Patrick Stephen LEONARD

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Patrick Stephen LEONARD

aka Pat

Late of Milford St, Randwick

Brother to Michael A. LEONARD, # Q 7115

Brother to Charles LEONARD, # Q 7396

Another ‘mentioned’ Brother is Thomas Wood LEONARD, # Q 9062

Another ‘mentioned’ Brother is Roger. It is not known if Roger was in the Police.

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # Q 7644

For the purposes of this website, ‘Q‘ represents those Police joining between 1862 ( commencement of NSWPF ) – 23 February 1915 ( Commencement of NSWPF current numbering system )

Rank: Constable – appointed 16 November 1900

Constable 1st Class – early promotion

Police Prosecutor ( 7 years )

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1923

Stations: ?, Darlinghurst ( 13 years ), Redfern – Sgt – ( 1918 ), Newtown, Chief Police Prosecutor – Central Police Court

Service: From 16 November 1900 to 2 July 1926 = 26+ years Service

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: ? ? 1876 in NSW

Died on: Friday 2 July 1926 at home in the morning

Age: 50 – Unmarried

Cause: Pneumonia

Event location: Milford St, Randwick

Event date: Friday 2 July 1926

Funeral date: Saturday 3 July 1926

Funeral location: Sacred Heart Church, Avoca St, Randwick @ 2.30pm

Funeral director: W.N.Hull Funeral Director

Buried at: Randwick Cemetery

Memorial located at: ?

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

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Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1942),

Thursday 8 July 1926, page 21

The Late Sergeant P. Leonard.

NOTED POLICE OFFICER PASSES.

Great regret was felt over the death of Sergeant Patrick S. Leonard, Chief Police Prosecutor of the metropolitan district, which occurred at his late residence, Milford Street, Randwick, on Friday morning last.

Poignancy is added to the death of this fine police officer by the fact that he was on the eve of his promotion to an inspectorship — in fact, he was about to be presented with the whip that accompanies elevation to that rank.

The late Sergeant joined the service in 1900, and was stationed at Darlinghurst.

A hard-working and efficient policeman, he soon attracted the attention of his superiors, and he won quick promotion, attaining the rank of first-class sergeant in 1923. He was police prosecuting officer in the suburbs for 10 years until his transfer to the Central Police Court over a year ago.

Of a courteous and genial nature, he enjoyed the friendship of all sections of the community, and the esteem of all his fellow officers and subordinates.

Genuine expressions of regret at his passing were made at the Central Police Court on Friday. Mr. Jennings, S.M., said that those who represented defendants had been well satisfied with his fairness in all proceedings. It was a sad end to a distinguished career.

On behalf of the legal profession, Mr. Parker and Mr. Lionel Dare paid tributes to his conscientiousness. He was a hard man to fight, said Mr. Parker, but he fought fairly. He was big in stature and mind, and it would be hard to replace him.

For the police, Sergeant Cummings, prosecutor, extended sympathy to the relatives. He understood that Sergeant Leonard was on the eve of promotion.

The Commissioner of Police ( Mr. J. Mitchell ) said that it was with extreme regret that he had heard of Sergeant Leonard‘s death. ” He was one of the ablest officers in the service, and had he lived he would have reached high police rank. He also rendered excellent service as a member of the committee of the police carnival for hospitals. ”

Sergeant Leonard, who succumbed to pneumonia, was 50 years of age, and a devout Catholic.

Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father T. O’Loughlin, M.S.C, at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Avoca-street, Randwick, after which the funeral cortege left the church for the Randwick cemetery.

The procession, which was officially a police funeral, attracted a very representative gathering.

Squads of police, preceded by the Police Band, marched under Inspector Maze, and members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, under District-Inspector Grimmond.

The pall-bearers were Inspector Maze, Sergeants Roser, Dean, MacDougall, Twist, Jones and Maher. Many and beautiful were the wreaths conveyed.

The principal mourners were: Messrs. Charles, Thomas, and Roger Leonard ( brothers ), Misses Annie and Cissie. Leonard, and Mrs. Delahunty ( sisters ), and Miss Mary Roche, to whom Sergeant Leonard was to have been married.

Amongst those present were: The Chief Secretary ( Hon. C. C. Lazzarini, M.L.A.), Inspector Spyer ( representing the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell ), Mr. Cruise ( representing the Minister for Justice ), Mr. A. Bishop ( representing the Crown Law Department ), the Speaker ( Hon. J Dooley, M.L.A.), Supt. G. Mitchell, Supt. Mankey, Chief of C.I.B., Inspectors Lynch, Delaney, Lindfield, and Kersley; Det.-Sgt. Lynch, Det.-Sgt. Coombes, Det.-Sgt. Jones ( South Africa ), Det. Sgt. Kennedy, Det.-Sgt. Smith, Det.-Sgt. Miller, Sergeant Nicholls and Constable Carroll Ashfield, Detective Gallagher, Sergeant T. O’Brien, ex-Sergeants Duncan, Hay and Toohey, ex-Inspector Fullarton, C. Thackeray ( ” Police News ” ), Mr. B. Fortescue ( general secretary, Police Association ), Detective Comans, ex-Sergeant Hayes, Sergeant Lane, and Sergeants Philpott and Maples ( Redfern ), Station-officer Beare ( representing Fire Brigades’ Hospital Carnival and Art Union ), Messrs. R. D. Meagher, W. Niland, and T. Arkins ( solicitors ), R. O’Halloran, B. Greig, S. R. Alldis, Ms.L.A., Hon. J. Tyrrell, M.L.C., P. Conroy ( vice-president ), and W. Carey ( secretary, A.L.P.), Aldermen M. L’Estrange ( Mayor of Mascot ), R. H. McDonald ( Redfern ), and D. Mulcahy ( Waterloo ), Messrs. Rafferty ( assistant secretary, R.A.S.), T. Windrum ( Rockhampton), E. Ward, P. Fennessy, D. Capice, W. O’Connor, R. Allen, A. Agnew, L. R. Mordant, and A. R. Pope ( Catholic Club ), J. McCann, W. Campbell, Hartnett, H. Kirkland, W. McNamara ( secretary, Friendly Society Dispensary ), P. Rynn, and F. Haron. — R.I.P.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106276742

Freeman’s Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932),

Thursday 8 July 1926, page 23

The Late Sergeant P. S. Leonard.

