Frank Thomas BYERS

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Frank Thomas BYERS

( late of Kings Park, NSW )

New South Wales Police Force

NSW Police Academy Class # 038

Regd. # 7837

Rank: Commenced Training at ? Academy on Monday 16 August 1954 ( aged 24 years, 2 months, 10 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 27 September 1954 ( aged 24 years, 3 months, 21 days )

Senior Constable appointed 27 September 1965 – retired

Stations: ?, Brewarrina, Revesby – Retirement

Service: From 16 August 1954 to 7 June 1988 = 33 years, 9 months, 22 days Service

Awards: Queen’s Commendation for Brace Conduct – granted 24 May 1966 ( apprehension of armed man )

Born: Friday 6 June 1930

Died on: Wednesday 4 November 2015

Cause: ?

Age: 85 years, 5 months, 8 days

Funeral date: Monday 9 November 2015

Funeral location: West Chapel, Pinegrove Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium, Minchinbury

Buried at: Cremated

Memorial at: ?

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Frank Thomas Byers

Late of Kings Park.

Loved husband to Diana. Adored father to William, Sharryn and Leanne, Anita and Paul. Treasured Pop to Michael, Will, Daniel, Ella, Liam, Hannah, Emma and their partners and special great granddaughter, Charlotte. Will be sadly missed by all his family, extended family and many friends.

Relatives and friends of Frank are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service in the West Chapel, Pinegrove Crematorium, Kington Street (off the Great Western Highway), Minchinbury on Monday 9th November, 2015 commencing at 1:30pm.

http://www.hillsfamilyfunerals.com.au/tribute/frank-thomas-byers/

The Canberra Times Wednesday 25 May 1966 p14 of 34

Policemen, citizen cited for bravery

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Four policemen from country areas in NSW and one citizen from Robertson have been awarded the Queen’s commendation for brave conduct.

The awards were announced today by the Governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler.

Sergeant John Francis Stanley, Bathurst, was awarded the commendation for dealing with an emotionally disturbed man in possession of two loaded pistols and a .303 rifle.

He went to the man’s home and was forced to stand up against a hallway with the weapons pointed at him.

Sergeant Stanley struggled with the man and managed to disarm him.

Train crash

Sergeant Leonard George Valentine Jenkins and Mr Henry Edward John Donovan, of Robertson, risked their lives to save the crew of a locomotive which had crashed while hauling a number of petrol tankers.

Hundreds of gallons of petrol had escaped from the fuel tankers, creating extreme danger of explosion and fire.

Both men extinguished a fire burning adjacent to the locomotive, directly under a large fuel tanker.

Senior Constable Frank Thomas Byers and Constable Robert Reginald Lidden, both of Brewarrina, posing as kangaroo shooters, overcame a man who was armed with a shotgun and a .22 repeater rifle.

The man was later sentenced to twelve years hard labour on a charge of wounding another man with intent to murder.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/131774756

Leslie George ROBINSON

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Leslie George ROBINSON

aka Les

New South Wales Police Force

Redfern Police Academy: Class 2 of 1946

Regd. # 4962

Uniform # 1470

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 21 January 1946

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 20 February 1967

Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 3 December 1974

Inspector – appointed 14 June 1977

Senior Inspector – appointed 3 April 1979

Superintendent – appointed ? ? ?

Chief Superintendent – appointed ? ? 1981?

Stations: ?, Albury until around 1958? Lock Up Keeper at Walla Walla 1958 – 60?, Wagga Wagga, Newcastle ( ‘R’ District )( 1967 ), ?

Sydney area after passing Inspectors course / exam., Penrith – Jan 1975, Castle Hill, Liverpool.

Superintendent at Metro Country Superintendents Office ( HQ ), Superintendent at Traffic Branch ( HQ ), College St, Sydney.

