if we got a chance. I missed Adrian but saw Hanoi three times in the one trial at hospital road. He owned the witness box and the jury loved him.
( 2017 )
For three months I was fortunate enough to have Adrian Allingham as a lecturer on my Detectives’ Course in 1979.
He was a brilliant communicator, knowledgeable lecturer and very experienced detective with a great sense of humour.
His prowess as a witness in court was legendary which did not surprise anyone who heard him give such authoritative and interesting lectures on a range of serious crime matters.
I now live in Melbourne and I have only just caught up with the news of Adrian’s passing.
A fine, unforgettable police officer but, more importantly, a really good bloke.
Martin Connolly
Former Detective Senior Constable attached to Wagga Wagga and Tumut Police Stations, NSW.
21 October 2019.
Strathfield Massacre: How Wade Frankum killed seven and injured six before turning gun on himself on August 17, 1991
Ian Walker, DailyTelegraph
IT’S Saturday, August 17, 1991 and a sunny afternoon in Strathfield..
The regular Sydney suburb is brimming with visitors just arrived off the country trains, shoppers and local schoolchildren enjoying their weekend.
The popular Coffee Pot cafe in the plaza is doing a roaring trade. Among the customers is 15-year-old McDonald College student Roberta Armstrong, who is there with a friend.
Sitting next to them in the cafe is a man wearing jeans, a denim jacket, grey beanie – and a stony-faced look. He continually turns round to look at the two young girls, but they dismiss his strange behaviour.
The man is Wade Frankum, a 33-year-old taxi driver from North Strathfield, who is about to drain his fourth coffee before committing mass murder.
At 3.35pm, without warning, he suddenly stands up with one knee on the booth, smiles, and plunges a 20-inch bowie knife four times into Roberta’s back. She screams once and collapses and dies at the table. Her friend runs shrieking to the counter to hide.
Thus began one of the most violent episodes in Sydney’s history, which ends with eight people dead, including Frankum, and a further six injured.
The killings
Leaving the knife in Roberta’s back, Frankum pulls out his rifle hidden in a postpak cylinder and shoots it into the air before setting it on the cafe’s customers.
Joyce Nixon, 61, is shot twice and her daughter Patricia Rowe, 36, is shot in the back, both killed as they desperately put a table between the gunman and Rowe’s children Kevin, 15, and Nathan, 9, who survive.
Cafe owner George Mavris, 51, emerges from the kitchen after hears the commotion and is shot dead.
Sitting on the opposite side of the cafe are Carol Dickinson, 47, her daughter Belinda, 20 and 17-year-old friend Rachelle Milburn.
Rachelle starts moving towards Frankum and is shot in the head.
Sacrificing her own life to save her daughter’s, Carol pushes Belinda behind a pot plant, enabling her to scurry away. As she screams for her daughter’s life, Carol is shot in the chest and killed.
People flee, others freeze. Frankum moves towards Franklins supermarket, swinging his gun around firing from the waist and shoulder.
He shoots Helen Xu in the arm, before hitting another woman in the leg and then killing 53-year-old Robertson Kan Hock Voon as he stands in a chemist.
The killer takes the escalator to the upper level carpark and shoots young couple, Beulah Patrick and Brett Lenane, who survive after crawling away in a pool of their own blood.
Next in his sights are George Sidawy, a cleaner who is shot in the leg, hand, stomach and arm but survive.
Ahead of Frankum is Gregory Read, who having warned people in the carpark about the approaching gunman, is shot in both feet as he dives behind a car.
Bullets keep flying. A number hit a vehicle driven by Margaret Lampe. Luckily, all of them miss her.
Frankum, now on the roof, tries to shoot his way into the adjoining social security department building to gain the high ground as police begin to close in.
When his bullets fail to break the aluminium locks, he puts his gun over the rooftop wall and fires at Strathfield Railway Station and taxi rank. Two passers-by, Yong Wu and Zhao Ou, are wounded before seeking refuge in the station’s tunnel.
Unaware of the unfolding horror, Catherine Noyes drives up to the rooftop where Frankum screams at her to stop. He puts his gun to her cheek through the passenger window and says: “Drive me to Enfield”.
She has gone no further than down a level with the killer when the sound of sirens fill the carpark.
“I’m really sorry, stop,” Frankum says before getting out of the car.
As she drives away, Mrs Noyes sees Frankum kneel and put the rifle to his chin. She looks away and hears him fire the final shot.