The funeral on Saturday afternoon of First-class Sergeant Patrick Stephen Leonard, senior public prosecutor at the Central Police Court, was one of the largest ever seen at Randwick. The funeral took place from the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, after Requiem Mass, which was celebrated by the Rev. Father O’Loughlin, M.S.C. The cortege, which was about a mile long, was headed by squads of police and firemen.

The chief mourners were Messrs. Charles, Thomas, and Roger Leonard (brothers), Misses Annie and Cissie Leonard and Mrs. Delahunty (sisters), and Miss Mary Agnes Roche. The pall-bearers were Inspector Maze, Sergeants Roser, Dean, Jones, McDougall, Twiss, and Maher. Others present included Messrs. J. Dooley ( Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ), C. C. Lazzarini ( Chief Secretary ), S. G. Cruise ( representing Mr. W. J. McKell ( Minister for Justice ), A. Bishop ( representing the Crown Law Department ), J. Tyrrill, M.L.C., R. Greig, M.L.A. ( Chairman of Committees ), R. O’Halloran, and S. R. Alldis, Ms L.A., Inspector Spyer ( representing Mr. J. Mitchell, Commissioner of Police ), Superintendent T. Mankey ( Chief of C.I.D.), Inspectors . Lynch, Devlin, Lindfield, Delaney, Mackay and Kersley, Detective Sergeants Lynch, Coombes, Jones ( of South Africa ), Kennedy, Smith, Miller and Sergeant Nicholls ; Station Officer Beare ( Fire Brigades Hospital Carnival and Art Union Committee ) Mr. W. J. Camphin, S.M., Alderman L’Estrange ( Mayor of Mascot ), Mulcahy .( Mayor of Waterloo ), and R. H. McDonald ( Redfern ), Messrs. R. D. Meagher, W. M. Niland, J. C. J. Ryan, and T. Arkins; Constables Carroll, Ashfield, Detective Gallagher, Sergeants T. O’Brien, Law, and Philpott, ex Sergeants Duncan, Hay, Toohey and Hayes; ex-Inspector Fullarton, Messrs. B. Fortescue ( secretary, Police Association of which deceased was a foundation member ), C. Thackeray ( editor, ‘Police News’ ), R. Moyes, J. J. Hartnett, G. H. Brown, P. Ryan J. Morrissey, T. Windrum, W. Carey ( secretary A.L.P. ), E. Ward, E. Roche, F. Conroy ( vice-president A.L.P. ), H. Kirkland, C. J. Rafferty ( assistant secretary, Royal Agricultural Society ), G. Butler Gye ( representing “Evening News” ), R. Higgins, Captain Hansen, T. Birrell, A. Westphal, C. Tate, W. Adlum, P. O’Loughlin ( president of the Catholic Club ), S. A. Williams ( treasurer of the club ), P. Burns ( vice-president ), C. G. Griffiths ( hon. secretary ), H. Washington ( manager ), A. H. Pope, J. Fraser, A. Agnew ( Gehring and Co.); W. Campbell, J. McCann, W. J. McEncroe, W. Weekes, W. Paterson, W. McCarthy, A. Sharp P. Sharp, R. Campbell, J. McGrath, J. Ryan J. S. Ogan, W. McNamara ( secretary, Friendly Society Dispensary ),. J. Voney, B. Acton, G. Workman, H. Moroney, M. Swiney, J. Sheehan, E. McDonald B. Mahoney, F. Farrell ( hon. . secretary, Catholic Returned Soldiers’ Association ), J. Killeen, F. Conroy, J. Williams ( Dewar and Co.), A. McNiven, F. Haron, L. R. Mordant, P. Fennessy, and R. Allen.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116778085

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),

Saturday 3 July 1926, page 13

FUNERALS.

LEONARD.- A Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of the late SENIOR SERGEANT PATRICK STEPHEN LEONARD will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, THIS ( Saturday ) MORNING, at 9 o’clock.

LEONARD. – The Friends of Miss MARY AGNES ROCHE, of Rose-street, Darlington, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of Patrick Leonard; to leave Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick. THIS ( Saturday ) AFTERNOON, at 2.30, for Randwick Cemetery.

Funeral Director. W.N.Hull Funeral Director.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16302941

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),

Saturday 3 July 1926, page 16

DEATH OF SGT. P. LEONARD.

The death of Sergeant Patrick Leonard, chief police prosecutor at the Central Police Court, occurred suddenly yesterday morning, from pneumonia, at his residence in Milford street, Randwick. Sergeant Leonard was 50 years of age.

Mr. Jennings, C.S.M., and Messrs. W. Parker and Lionel Dare, on behalf of the legal profession, paid sincere tributes to the late police officer.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16303092

Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 – 1954),

Friday 2 July 1926, page 8

DEATH OF SGT. LEONARD

Chief Police Prosecutor SYDNEY. Friday

Sergeant P. S. Leonard, chief police prosecutor at the Central Police Court, died to-day from pneumonia.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/163601740

Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 – 1931),

Friday 2 July 1926, page 4

” PAT ” LEONARD

POPULAR OFFICER DIES FROM PNEUMONIA

Sergt. PATRICK Stephen Leonard, Senior Police Prosecutor, died from pneumonia at Randwick to-day, after six week’s illness. ” He was one of the ablest men who have ever held the position of police prosecutor. ” said the Commissioner of Police to-day. ” I heard of his death with extreme regret. He was one of my best, most conscientious, and most promising officers. In my opinion, he would have attained to high police rank had he lived “.