Parramatta ( H District ) as Chief Superintendent in 1981, Penrith ( J District ) in 1986 – retirement

Service: From ? pre 21 January 1946 to ? ? 1986? = 40 years Service

Awards: National medal – granted 26 June 1983 ( C/Supt )

Born: Wednesday 1 April 1925 in Bemboka, NSW

Died on: Friday 26 May 1989 at Westmead, NSW

Cause: Heart attack

Age: 64 years, 1 month, 12 days

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: Police Funeral at Pinegrove Cemetery, NSW

Buried at: Cremated at Pinegrove, NSW

Memorial at: Pinegrove Memorial Park,

Pinegrove Cemetery, Kington St, Minchinbury, NSW,

Peace Rose Gardens, Granite Wall, Left 1,

Lat/Long: -33.789330374912154, 150.8474147993362

Les at Redfern Police Academy at the Passing Out Parade of his daughter, Deirdre WALPOLE nee Robinson on 13 January 1984

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The Argues ( Melbourne Vic. )

Tuesday 13 April 1954 p6 of 24

‘ One jumped on my chest ‘

Police assaulted me, ‘ Albury man

tells Court

Albury, Monday

AN Albury man, who today lost a Quarter Sessions appeal against convictions for resisting arrest and assaulting a constable, alleged that he was bashed by police.

James William Gehrig, 53, woodcutter, of Prune lane, Lavington, an Albury suburb, told the Court he was about to go to bed on October 17 when police arrived.

They said, ” you have been kicking up a bit of a disturbance and are drunk, ” he added.

Gehrig said he told them it was his brother who had caused the trouble.

The next he knew he was being hit on the head with a baton.

Gehrig said he fought off the constables and kicked one in the knee.

When he reached the police station, another constable punched him under the chin while he was still wearing handcuffs.

When the handcuffs were taken off, he was knocked to the ground, and ” they stuck the boot into me, ” Gehrig said. He had been kicked and punched almost senseless. One policeman had jumped on his chest.

‘ In hospital ‘

Dr. Felix Favaloro, Albury doctor, had treated him, and he had spent eight days in hospital.

Dr. Favaloro told the Court that when he examined Gehrig, he had a swollen face, blackened eyes, and numerous bruises on the back and shoulders, four broken ribs, and a probable contusion of the lung.

Constable Leslie George Robinson and Constable John Raymond Curtin ( # 7287 ) denied that Gehrig had been punched or kicked inside 0r outside the police station.

Constable Robinson said Gehrig had kicked him in the face, chest, and stomach.

Gehrig’s ribs might have been broken when he fell on him during a scuffle, he said.

Judge Brennan reaffirmed the Court of Petty Sessions convictions on November 13 on charges of resisting arrest, assaulting Constable Robinson, and causing malicious damage to a pair of police trousers.

He varied the sentence 0n the assault charge from 12 months’ good behaviour bond to a 10/ fine. He confirmed fines on the other two charges of 10/ each.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/26602882

Thomas Wood LEONARD

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Thomas Wood LEONARD

Late of ?

Brother to Michael A. LEONARD, # Q 7115

Brother to Charles LEONARD, # Q 7396

Brother to Patrick Stephen LEONARD, # Q 7644

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

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ‘Q‘ 9062

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 )

Uniform # A 1032

Rank: Probationary Constable from 7 February 1910

Sergeant 3rd Class – retirement

Stations: ?, 11 Division ( Petersham ), Central ( 1 Division ), Regent St ( 2 Division ), Balmain, Narrandera

Service: From pre 7 February 1910 to 16 June 1946 = 36 years Service ( one day prior to his 60th birthday )

Awards: Imperial Service Medal – granted 25 March 1947

Born: 17 June 1886 at Wingidgeon Station, Coonamble, NSW

Died on: 10 April 1957

Cause: Heart failure

Age: 70

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Cremated

Woronora Crematorium, NSW

Location BB, Section: Rose Garden II, Position: 0015

Memorial at: ?

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Constable Thomas Wood Leonard

When Thomas Wood Leonard was born on June 17, 1886, at Wingidgeon Station, Coonamble, in New South Wales, his father, Edward, was thirty six and his mother, Elizabeth, was thirty two.