Whatever demon had been impelling Frankum deserted him
– Coroner Kevin Waller
In 10 minutes, Frankum has killed seven people, injured six and 50 bullet casings litter the path of his shooting spree.
Coroner Kevin Waller wrote in his report that at this time ‘whatever demon had been impelling Frankum deserted him’.
The gunman
FRANKUM was a sexual deviant who loved violence.
The examination of the 171cm, 90kg killer’s personality and life following the day he snapped painted a bleak picture, but not one that would entirely explain his horrific actions.
Coroner Kevin Waller and forensic psychiatrist Dr Rod Milton both find that Frankum’s killing spree was impossible to predict.
He had no criminal record, showed no signs of violence, visited prostitutes regularly and police found pornography and violent movies, magazines and books, including American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis, in his apartment.
That particular novel, which describes in graphic detail a serial killer’s murders of innocent victims, was said to be “well-thumbed”.
Frankum was raised with a strict upbringing, low on affection and approval.
He went to Newington College and Homebush Boys High School and afterwards had a number of “dead-end jobs” before spending the last year of his life as a taxi driver.
Frankum’s father died of emphysema five years before the massacre and in April, 1990 his grief-stricken mother gassed herself in her car inside her garage at North Strathfield.
He spent much of his $30,000 inheritance visiting prostitutes a few times a week.
Frankum saw them for “sexual relief” which Coroner Waller said was “bizarre in the extreme”. It also left him broke.
A prostitute he visited regularly told police sexual release was the major thing in his life and “if that was going to cease, that could have been catastrophic for him.”
With both his parents dead he moved into their unit with his younger sister, Gaynor, and her boyfriend, Darin Chalk.
Neighbours at the time described him as a loner who was friendly, quiet, did not stand out and who only left home to drive his cab.
In September 1990, Frankum obtained a shooter’s licence and in December began seeing a psychologist for depression. He stopped visiting him in February.
On January 16, 1991 he purchased the 7.62mm SKS self-loading assault rifle, 100 rounds of ammunition and three magazines from Smith’s Sports Store in the city.
It’s a f***ed up world out there and there’s some weird f***ers out there
He told Chalk it was for protection because “it’s a f***ed up world out there and there’s some weird f***ers out there”.
Frankum bought the bowie knife and a set of handcuffs in April and tried to have the knife professionally sharpened to a razor’s edge at a Mister Minit operator in July.
“It is clear that by this time he had killing on his mind,” Coroner Waller wrote.
The day before the massacre Frankum had his head shaved and he was thought to be sharpening the bowie knife on an oil stone behind a locked door when his sister arrived home.
Dr Milton found that he was ‘without severe mental disorder or previous evidence of severe aggression’.
He proposed anger, guilt, conflict and having no money as motivating forces behind Frankum’s rampage.
He was angry because he was a failure and emasculated by his parents, he felt guilt over his mother’s suicide, he had conflict with his sister over his grandmother’s estate and his money had run out so he could no longer alleviate his loneliness with prostitutes.
Dr Milton said those factors alone were not sufficient to explain his actions and that a society which increasingly glorified violence may have pushed him over the edge.
He concluded that his exposure to violent material combined with his vulnerable personality due to tragedies leading up the shooting went a long way to explaining his actions.
The survivor
GREGORY Read was standing in a hardware store within eyeshot of The Coffee Pot waiting to pay for a broom and a toilet seat.
Minutes later he was gunned down but not before he had helped save the lives of many.
“He had a 20-inch bowie knife so it was very large, very demonstrative,” Mr Read said.
“He turned around after he had a coffee and when this girl had her back turned to him he drove the bowie knife straight between her shoulder blades downwards.
“He then pulled the rifle out of the pack and started shooting and I went down on one knee and looked out the door and he had fired about six shots.
“I saw him run alongside and I noticed when people laid down on the ground he wasn’t shooting them so I said ‘this is what I’ve got to do’ and I went ahead.”
I went out of the glass doors to the carpark and there were couples standing. I said ‘quick there’s a killer behind me, lay down on the ground and he won’t shoot you
– Gregory Read
Read, a Vietnam veteran who weighed 140kg at the time, felt his body fill with adrenalin as he ran up the stairs three-at-a-time to the carpark to warn people to lie down.
“I put my head over the balcony and he fired two shots at me and I had two bullets go very close to my face,” Mr Read said.
“I went out of the glass doors to the carpark and there were couples standing. I said ‘quick there’s a killer behind me, lay down on the ground and he won’t shoot you’.”