The late sergeant was highly esteemed by all who know him. He was a most courteous, unassuming, and obliging officer, and was exceedingly popular with Pressmen, with whom he came into close contact at the various police courts. His word was his bond, and he was always scrupulously fair to defendants.

Sergeant Leonard joined the police force in 1900 and was made a first class sergeant in 1923. He served in the Darlinghurst division for 13 years and at Redfern, and was police prosecutor for seven years, first on the suburban circuit and latterly at the Central Police Court.

He was born in 1876, and was a native of N.S.W.

He was unmarried, and lived with his sister at Melford-street. Randwick.

WORKER FOR CHARITY

He was a prominent worker for various charities, and took an active part in the organisation of the annual police carnival.

The late officer’s first promotion to the rank of first-class constable was a reward for a particularly daring arrest of a burglar in William-street. City, at 4 a.m.. on December 13, 1904.

Two of his brothers also joined the police force — Charles, ( Q7396 ) now a sergeant at Marrickville, and Michael, (Q7115 ) who died from pneumonia some years ago.

The funeral will leave the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Avoca street, Randwick, at 2.30pm tomorrow.

TRIBUTES IN COURT

‘ It is a sad end to a distinguished career.’ remarked Mr. Jennings. C.S.M., at the Central Court to-day. In referring to the death of Sergeant Leonard. ” He had been a long time with us, and his services were much appreciated by all those who worked with him. ”

Mr. Parker, on behalf of the legal profession. said he had known Sergeant Leonard for 23 or 24 years. ” I always admired him as an officer, ” went on Mr. Parker. ” He was absolutely conscientious. As a prosecutor he was one of the hardest men we had to fight, but he always fought fairly. He was a big man not only In stature, but In mind.”

Mr. Lionel Dare, barrister, remarked that, In his public capacity, Sergeant Leonard was courageous, unflinching, honorable, and firm.

Sergeant Cummings, police prosecutor, said the police felt Sergeant Leonard‘s death as a deep personal loss. He understood the late sergeant was on the eve of promotion to the rank of inspector. He was a highly capable officer.

TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED

A pathetic feature is that Sergeant Leonard was to have been married last Saturday to Miss Mary Agnes Roche, of Rose-street, Darlington, but his illness intervened.

( a photo of Sgt Leonard and Mary Roche appear in this news article but the ‘scan’ is far too dark from the Trove article to be useful for his Memorial page )

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114383043

Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954),

Monday 7 April 1919, page 6

MEN AND WOMEN

Personal Paragraphs

Police-prosecutor Leonard, attached to the Redfern and Newtown Police Courts, is confined to his home with an attack of influenza.

Sergeant Leonard is a brother of the late Sergeant Michael Leonard, who succumbed to the epidemic at Darlinghurst last Week.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221448262

Lawrence Blake LEONARD

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Lawrence Blake LEONARD

aka Larry

Late of Hill St, Queenscliffe, Manly

Brother to William Blake LEONARD – NSWPF # ‘Q‘ 5928

Brother to Joseph Blake LEONARD – QldPol # ???

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ‘ Q ‘ 6949

For the purposes of this website ‘Q‘ represents those Police joining between 1862 ( commencement of NSWPF ) – 23 February 1915 ( Commencement of NSWPF current numbering system )

Rank: Is mentioned as a Senior Constable on 16 Jan 1907 being transferred from Enngonia

Is mentioned as a First Class Sergeant at Taree on 28 January 1918

Sergeant 1st Class – Retirement

Stations: ?, Enngonia ( 1901 – 1907 ), Pilliga ( 1907 ), Nyngan ( 1913 ), Taree – O.I.C. – Sgt 1/C – 1918

Walgett ( from 10 June 1923 ? ) – Retirement

Service: From 21 April 1896 to ? ? ? = ? years Service

Awards: Imperial Service Medal – granted 11 July 1924 – Citation: NSW Police

Born: 10 November 1872 at Jerrara Creek, Bungonia, NSW

Died on: Sunday 15 April 1928 at home

Age: 55

Cause: Paralytic Stroke

Event location: Hill-street, Queenscliffe, Manly

Event date: Sunday 15 April 1928

Funeral date: Tuesday 17 April 1928 @ 11am

Funeral location: Private Mortuary, 92 Corso, Manly

Buried at: Catholic Cemetery, Griffiths St, Manly

Section R Plot 50

Memorial located at: ?

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Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Monday 16 April 1928, page 10

DEATHS

LEONARD. – April 15, 1928, at his residence, Hill-street, Queenscliffe, Manly, Lawrence Blake Leonard ( late of Taree Police ), dearly beloved husband of Catherine Leonard, and loved father of Mollie, Valerie, and Vincent, aged 55 years.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16457302

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Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Monday 16 April 1928, page 9

FUNERALS.

LEONARD. – The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. CATHERINE LEONARD, MOLLIE, VALERIE, and VINCENT LEONARD, of Hill-street, Queenscliffe, Manly, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late beloved HUSBAND and their FATHER, Lawrence Blake Leonard ; to leave our Private Mortuary, 92 Corso, Manly, TO-MORROW MORNING (Tuesday), at 11o’clock, for the Catholic Cemetery, Manly.

T. WAUGH and CO.,

Funeral Directors.

Tele., Manly 42.

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Catherine LEONARD – wife of Lawrence ( Laurence in the Grave Register of Roman Catholic Section of Cemetery ) appears to be buried in the same Plot. Catherine was buried on 8 December 1950, aged 77.

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Labor Daily (Sydney, NSW : 1924 – 1938), Thursday 3 May 1928, page 1

EX-POLICEMAN PASSES

GOULBURN, Wednesday

The death is announced of Mr Larry Leonard, 54, of a paralytic stroke.