He married Violet Rabey on December 1, 1908, in Windsor, New South Wales.

He then had three children by the time he was twenty seven.

Thomas Wood Leonard was made a Probationary constable on February 7, 1910, Badge Number 9062.

The family initially lived between 1931 – 1937 at 140 Balmain Rd Leichhardt East but by 1949 he was a Sergeant living at 200 Belmore Road Blakehurst with his wife and children.

He was a Sergeant Third Class upon his retirement on the 16 June 1946, the day before his sixtieth birthday and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on the 25 March 1947.

He had been based over the years at Petersham (11 Division), Central (1 Division), Regent Street (2 Division), Balmain and Narrandera to name a few stations. Ex-Sergeant Leonard died on April 10, 1957, in Sydney, New South Wales, at the age of seventy from heart failure.

https://www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/library/pages/pdf/RonRathbone2016/pentland_karen.pdf

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Thomas LEONARD

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Thomas LEONARD

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: Senior Constable

Stations: ?, Condobolin, Orange ( 12 years ), Perth ( Perthville )( 12 months )

Service: From ? to Thursday 27 December 1906 = 24 years Service

Awards: ?

Born: ? ? ? in Ireland

Died on: Thursday 27 December 1906 @ 8.30pm

Cause: accidentally swallowing poison

Age: 58

Funeral date: Saturday 29 December 1906 @ 11am

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Catholic portion of the Bathurst general cemetery

Memorial at: ?

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National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Friday 28 December 1906 p2 of 4

A FATAL MISTAKE

DEATH OF SENIOR-CONSTABLE LEONARD

Senior-constable Leonard, officer in charge of the Police Station at Perth, died in the Bathurst District Hospital at half past eight last night from poisoning. Deceased, in the pursuance of his duty, visited Georges Plains on Wednesday afternoon, doing the trip on a bicycle, as was his custom, and returning home dusty and tired decided to have a drink of wine.

Going to a number of bottles in the corner of his room, he picked up one that had been opened and poured some of its contents into a glass and swallowed it. Feeling a bitter taste in his mouth, however Mr Leonard examined the bottle from which he had poured the liquid and found that it contained battery solution, a mixture of mercury, Sulphuric acid, etc. The solution was the same colour as the wine and Mr Leonard was unable to detect his mistake until he had drunk the poison.

He immediately applied emetics and went over to the Bridge Hotel, whence he was driven to Dr Brooke Moore‘s surgery. Here further remedies were administered and the patient’s removal to an adjacent hotel, ordered. Subsequently he was taken to the hospital, where he passed away last night.

The late senior-constable, who was about 55 years of age, is survived by a widow and a large family.

His connection with the police force extended to within two or three years of the quarter of a century.

He was formerly stationed at Condobolin, and Orange, and 12 months ago he was transferred from the latter station to Perth.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/157302049

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Barrier Miner ( Broken Hill NSW ) Thursday 10 January 1907 p2 of 4

A POLICEMAN’S MISTAKE.

Death of Senior-constable Leonard.

Constable Styles, of the South Broken Hill division of the Barrier police force, who has been transferred to the Perth station, near Bathurst, takes the place of a constable who met his death on December 27 under exceptionally sad, circumstances.

His name was Senior-constable Leonard, and he was in charge of the police station at Perth.

In pursuance of his duties Senior-constable Leonard, had visited George’s Plains (a few miles from Perth) on Boxing Day, doing the trip on a bicycle, as was his custom. Returning home dusty and tired, he decided to have a glass of wine, and, going to a number of bottles in a corner of the room, picked up one that had been opened, poured some of the contents into a glass, and drank it. Feeling a bitter taste in his mouth, Leonard examined the bottle from which he had poured the liquid, and found that it contained battery solution, a mixture of mercury, sulphuric acid, etc. The solution was the same color as the wine and the constable was unable to detect his mistake until he had drunk the poison. He immediately applied emetics, and went to the hotel and from there he was taken subsequently to the Bathurst hospital, where he died.