Read managed to get 10 people on the ground before Frankum spotted him.
“He could see what I was doing,” Mr Read said.
“I was out in the open and I was telling this lady ‘lay down in your car, there’s a killer behind me’ and she said ‘it’s too late, he’s right behind you’.
Frankum standing 20 feet away had his rifle pointed at Read.
“You can hear your heartbeat and adrenalin is going through your system because you are physically doing things you possibly couldn’t do before,” Mr Read said.
“I looked up and saw the barrel and I thought ‘I’m gone’. I dived to the side of my car and he fired when I was jumping through the air and that was how I got shot in the feet.”
Frankum continued his shooting spree on the rooftop before he returned to the upper level of the carpark.
“After he had wounded and killed all these people he said ‘I’m sorry’ to a woman in a car and leant the rifle down and blew his brains out.”
A year later Read was awarded the Star of Courage for conspicuous courage in the circumstances of great peril.
The investigator
RETIRED NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney remembers the Strathfield Massacre as the most horrifying event he witnessed in his 42 years of policing.
Filling in as Acting South West Region Commander, he was met at the entrance to the plaza by Detective Chief Inspector Adrian Allingham.
“I distinctly remember him saying there had been a number of murders and that the offender appears to have taken his own life on the roof of the shopping centre,” Mr Moroney said.
“I had seen deceased bodies, I had seen deceased murdered bodies, but not withstanding his words to me I couldn’t have comprehended what I was about to see.”
As frantic friends and relatives gathered behind police tape, Moroney went in to view the trail of death left by Frankum.
“I remember walking in and the deceased were either still lying in The Coffee Pot and variously around the place,” Mr Moroney said.
“I stood there and it was almost as if time had frozen over and I couldn’t comprehend the nature of the carnage.
“I had seen murdered bodies but I had never seen that many in one place at one time and all of sudden the enormity of what had occurred started to ring home to me.”
The memories of what he saw that day he said out of respect for the victim’s families were too gruesome to reveal the full details of.
“We came to The Coffee Pot and my vivid memory today is of the three women — there was a mother and daughter and a niece who had been sitting directly behind Frankum,” Mr Moroney said.
“He had been drinking coffee for a number of hours, then in a split moment of time what went through his mind only he and God know and then he turned and he stabbed the first victim and I vividly recall her.”
Moroney was then faced with the delicate job of telling the families about the fate which had befallen their loved ones.
“The owner that was killed he was close by and I remember when we were outside of the Strathfield plaza the family of that good man,” Mr Moroney said.
“I remember the family pleading to let them in so they could find their father or brother and the difficult task police had of preserving the crime scene and trying to provide reassurance to family members at the same time.
“It was one of those indelible experiences which cannot and will not be forgotten.”
The fallout
BEFORE the Strathfield Massacre gun-control was seen as a political death wish.
At the time there was no limit on the number of guns you could own and semi-automatic rifles could be bought without registration.
Rebecca Peters, who led the charge to strengthen gun laws as co-ordinator of the National Coalition for Gun Control (NCGC), said that changed after Strathfield.
“Anyone without a serious criminal record, anyone who hadn’t already been convicted of homicide could buy a gun,” Ms Peters said.
“It was an open invitation not only for people who wanted to have an efficient manner of killing people but all sorts of gun traffickers and it seemed completely mad.”
Seeing loopholes in state laws, Peters began campaigning for change.
“Then there was this shocking thing that happened in a public place,” Ms Peters said.
A huge public demonstration in support of stronger gun laws followed.
The NSW Government put restrictions on semi-automatic weapons which helped kick start the move for gun law reform.
A massacre in Terrigal happened in 1992 continuing the momentum for change.
The Australasian Police Ministers Council met and stressed gun laws needed to be uniform across Australia to combat gun trafficking.
“The priorities being uniform gun laws across the states and a ban on semi-automatic weapons and registration of all guns,” Ms Peters said.
“One of our demands was also proof of reason. The Strathfield shooter had claimed recreational hunting as his reason despite the fact that everyone who knew him said he had never been hunting in his life.”
Ms Peters said it was important to remember Strathfield, not just Port Arthur, Australia’s worst mass killing, led to Australia’s world-leading gun law changes.
“I feel the people who died at the Strathfield Massacre they also didn’t die in vain, that tragedy contributed to something,” Ms Peters said.