Mr. Leonard was a native of Bungonia, and some years ago joined the police force, being later elevated to the rank of sergeant.

Failing health necessitated his retirement from the force. A widow and three children, the eldest of whom is 18 years and the youngest 11 years, survive him.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237922502

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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 – 1940), Wednesday 2 May 1928, page 2

MR. L. LEONARD

The death is announced of Mr. Larry Leonard (54), a one time resident of Bungonia.

Death followed a paralytic stroke.

Mr. Leonard was a native of Bungonia and some years ago joined the Police Force, being later elevated to the rank of sergeant.

Failing health necessitated his retirement from the force.

A widow and three children, the eldest of whom is 18 years and tile youngest 11 years, survive.

Mrs. G. Broadhead, of Inverary, is a sister.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102533511

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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 26 October 1923 (No.129), page 4830

SHIRE OF MANNING.

NOTICE is hereby given that Sergeant Walter John Moroney, of Taree, has been appointed an inspector under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902, within the Manning Shire, vice Sergeant Lawrence Blake Leonard, transferred,— such appointment to take effect from 10th July, 1923.

C. D. COOK,

Shire Office, Taree. Shire Clerk.

20th October, 1923.

1553 6s.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221603530

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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 – 1940), Thursday 9 August 1923, page 4

DISTRICT NEWS Bungonia (From Our Correspondent.)

Sergeant Larry Leonard, brother of Mr. Jim Leonard, Jerrara, and Mrs. G. Broadhead, Inverary, is dangerously ill in a Sydney hospital, and no hope of his recovery is entertained.

His complaint is hemorrhage.

Mr. Leonard has been ailing for some considerable time.

Lately he was in charge of the police station at Taree.

From there he was transferred to Walgett, and it was expected that a change would do him good. Instead he gradually became worse.

His last hope was to proceed to Sydney to undergo an operation.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102883055

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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 29 June 1923 (No.73), page 2871

[ 7866 ] Office of the Director-General of Public Health, Sydney, 29th June, 1923.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the undermentioned persons have been duly authorised by the Board of Health as Inspectors under section 50 of the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902: — As from 19th June, 1923 —

Sergeant Lawrence Blake Leonard, Walgett.

Sergeant Claude Montague Kemp, Armidale.

Sergeant James Thomas Manns, Bogan Gate.

Sergeant William Loftus, Campbelltown.

Sergeant William John Poidevin, Casino.

Dr. Eric William Beresford Woods, Government Medical Officer, Hay.

Dr. Arthur John Mollison, Government Medical Officer, Molong.

IT is hereby notified, for public information, that the undermentioned person has been duly appointed by the Board of Health as Local Authority under section 17 (1) (b) of the Public Health Act, 1902: — As from 19th June, 1923—

Sergeant Lawrence Blake Leonard, Walgett.

T. H. NEELY,

Secretary.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225020703

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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Wednesday 16 July 1913 (No.112), page 4377

[181] Department of Labour and Industry, 48 Young-street, Sydney, 9th July, 1913.

SHEARERS’ ACCOMMODATION ACT.

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned Police Officers to be Inspectors to carry out the provisions of the Shearers’ Accommodation Act in the districts specified in connection with their respective names.

W. A. HOLMAN.

Acting Sub-Inspector Peter Joseph Nies; Station—Walgett

Police District — Walgett.

Sergeant Lawrence Blake Leonard ; Station — Nyngan ; Police

District — Nyngan.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227051332

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Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 – 1940), Thursday 24 May 1894, page 4

NOTES FROM BUNGONIA.

Cricket

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In the second innings of Bungonia, Larry Leonard played a stylish game for his quota of 18 (not out); also the veteran, C. R. Styles, made some nice strokes.

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http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98515990

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Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 – 1954), Wednesday 19 January 1921, page 5

Inquest

On Thursday morning Mr. G. B. Morris (coroner) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Frank Leonard, son of Sergeant L. B. and Mrs. Leonard, of Taree police station, which occurred while bathing at Shallow Island baths on the afternoon of Thursday, December 30 last.

Lawrence Blake Leonard ( Sergeant of Police at Taree, and father of the deceased ) said deceased was 13 years of age. Deceased and his younger brother had been In the habit of going swimming for some little time prior to his death. They always left about 3 p.m. and returned about 5 p.m. They were very punctual in this.

They informed him that Frank could ‘paddle.’ Witness last saw him alive at 2 p.m. on the 30th ultimo.

The same afternoon, at about .3.30. Mr. A. T. Saxby came and informed him that one of the boys had been drowned at Shallow Island baths.

Witness immediately went to the baths and there saw deceased. He was lying in the dressing shed and efforts were being made to resuscitate him.

Dr. Muscio arrived a few minutes after and pronounced life extinct.

Cecil Manning Shoesmith, fisherman, said that between 3.30 and 4.30 on the afternoon of the 30th ultimo some boys informed him that Frank Leonard had been drowned at Shallow Island. They said he had been under water about ten minutes. He searched for the body and felt it with a pole. He held the pole against the body and a boy about 16 years of age climbed down the pole and brought the body to the surface. Witness thought the body had been in the water for about 15 minutes.

Where the body was found was some 30ft. from the steps of the baths and at a depth of about 7ft. At the steps the depth was about 4ft., and gradually deepened as it went out.

Witness and his father immediately took steps to resuscitate the deceased, and continued to do so until Dr. Muscio arrived, about 20 minutes later, when he pronounced life extinct.

Constable Alford then took the body to deceased’s home.

Dr. Muscio said be was called to Shallow Island about 4 p.m.

Witness attempted artificial respiration, but on closer examination he found that life was extinct. The cause of death was drowning.

Deceased appeared to have been in normal health.