The late senior-constable was 55 years of age, and leaves a widow and 10 children.

His connection with the police force extended to within two or three years of a quarter of a century. Formerly he was stationed at Condobolin, and was for 12 years at Orange, whither he was transferred to Perth 12 months ago.

Constable Styles will commence his duties at Perth on the first of next month.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44394543

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National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Saturday 29 December 1906 p3 of 6

Constable’s Fatal Mistake

POISON INSTEAD of wine

Mr T C K McKell, District Coroner, yesterday inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of Senior-Constable Thomas Leonard, which took place at the Bathurst District Hospital at half-past eight on Thursday night. Senior Constable Meagher said that he was on duty in William-street at 7 o’clock on the evening of Boxing Day, when Dr Brooke Moore called him to where the deceased was standing in Keppel Street, and said: ” Senior Constable Leonard is, after drinking battery solution in mistake for wine, and I have pumped his stomach, and done all I can do for him. You had better take him to Fitzpatrick’s Hotel, which is close by, and where I can attend to him. ”

Witness took him to the hotel, and put him to bed. The deceased complained of feeling very cold, and was vomiting and purging badly. Witness gave him three doses of medicine, which was prescribed by the doctor to be taken every hour.

Asked by witness how the accident occurred, deceased said : ” I went to Georges Plains on my bicycle after dinner to-day on duty, and returned home at about 5 . 30 p m ; I was tired and thirsty and went into the bedroom, where there was a bottle of wine on the floor. There was another bottle by the side of it. I picked up the bottle and poured out what would be ‘a good nip of whisky’ into a glass. It was the odour of the wine, and I drank it . It was terribly bitter. I looked at the bottle, It was marked ‘poison.’ I then saw that I had taken battery solution in mistake for the wine. I immediately drank some mustard and water which made me sick, and I was then brought into Dr Brooke Moore, who pumped my stomach out. ”

At 10 o’clock deceased was removed to the hospital, where he died on the following night.

Deceased was 58 years of age, a native of Ireland, and had been in the police force for 24 years.

Flora Mary Leonard, wife of the deceased, said that her late husband used the battery for rheumatism. On returning from George’s Plains on the day in question he went into his bedroom and shortly afterwards came in saying ” Oh, I have taken the poison instead of the wine ”

Some mustard and water was mixed up and he drank it.

Deceased was survived by eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. He had freehold property at Orange.

Dr Brooke Moore said that when he examined deceased he found that he was suffering from intense abdomin pains.

The cause of death was heart failure, due to an irritant poison, Deceased was perfectly sober.

The Coroner found that death was due to heart failure from an irritant poison, self-administered by mistake.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/157297067

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National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Saturday 29 December 1906 p2 of 6

Funeral.

The funeral of the late Senior Constable Leonard will leave the Bathurst District Hospital at 11 o’clock this morning for the Catholic portion of the Bathurst general cemetery.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/157297026

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Keith John HIGGINS

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Keith John HIGGINS

aka KJ

( late of Bargo )

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 7981

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 12 April 1955

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 28 April 1978

Senior Sergeant – retirement

Stations: ?, Liverpool S.T.P. – Bikes ( 22 Division ), Camden, Campbelltown G.D’s ( 35 Division ), Macquarie Fields ( 35 Division ) – retirement

Service: From ? to 26 June 1990 = 35 years Service

Awards: ?

Born: 15 May 1931

Died on: Saturday 31 October 2015

Cause: Cancer

Age: 84

Funeral date: Friday 6th November 2015 @ 11.30am

Funeral location: Tahmoor Catholic Church, 20 Stratford Rd, Tahmoor

Buried at: Thirlmere General Cemetery

Memorial at: ?

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KJ is described as a pipe smoker and a rider of the old Vespa motor cycle. He was a ‘true gentleman and bloody good copper’.

His mates will remember him from the ‘end of night shift’ bbq’s at Campbelltown and his “easy country” style.

Glen Denholm Well, Mr Higgins would sit in the meal room, addressing everyone not by their first names but by calling them Mr Lewis, Mr Carrol, Mr Denholm ect.