“A lot of people think they changed instantly after Port Arthur. Unfortunately in topics to do with health and safety they sometimes advance one tragedy at a time.”
Det Sgt Bob McNamara ( father of Bradley McNamara ( RIP ), offender Darcy Dugan, Fred ‘the Spy’ Smith and Adrian Allingham – handcuffed to Dugan.
Crime reporter Basil Sweeney farewelled
Published: September 07, 2009
Veteran newspaper journalist Basil Sweeney was farewelled at a packed Our Lady Star of the Sea church at Watsons Bay, remembered by colleagues and policemen he had encountered in his years as a police reporter.
Sweeney, who died on August 28 at the age of 84, served on the Daily Mirror and Truth and Sportsman from 1944 until 1957, when he joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Brisbane Times reported.
The service was conducted by Bishop Anthony Fisher, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney – a poignant tribute. At the outset of his career, when Sweeney thought of joining the priesthood, the then Bishop Gilroy said he would be of more use to society as a journalist.
Mourners included his widow, Margaret, son Matthew and daughter Danielle, retired assistant commissioner Norm Maroney and detective chief inspectors Adrian Allingham and Karl Arkins.
Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW : 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954),
Friday 10 February 1950, page 8
BOY INJURED
Adrian Allingham, 12, of Yallambi, suffered a probable fracture of the right collarbone and right wrist as a result of a fall from a bicycle on the Guyra road on Tuesday afternoon.
He was treated by the Armidale District Ambulance and conveyed to a doctor’s surgery.
Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW : 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954),
Wednesday 5 November 1952, page 6
Junior Farmers In Radio Talks
Two Armidale Junior Farmers, Adrian Allingham and Rosemary Lucas will go to Tamworth next Thursday for radio talks on matters of interest to members of the Junior Farmer Movement.
They will take part in a State wide hook-up to be heard at 6.30 pm. that day.
Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW : 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954),
Friday 29 June 1951, page 12
Junior Farmer Trophies Presented
At the presentation of trophies to Junior Farmers in the Council Chambers, last night, poultry judge Mr. Weston said he felt there was very little he could tell the competitors in this section. They had all gained excellent results and had shown complete understanding of what is required in poultry keeping.
In his report, Mr. Weston said:— ……..
”Adrian Allingham‘s housing is perhaps the only fault I could find with his whole setup. It is not quite big enough for white leghorns in any quantity, ( 18 points ).
Hatching And Rearing
“In the housing and rearing section I awarded 30 points to Dawn Jaeger, Adrian Allingham and John Vickery. ……….
“Scores in the other sections were:— Feeding and management, Dawn Jaeger 48 points Graham Whitton 48 points. John Vickery 48 points, Adrian Allingham and Wendy MacGuire, 45 points. Possible, 54 points.
“General quality of stock: Adrian Allingham and John Vickery 24 points, …..
“General knowledge: Adrian Allingham 32 points, all other competitors each 30 points. Possible, 36 points.
“Records: Adrian Allingham 22. points, other competitors 20 points.
Point Score
“Adrian Allingham171 points, Dawn Jaeger 169 points. Graham Whitton 163 points, Wendy McGuire 154 points and John Vickery 150 points.”
Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW : 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954),
Wednesday 8 March 1950, page 4
“The Junior Farmer display is one of the best we have had shown for many years,” said the judged Mr. J. T. Rowlings, of Dangarsleigh.
“The junior farmer has come back into his own,” Mr. Rowlings continued.
“It should be remembered that they are our showmen of the future.”
VEGETABLES
Collection of vegetables: ….. Adrian Allingham 2; 3 lb. potatoes, white, other than Factor, Adrian Allingham 2; 3 lb. potatoes, any other variety, Adrian Allingham 2; 4 table tomatoes, …….
Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW : 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954),
Monday 13 August 1951, page 6
SKILL, CONFIDENCE AND TEAM WORK IN HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS
The confident ease of the players, the effective use of very few props, and the teamwork of all concerned were features of Armidale High School’s annual play night.
Nearly 60 boys and girls took part in five plays presented to an appreciative Town Hall audience of more than 400.
The plays were the best of those presented at the recent annual playday at the school.
2C players opened the evening with “The Crimson Coconut,” the story of a bomb which didn’t fizz, as revealed by happenings in a Soho restaurant.
Notable in this was the amusement it afforded the younger members of the audience, and the happy casting of Adrian Allingham as the head waiter. Other, players were ……..
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Reading for Life
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