Gordon Vincent Clune, schoolboy, eight years of age, said he remembered the 30th ultimo. He was at the Shallow Island baths and saw Frank Leonard there, in the water, near the steps of the baths. He kept climbing up the steps and diving into the water a lot of times. The last time he dived in he put his hands together and speared a long way into the water, and he went under again. Witness saw him go under three times, and then he did not come up again. Witness thought he was trying to swim under water; but when he did not come up again, witness called out to the other boys, who were swimming there. They dived down but could not find him.

Mr. Shoesmith then dived in, but as he could not find the body he got a pole with which he found deceased, and he was brought to the surface. Frank was under water ten minutes or more. Witness could only swim a little ; he did not think Frank could swim.

The coroner found that the cause of death was asphyxia, from accidental drowning.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174346383

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Thank you for the page on Lawrence Blake Leonard. I thought you might be interested to know he had a brother in the NSW Police & another in the Queensland Police. I understand William was posted to Moulamein, Broken Hill and then Albury. The following is copied from Trove : Western Herald 1 July 1903

Constable William Leonard, brother of Constable J. B. Leonard, of Enngonia, died on Friday last at the Hospital, Albury, from pneumonia. Deceased was a married man and about 37 years of age. Very general sympathy is extended to both Mr and Mrs Leonard, who have each lost a brother within a few days, and also to the young widow and remainder of the family.

William had married Emily Theresa Stevens in Moulamein.

A third brother, Joseph Blake Leonard, joined the Queensland Police. This is from the Daily Mercury, Mackay (Trove) 1939

Many friends will regret the passing of Mr. Joseph Blake Leonard, who was a retired Sergeant of Police, death taking place in Brisbane on Monday last. The late Mr. Leonard spent many years in Mackay, and after serving a short period in the North, went to Gayndah. After his retirement Mr. and Mrs. Leonard built a home at Ashgrove, where Mrs. Leonard died in 1938. Their son, Blake, survives them.

The three were the children of James Leonard, (an assisted emigrant from Woodford Galway in 1850) and his wife Catherine Blake. All three were born at Jerrara, Goulburn, New South Wales. James was a farmer.

I can send further family details.

Kind regards

Wendy Meredith

Canberra

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Mother: Catherine BLAKE Father: James LEONARD

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Family History document. 184 pages

https://www.gundaroo.info/genealogy/other/thomasleonard.pdf

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Richard George REKO

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Richard George REKO

Late of Mittagong, NSW

New South Wales Police Force

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Uniform # 4221

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 11 May 1964

Constable – appointed 11 June 1965

Constable 1st Class – appointed 11 June 1969

Senior Constable – appointed 11 June 1973

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 2 April 1988

Stations: ?, Sydney, Temora, Bowral

Service: From ? ? pre May 1964? to 27 June 1992 = 28+ years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 20 January 1981

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 27 November 1990

Born: Thursday 13 August 1942

Died on: Saturday 27 June 1992 in Westmead Hospital, NSW

Age: 49

Cause: Multiple Myeloma

Cause History: Richard was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma on the 27 November 1991 and worked up until close to his death.

Event location: Westmead Hospital, NSW

Event date: Saturday 27 June 1992

Funeral date: Wednesday 1 July 1992

Funeral location: Uniting Church, Bendooley St, Bowral

Buried at: Mittagong / Welby Cemetery, 37 Meranie St, Welby, NSW

Uniting Section, Row 4, Plot 16

Memorial located at: A Memorial plaque is located at the Bowral Police Station. This plaque was unveiled and dedicated by John Faye – Premier of NSW on 14 July 1992

Richard directing traffic in Bowral in the 1980's — Richard directing traffic in Bowral in the 1980’s

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Richard was diagnosed with multiple Myeloma on the 27/11/91 and worked up until close to his death.

He was married to Sandra and had four daughters…Karen, Susan, Kerrie-Lyn ( who is currently a serving Sgt at Bowral Police Station with 27 years service ) and Gina .

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27.6.92

Loved & missed every day

Sandra and your loving family

Published in Southern Highland News on June 28, 2017

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Sandra REKO, widow of Richard, passed away – surrounded by their daughters, on Sunday 22 October 2017, aged 73.

May they both Rest in Eternal Peace.

REKO, Sandra Ann

Passed away surrounded by her family 22nd October, 2017.

Loving wife of Richard (Dec).

Dearly loved mother of Karen & Ian, Susan & David, Kerrie-Lyn and Gina.

A much loved grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister in law, aunty, great aunty and friend.

Family and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Service for Sandra to be held at St Stephens Anglican Church, Main Street Mittagong on Friday 27th October, 2017 Commencing at 2.00pm.

Interment will follow at Welby Cemetery.

02 4861 7351

Published in Southern Highland News on Oct. 25, 2017

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John Leslie WINDSOR

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John Leslie WINDSOR

Late of ?

AKA Jack

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 14805

Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 9 August 1971 ( aged 19 Years, 2 months, 22 days )

Probationary Constable – attested 20 September 1971 ( 19 years, 4 months, 2 days )

Constable – appointed 20 September 1972

Constable 1st Class – appointed 20 September 1976

Senior Constable – appointed

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 22 April 1987

Final Rank: Sergeant – Death

Stations: ?, Grafton

Service: From 9 August 1971 to 9 January 2009 = 37 years, 5 months, 0 days Service

Time in Retirement: 2 years, 3 months, 20 days

Age at Retirement: 56 years, 7 months, 22 days

Awards: National Medal – granted 2 November 1988 ( Sgt )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 6 June 1997 ( Sgt )

John Leslie WINDSOR John WINDSOR Jack WINDSOR

Born: Sunday 18 May 1952

Died on: Friday 29 April 2011

Age: 58 years, 11 months, 11 days

Cause: Cancer – Melanoma

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Wednesday 4 May 2011 @ 11.30AM

Funeral location: Christ Church Cathedral, Duke St, Grafton, NSW

Buried at: Clarence Lawn Cemetery, Armidale Rd, Braunstone, NSW

Grave Location: General – Section D, Lot 1252

Memorial located at: ?