He had an old enamel mug which was always filled with black tea and incessantly smoked Winfield cigarettes with a cigarette holder. This holder was supposed to filter all the tar and nicotine out of the cigarette before it got into your lungs, and it was black, filled with a black tar and looked obnoxious. We all smoked so I suppose it did not matter.

On night work he would go out alone and sit on one of the over passes on the expressway waiting for a break and enter to occur in the hope that he could snare someone. If there was a bust, he would never go to the bust, but allow others to go and he would head to the outskirts. Many is the time he snared a couple of would be crims using this tactic.

Just a really good, honest and lovely man. I can say that I had never seen the man annoyed or even upset, although when a friend of his suddenly resigned and the real story came out later KJ would not believe it.

We are all so lucky to have had him in our lives and the world is a poorer place without this lovely private man. Those who knew him should count themselves very lucky to have been touched by him.

Safe journey old mate, we all will see you, one day, on the other side.

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Robert Eric STYLES

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Robert Eric STYLES

aka Eric

( late of Shepparton )

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank: ?

Stations: ?

Service: From ? to ? = 32 years Service

Royal Australian Navy

26 September 1950 – 25 September 1956 = 6 years Service

Desc: 5′ 9″, Brown hair, eyes & medium build

Rank: Stoker

Service. # R39084

Awards: ? – possibly received two Medals, Clasps, Decorations from the Navy but the record is too hard to read

National Medal – granted 21 August 1989

Born: 2 November 1930 @ Goulburn, NSW

Died on: Tuesday 27 October 2015

Cause: ?

Age: 84

Funeral date: 30 October 2015 @ 11am

Funeral location: Clive Coventry Funerals’ Chapel, 113 Corio Street Shepparton.

Buried at: interment at the Pine Lodge Cemetery, 1600 Midland Hwy, Shepparton East VIC 3631

Area: Acacia Grove Site # 810

Grave GPS: -36.41694253987488, 145.56897607109454

Memorial at: ?

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STYLES, ROBERT (ERIC)
Passed away peacefully at Shepparton
27th October 2015
Aged 84 Years

Loved husband of EVA (dec’d) and MARGARET, loved father of MICHAEL and ANNA, father-in-law of TRACEY and PETER, a cherished Dada who will be so sadly missed.

ROBERT (ERIC) gone is the pain, a long battle you fought. A life well lived, you served your country well, six years R.A.N. 32 years NSW Police Force.
Loved Ecky of KIM, CHRIS, DANNY, ANDGE, ROX and GRANT, and all their children.

R.I.P. until we meet again, Mag.

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Celebrating a life well lived. I will cherish my memories forever.
To Margaret, Anna & Michael my deepest condolences to you and your Families

Published in The Newcastle Herald on Oct. 28, 2015

http://tributes.theherald.com.au/obituaries/theherald-au/obituary.aspx?n=robert-styles-eric&pid=176239370&eid=sp_ommatch&eid=sp_ommatch

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Roy Anthony HAMMOND

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Roy Anthony HAMMOND

late of Wentworth Falls, NSW

New South Wales Police Force

Academy Class: 120

Regd. # 13862

Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 4 August 1969 ( aged 23 years, 3 months 0 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 15 September 1969 ( aged 23 years, 4 months, 11 days )

Senior Constable – appointed 15 September 1978

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 21 July 1985

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank: Sergeant – retired

Stations: ?, Taree HWP 1970 & 80’s, Sydney ( Inner City Cycles 1970’s ), Katoomba ( 1990’s – retirement )

Service: From 4 August 1969 to 24 January 2000 = 30 years, 5 months, 20 days Service

Age upon Retirement: 53 years, 8 months, 20 days

Years in Retirement: 15 years, 9 months, 2 days

Awards: National Medal – granted 10 September 1986 ( Sgt 3/c )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 8 November 1995

National Police Service Medal – Diligent & Ethical Service – posthumously awarded August 2016

Born: Saturday 4 May 1946

Died on: Monday 26 October 2015 at Katoomba Hospital

Cause: Cancer

Age: 69 years, 5 months, 22 days

Funeral date: Thursday 29 October 2015 @ 10am

Funeral location: All Saints Anglican Cathedral, 3 Church Street, BATHURST

Buried at: Maranatha Lawn Cemetery, Bathurst, NSW

Memorial at: On-Line

Young Adam HAMMOND with his father ROY ANTHONY HAMMOND<br /> — Young Adam HAMMOND with his father ROY ANTHONY HAMMOND

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HAMMOND – Roy Anthony

26th October 2015 at Katoomba Hospital.

Loved husband of Shirley, very proud father and father-in-law of Jamie and Kristeen, Adam and Debbie.

Adored poppy of Zachariah, Noah and Solomon.

Loved brother and brother-in-law of Lee and Greg Medway and Diann and Kerry Creighton.

RIDING THOSE HIGHWAYS AGAIN

Relatives and friends of Roy are advised that his funeral will be held at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, Bathurst on THURSDAY, 29th OCTOBER, 2015 commencing at 10.00am.

Following the service the cortege will leave for the Maranatha Lawn Cemetery, Bathurst.

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Love and miss you dearly, may you rest in peace Roy. Xo

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

You will never be forgotten dad, you’re the best farther anyone could wish for. I’m so lucky to call you dad! You will be missed and you’re legacy will live on.

http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/westernadvocate-au/roy-anthony-hammond-condolences/176239993?cid=full

Published in The Western Advocate on Oct. 28, 2015

http://tributes.westernadvocate.com.au/obituaries/westernadvocate-au/obituary.aspx?n=roy-anthony-hammond&pid=176239993

October 28, 2017

2 years since you left us Roy and still miss and love you and always will. Love Diann

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

October 28, 2017

2 years since you left us Roy and still miss and love you and always will.

Love Diann

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

June 1, 2017

Adam Hammond

November 1, 2016

Roy you will never be forgotten miss you and love you. Your sister Diann

Diann Creighton, Dundas

November 24, 2015

Dear Shirley and family, I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Roy, he was a part of my life in 1969 when we were a part of Class 120, I have very fond memories of Roy during that period of my life. I am so sorry for your loss, he will always be remembered by all of us..

Dennis Blewitt, Lugarno, New South Wales

November 23, 2015

Dear Shirley and Family.
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your husband and family. Roy was one of the first fellows I meet in our Initial Training Course, No 120. I then worked Roy with over many years at Taree. I have some fond memories of Roy. Rest in Peace.

Dave WOOLNOUGH.

Dave WOOLNOUGH, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales

November 23, 2015

Dear Shirley and Family,we send our condolences to you on the sad and premature passing of Roy.
I have fond memories of Roy from our early days in the Force. He was a good man.Rest in Peace Roy.
Garry and Pauline

Garry Donnelly, Mollymook Beach, New South Wales

November 23, 2015

Dear Shirley and family, please accept my condolences at your sad loss. My memories of working with Roy will always bring a smile to my face. He will always be remembered. Peter MacDonald

November 23, 2015

I am so sorry to hear of the premature passing of Roy. Although we never caught up after passing out at Redfern in September, 1969, I vividly remember Roy as larger than life character.

To Roy’s family, please accept my condolences and may time heal his passing.

November 22, 2015

Dear Shirley and Family. Please accept our condolences. In loving memory of a wonderful and beautiful person, Roy Anthony Hammond. Our Prayers are with you all.
Roy. We did make a difference. We will meet again My Dear Friend. Rest in Peace now.
We love you and will miss you always. Neil & Maureen.

NEIL GODDARD, BANGOR, New South Wales

November 3, 2015

You will always be my beautiful big brother. My life will be less now you are not here, but you will be in my heart forever. Your lovely sister Diann.