The funeral of Sergeant John Windsor at the Christ Church Cathedral.

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Dedicated dad credit to force

David Bancroft | 5th May 2011 2:00 AM

THERE was a potent message from the funeral yesterday of popular former Grafton policeman Sgt John Windsor … get your skin checked regularly for skin cancers.

Sgt Windsor’s two daughters Alison and Jenny told a packed Christ Church Cathedral their father, a devoted and loving family man, had died after a long battle with melanoma.

“We urge you all to see a doctor and get your skin checked,” they told the congregation.

They described their father as a simple man who enjoyed the simple things in life, someone who didn’t like crowds and never wanted to be the centre of attention.

“He was dedicated to his friends, his family and work,” they said.

“He always had a friendly g’day.”

They said he was a man of limited fashion sense, who wore trademark check shirts for 30 years and an Akubra hat, and loved to travel – with a particular fascination for Queensland.

He also had a deep appreciation of food and a soft spot for animals.

“He was a gentle soul who lived his life with integrity and honour,” they said.

Many of his former colleagues in the NSW Police Force, including many who are now retired, attended yesterday’s service and spoke of his dedication to serving people.

Coffs Clarence Local Area Police Commander Mark Holahan said that when he first arrived at the Grafton Police Station as a young constable in 1987, Sgt Windsor was a calming influence.

“He retired on January 9, 2009, having spent 37 years and 162 days in the service of New South Wales,” he said.

“Rest in peace, old friend, you have served your community to the best of your ability. Vale John Windsor.”

Another of his former colleagues, Senior Sergeant Chris Tuite, gave a list of words to describe Sgt Windsor.

He said he was loving, particularly of his two daughters and wife Margaret, his father Keith and the police.

“He loved coming to work and you could set your clock by him,” he said.

He was kind and never had a harsh word against anyone.

He was respectful and showed this with his dealings with his superiors and women.

And he was generous.

“He was always a gentleman in the true definition of the word,” Sen Sgt Tuite said.

Sgt Windsor was 58.

https://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/dedicated-dad-credit-to-force/840602/

WINDSOR, JOHN LESLIE 18/5/1952 ~ 29/4/2011

Gone But Not Forgotten

Always remembered

Dad and Mum.

John Leslie WINDSOR John WINDSOR Jack WINDSOR

Wallace Geoffrey RANDALL

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Wallace Geoffrey RANDALL

aka Josh

Late of ?

Tasmania Police Force

Regd. # ??? ? ?

Rank: ?

Stations: ?

Service: From ? ? ? to ? ? ? = ? years Service

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: 28 March 1931

Died on: Saturday 17 June 2017

Age: 86

Cause: ?

Event location: ?

Event date: ?

Funeral date: Thursday 22 June 2017 @ 11am

Funeral location: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 189 Penquite Road, Norwood

Buried at: Carr-Villa Cemetery, Tasmania

Memorial located at: ?

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RANDALL Wallace Geoffrey (Josh)

Family and friends of Geoff are warmly invited to attend his funeral service to be held on Thursday, June 22nd 2017 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 189 Penquite Road Norwood commencing at 11am, followed by a private burial at Carr-Villa Cemetery. Former member Retired Police Association of Tasmania. No flowers by request.

Published in The Examiner on June 20, 2017 – See more at: http://tributes.examiner.com.au/obituaries/examiner-au/obituary.aspx?n=wallace-geoff-randall-josh&pid=185848018&eid=sp_ommatch&eid=sp_ommatch#sthash.RYOdHRm3.dpuf

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Thomas David GREGORY

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Thomas David GREGORY

aka David Thomas GREGORY

Late of Grose St, Parramatta

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?????

Rank: Constable 1st Class

Stations: ?, Dundas, Parramatta, Parramatta Court House

Service: From ? ? 1921 to ? ? 1953 = 32 years Service

World War I

Australian Imperial Force ANZAC

Regiment: 5th Reinforcements /56th Battalion / 14th Brigade – Flers, France from February 1917

Enlisted: 3 April 1916 at Goulburn, NSW as David Thomas GREGORY

Service # 2515 / N13219

Rank: Private

Embarkation: to France on 30/9/1916. Wounded. Gunshot wounds to leg and arm ( walking wounded )

Next of kin: Thomas GREGORY

Religion: Anglican 5′ 11.5″ tall, 155 lbs in weight, Chest = 34 / 38″. Dark Comp. Grey eyes. Brown hair.

Single / Married: single

Returned to Australia: 22 February 1919 Discharged: 14 April 1919

https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/212365/

Awards: Imperial Service Medal – granted 5 March 1954

Born: ? August 1893 in Queanbeyan, NSW

Died on: 31 March 1962

Age: 69

Cause: ?

Event location: Parramatta, NSW

Event date: 31 March 1962

Funeral date: ? ? ?

Funeral location: All Saints Church, Parramatta

Buried at: St Paul’s Cemetery, 233 Marsden Rd, Carlingford

Memorial located at: ?

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 <br /> — 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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NSWBDM:

Birth: 30233/1893

Marriage: 16981/1921 – Mildred Jane DUFFIELD

Death: 15132/1962

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Cumberland Argus (Parramatta, NSW : 1950 – 1962), Wednesday 2 May 1962, page 2

Parramatta’s first ‘P.D.’ driver

Hundreds mourn death of ex-police officer

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.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131330825

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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.

The stolen car disappeared.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104685983

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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.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137689789

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Nepean Times ( Penrith ) Saturday 20 July 1929 p3

BETTING CHARGE FAILS

Constable GREGORY from Parramatta and Constable GREGORY from No. 3 Division ( Darlinghurst )

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/100925502

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Thomas David Gregory

Block 110D Woden District

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.

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.

http://www.archives.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/562506/ACT_Rate_Book_1927.pdf

http://www.archives.act.gov.au/repatandrabbits/thomas_gregory

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Robert James TENGDAHL

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Robert James TENGDAHL

aka Bob & Tangles

Late of Penrith

Redfern Police Academy Class # 132

New South Wales Police Force

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Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 11 November 1972

Constable 1st Class – appointed 11 November 1977

Senior Constable – appointed 11 November 1981

Senior Constable – Death

Stations: ?, Regent St ( 2 Division ), Mt Druitt ( 27 Division ), Regentville, Phone Tap CBD, Blacktown ( 27 Division ), St Marys ( 23 Division ) Traffic Sgt – Death

Service: From ? ? pre November 1972? to 24 October 2005 = 33+ years Service

Awards: National Medal – granted 14 December 1988

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1999

Born: 10 April 1947

Died on: 24 October 2005 in hospital

Age: 58

Cause: Inter-cerebral haemorrhage

Event location: Nepean Hospital

Event date: Entered Hospital on 23 October 2005

Funeral date: 31 October 2005

Funeral location: St Nicholas of Myra, Penrith

Buried at: Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington St, Minchinbury

Memorial located at: ?

Approximate grave GPS location: -33.78860148740993 150.8456023665176

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CONFIRMED MINUTES

OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF PENRITH CITY COUNCIL HELD IN THE

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

ON MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2005 AT 7:07PM

Mayoral Minutes

1 The Passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl 123

525 RESOLVED on the MOTION of Councillor John Thain seconded Councillor Greg Davies that the information contained in the Mayoral Minute on the passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl be received.

His Worship the Mayor, Councillor John Thain requested that a minutes silence be observed for the passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl.

http://bizsearch.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/PCCBPS/Open/2005/10/CNL_31102005_MIN.HTM

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Family History

Robert James Tengdahl (Granska inlägg)

Inlagd: 20 Okt 1999 11:00PM

Klassificering: Fråga

From Tengdahl Family at Penrith, NSW, Australia, my name is
Robert James Tengdahl, my wife Lynette Madge Tengdahl, I have two sons Garth Robert Tengdahl, 21 old, Paul Michael Tengdahl, 18 old, my parents are Arvid James Tengdahl and Joyce Tengdahl, they live in Revesby, NSW, Australia, I have two brothers, Phillip Tengdahl and Wayne Tengdahl,who also live in state of NSW, and a sister Barbara Tengdahl, now Barbara Norman, who lives in Perth, Western Australia. My brothers each have two children. My brother Phillip was at one time compiling a family tree, I know that a Axel Tengdahl is related to my father, he came to Australia in the 1800’s, and moved to Tasmania, I hope to hear from you soon, if you have any relevant information let me know and I will pass it onto my brother.

https://www.ancestry.se/boards/localities.scan-balt.sweden.general/2291.2603/mb.ashx

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Christopher McKENNA

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Christopher McKENNA

Late of ?

Queensland Police Force

Regd. # ?????

Rank: Constable

Stations: Central District, Warwick, Toowoomba Watch House Keeper – Death

Service: From ? ? ? to 22 May 1892 = 6 years Service

Awards: ?

Born: ? ? ?

Died on: Sunday 22 May 1892

Age: ?

Cause: Bleed

Injury date: around May 1891

Event location: Brisbane Hospital

Event date: Sunday 22 May 1892

Funeral date: Monday 23 May 1892

Funeral location: Toowong Cemetery

Buried at: Toowong Cemetery, , Toowong, QLD

Grave location: 7-83-9

Approximate location on map

Memorial located at: ?

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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 – 1922), Wednesday 25 May 1892, page 2

Death of a Constable. – The news reached Toowoomba on Monday that Constable Christopher McKenna, who recently filled the office of watchhouse keeper here, died in Brisbane Hospital the previous day.

Deceased, who had been some six years in the service, about 12 months ago while on duty in the Central district, burst a blood vessel, and being thereafter in delicate health, obtained an exchange to Toowoomba where he was provided with the lighter duty of watchhouse keeper.

The injury to the system, however, proved, incurable and he was perfectly aware months ago that his days were numbered.

In March last he became too ill to attend to his work, sick leave was obtained, and he went to Brisbane where he first put himself in the hands of Dr. Binns Southam, and eventually removed to the hospital, where the end came as stated.

Constable McKenna was a very amiable young man, obliging, and attentive to his duties, and will be regretted by all who came in contact with him.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170729944/19632179#

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Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933), Tuesday 24 May 1892, page 4

The funeral of the late Christopher McKenna, constable in the Police Force, who died in the Brisbane Hospital on Sunday, left that institution at 2.30 p.m. yesterday for the Toowong Cemetery. As many of the Police Force who were at liberty to attend did so in uniform. Constable McKenna was stationed in Toowoomba and was much respected both in and out of the force.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3542306

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James FORSYTHE

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James FORSYTHE

Late of ?

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ????

Rank: Constable

Stations: ?, Newcastle, Cobar – Resigned

Service: From ? ? ? to ? ? ? = ? years Service

Awards: ?

Born: ? ? around 1891? in Scotland

Died on: Thursday 17 May 1917

Age: 26

Cause: Tuberculosis

Event location: Waterfall Sanatorium ( Garrawarra Hospital ), Old Illawarra Hwy, Waterfall

Event date: Thursday 17 May 1917

Funeral date: ? ? ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Waterfall General ( Garrawarra TB Hospital ) Cemetery, Old Illawarra Hwy, Waterfall

about 1 km south of Garrawarra Hospital and on the Eastern side of the road – about 10 mts off the road.

This Cemetery is TOTALLY derelict.

Grave location: 34°10’29.05″S 150°58’17.97″E

Memorial located at: ?