Diann Creighton, DUNDAS, New South Wales

October 29, 2015

Please accept my condolences and know that Our Heavenly Father promises I reside in the high and holy place, But also with those crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of those being crushed. Isaiah 57:15

October 28, 2015

Love and miss you dearly, may you rest in peace Roy. Xo

Debbie Hammond

October 28, 2015

You will never be forgotten dad, you’re the best farther anyone could wish for. I’m so lucky to call you dad! You will be missed and you’re legacy will live on.

Adam Hammond, Clovelly, New South Wales

Roy HAMMOND Condolences | Bathurst Western Advocate

Glen Selby Harold GRAHAM

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Glen Selby Harold GRAHAM

( late of Laptsone, NSW )

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 4869

Rank: Senior Inspector – retired

Stations: ?, Liverpool – retirement

Service: From ? to 9 May 1982 = 36 years Service

Awards: ?

Born: 9 May 1922 in Tamworth

Died on: Tuesday 27 October 2015 at Cranebrook, NSW

Cause: ?

Age: 93

Funeral date: Monday 2 November 2015 @ 2pm

Funeral location: St Paul’s Anglican Church, 26 Short Street, EMU PLAINS

Buried at: ?

Memorial at: ?

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Beloved husband of Fay (dec). Loved father of Jenny, Paul and John. Loving grandfather and great grandfather.

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Ian Andrew BIRKBECK

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Ian Andrew BIRKBECK

aka Birky

Queensland Police Force

Regd. # 4005642

Rank: Sergeant

Stations: ?, Coomera Police Stn, Gold Coast Road Policing Unit

Service: From ? to ?

Awards: National Medal – granted 31 July 1999

Police Long Service Medal

Flood Citation, Cyclone Citation

Born: 14 January 1961

Died on: 27 October 2015 @ 10.30am

Cause: Pneumonia – complicated by Cancer

Age: 54

Funeral date: Friday 30 October 2015 @ 11am

Funeral location: Holy Family Catholic Parish, 16 Simbai St, Runaway Bay, Qld

Buried at: ?TBA

Memorial at: ?

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It is with a very heavy heart I advise that Ian “Birky” Birkbeck has passed away after a brave fight against cancer. Ian had ridden as part of the official Qps Wall to Wall party since 2011 and missed this year due to illness.. He was a true friend and an absolute gentleman. He will be missed by everyone.. RIP Birky .. Bradyn Murphy QPS

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Perils of the Police – 1903 article

| 11/11/2015

From the New Zealand National Library Archives –

PERILS OF THE POLICE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11010,

28 July 1903, Page 7
* Taking their Lives in their Hands
Long List of Fatalities.

The execution of Digby Grand and Henry Jones in Sydney the other day for the murder of Constable Long at Auburn a few months previously gives a sad interest to the subjoined list of New South Wales policemen who have either been killed or seriously wounded by desperate criminals while endeavouring to preserve the public peace. When bushranging was rife many constables lost their lives in endeavouring to rid the country of its human pest.

Sergeant MaGinnity was shot dead by Morgan at Tumberumba on June 24, 1864;

Senior-sergeant Smyth was shot dead by the same miscreant on September , 1864, near Kyambra;

Sergeant Parry was killed by bushrangers who had stuck up the mail from Gundagai to Yass, on November 15, 1864;

Constable Samuel Nelson was shot dead by Dunn at Collector, on January 27, 1863; and

Constable McHale was seriously wounded by Dunn when the bushranger was captured at Marthaguy Creek, on December 14, 1865.

Morgan was himself shot near Wangaratta (Victoria), while Dunn was executed at Sydney on March 19, 1866.

A particularly brave single-handed attack upon its party of bushrangers at Nerringundah on April 9, 1866 by a young constable named Miles O’Grady, led to the policeman being shot dead by Clark and Connell, two of the gang.

On 3 February, 1865 Senior-constable John Ward was shot dead by a Chinaman in Denison Town.

Constable Raymond on April 14, 1866 was shot dead by James Crookwell, a prisoner of Berrima Gaol, who with 10 others made a desperate attempt to escape. Crookwell was hanged at Sydney on the following July 2.

At Binnie Creek, a few miles from Cowra, Sergeant Sutherland was shot dead by two armed men on May 1, 1872.

In the Warren district, on September 20, 1878 Senior-sergeant Thomas Wallings was shot by Thomas Law, alias “Midnight,” who was himself pursued and shot by Constables Hatton and Gray.

Constable Bowen was shot dead by an armed gang, which stuck up the Wantabadgery Inn on November 16, 1879.

On March 12, 1885, two prisoners named Angel and Thurston, in Coonamble gaol shot Constable John Mitchell, the gaoler, and effected their escape. The offenders stuck up a store Slashers Flat, near Gulong in which Constables McKinlay and Day were awaiting them. They shot Charles Stewart, the storekeeper dead, but were themselves both shot by the police.

On August 13, 1885, Constable William Hird stopped two men at Canterbury, near Sydney early in the morning and interrogated them as to the contents of a parcel they were carrying. One of the men struck Hird with an axe and killed him. One of the pair was sentenced to imprisonment for life and the other to 15 years.

Sergeant Beatty of Penrith was stabbed to death in February, 1890 by a native of India. He also stabbed John Zahnliter who endevoured to apprehend him and save Beatty. The Indian was shot by Constable Mosdey.

On August 6, 1898, Constable McLean of Liverpool, had two men in custody; one of them, George Peisley, fired at the policeman (shooting him) and escaped, but was recaptured after a prolonged hunt in the bush, and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. ( Pursued by Police around Oatley, Mortdale and shooting to avoid apprehension. Eventually arrested at Arncliffe ).

Among the more important of recent cases are those of the late Constable David Sutherland shot by a burglar named James Morrison, in Rockwall Street, Potts Point, early on June 3, 1889;

Constable Slater, shot in the shoulder and thigh by burglar three weeks later;

Constable Pearce, shot in the shoulder while endeavouring to arrest a man in the grounds of Mr Oxbenham’s residence at Randwick on June 7, 1897;

Constable (now Detective) E.G. Ward, shot in the head by a man whose object, was to rescue a prisoner in Oxford Street, city, on October 22, 1900;

and the brutal murder by George Shaw, the coiner, in Shepherd Street Redfern, on July 19, 1902 of Constable Denis Guilfoyle, which occasioned a great sensation, owing to the escape of Shaw and his companion.

Constable Sutherland, who was only 28 years of age, was on duty in Rockwell Street at about 2.30 on the morning of June 3, 1883 ( 1889? ), when he saw Morrison, a noted burglar, slip out of a yard and walk hurriedly away. The constable, as Morrison would not stop, caught hold of him and the two fell to the ground. As they were struggling, the criminal drew a revolver and shot Sutherland in the groin. The dying constable struck him over the eye with his baton, inflicting a serious wound ; but Morrison, after firing another shot escaped, and throwing the weapon into a garden, ran down to Victoria Street where blood-stained and excited, he attracted the attention of Sergeant Hogan (now of Burwood) and Senior-constable Robinson, who arrested him. Constable Sutherland died some hours later in Sydney Hospital and Morrison was subsequently executed at Darlinghurst Gaol.

Mr Justice Stephen was awakened between 1 and 2 a.m. on June 25, 1889, by hearing two shots fired in his garden at Paddington. The judge ran out and discovered Constable Henry A Slater in his garden in the pouring rain, fainting from weakness and shot in two places, the shoulder and the thigh. Slater had seen a man entering the place, and endeavoured to arrest him, when two other men sprang out of the darkness, one of whom struck him on the head with a tomahawk, and the other fired at him. A tomahawk was found with a revolver, of which two chambers had recently been discharged. Slater recovered. Two men were arrested, and twice tried in connection with the affair, but they were not convicted.

The man who shot Constable Pearce was never discovered ;

but the assailant of Constable Ward received a sentence of seven years hard labour for his crime. Ward recovered, the bullet having only grazed his skull. This officer (says the Sydney Evening News) was one of the party that arrested Digby Grand.

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