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Leader (Orange, NSW : 1912 – 1922), Wednesday 23 May 1917, page 1

Constable James Forsythe, for the last twelve months attached to the Cobar police station, died at the Waterfall sanitorium last week. The late Constable Forsythe took ill in January, and was for a time an in-mate of the district hospital suffering from lung trouble, but on the advice of Dr. Connolly he went to Waterfall for special treatment, dying there as stated. He had been in the N.S.W. police force for three years, and was 26 years of age. We understand he was a native of Harwich, Scotland, where his mother and relatives reside.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117826843

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Newcastle Morning Herald & Miner’s Advocate Monday 21 May 1917 p4

Word has been received in Newcastle to the death of ex-Constable James Forsyth, who for some months had been an inmate of the Waterfall Sanatorium for Consumptives. Mr. Forsyth, who was a native of Roseland, had been in the force about three years, and was for some time stationed in Newcastle, where he was held in much esteem by the officers and rank and file of the force. he contracted a chill, and consumption, developed, and about twelve months ago he was transferred to Cobar in the hope that the drier atmosphere would assist him. That was not the case, however, and he found it necessary to resign and enter the sanatorium where his death occurred on Thursday.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134861131

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Western Age ( Dubbo ) Friday 18 May 1917 p2

Constable James FORSYTHE

Constable James Forsythe, for the last twelve months attached to the Cobar police station, died at the Waterfall sanatorium on the 9th inst.

The late Constable Forsythe took ill early in January and was for a time an inmate of the district hospital suffering with lung trouble, but on the advise of Dr. Connolly he went to Waterfall for special treatment, dying there as stated. He had been in the N.S.W. police force for three years, and was 26 years of age. We understand he was a native of Harwick, Scotland, where his mother and relatives reside.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136908011

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There are NO James FORSYTHE recorded on NSWBDM database as having died in NSW in 1917.

There is a John H. Forsythe 12815/1919 ( from Paddington ) & John Forsythe 4357/1916 ( from Ulmarra ) but nothing for 1917.

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November 3 2012

Forgotten graves of TB victims uncovered

Julie Power

THE 2000 tuberculosis victims buried in Waterfall Cemetery south of Sydney were ”forgotten in life and forgotten in death”, said Wollongong’s lord mayor, Gordon Bradbery.

In life, these consumptives were cared for in NSW’s only purpose-built facility for TB victims, the Garrawarra Hospital for Consumptives.

A beautiful building with open-air wards on wide verandahs looking out to sea, the hospital opened in 1909 when the bacterial disease was the leading killer of Australian women, and very near that for men.

When patients were in the active phase of TB, they were isolated in fibro chalets, about the size of a garden shed. They either recovered or ended up in the cemetery a bit less than a kilometre away.

Today the cemetery looks like it has endured the battle of the eucalypts. Dead branches and foliage downed by wind and fire hide dangerous holes caused by subsidence under graves.

The cemetery ”dropped off the radar” after the last TB victim was buried in 1949, said Councillor Bradbery. For more than 60 years, the cemetery was neglected and apart from one highly polished grave site tended by Veterans Affairs, most of the remaining wooden and stone headstones have disappeared into the bush.

The council is now developing a conservation management plan for the cemetery, which Cr Bradbery said ”highlights the medical history of the 20th century, especially from 1909 when tuberculosis was for many a fatal illness”.

Explaining its neglect, he said, ”We thought Garrawarra people [NSW Department of Health] were responsible. And vice versa. As a result it was forgotten,” he said.

A Health Department spokeswoman, Cath Whitehurst, confirmed the cemetery is still on health department land, but the trusteeship and management were transferred to Wollongong in 1967.

It’s unclear what will happen to it. To restore the graves to their former glory would be expensive. There’s also the issue of access. Getting into the site requires permission from the NSW Ministry of Health to enter the Garrawarra Centre for the Aged, where 120 patients with Alzheimer’s live.

After visiting the cemetery for the first time, the mayor, a former chaplain with the Uniting Church, was reflective. ”People might think it is a sad thing that it [the cemetery] has been forgotten. But at the same time there is something quite powerful about the march of time and how nature will claim back those areas that have been cleared by human beings.

”They talk about resting in peace. Well, I tell you what, from my perspective they certainly are. It’s very peaceful.”

Ms Whitehurst said the Garrawarra Hospital buildings were boarded up for safety reasons, and there were no plans to restore or demolish the buildings. Visitors are discouraged from the hospital and cemetery.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/forgotten-graves-of-tb-victims-uncovered-20121102-28phf.html

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Lindsay James FORSYTHE

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Lindsay James FORSYTHE

Victoria Police Force

Regd. # 15981

Rank: Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Essendon, Ascot Vale Crime Car Squad, OIC – Maldon Police Station

Service: From ? ? ? to 22 June 1983 = ? years Service

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour – however –

Awarded the Victoria Police Star ( posthumously )

Born: 17 April 1950

Died on: Wednesday 22 June 1983

Cause: Murdered – shot ( shotgun )

Age: 33

Funeral date: Monday 27 June 1983

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria

Grave location: C of E Section C, Grave 1605

buried with Jean Sutherland FORSYTHE – aged 91, born: 27 Aug 1923 Died: 7 Oct 2014

Memorial at: ?

LINDSAY IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance

Funeral location: ?

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Senior Constable Lindsay Forsythe was lured to a late night ambush at a secluded location in country Victoria in response to a false burglary report. When he arrived at the unoccupied residence he was fatally shot, but returned fire striking his assailant four times before he died.

The investigation resulted in the arrest of Constable Forsythe’s wife and a fellow police officer, Senior Constable Leigh Michael Lawson ( 27 ), who were having an affair.

Both were convicted and Lawson was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Gayle Forsythe received five years imprisonment on the lesser charge of manslaughter.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131851384?searchTerm=%22senior%20constable%20james%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-decade=198

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