Buried at: Castlebrook Cemetery, 718 Windsor Rd, Rouse Hill, NSW
Memorial at:
May they forever Rest In Peace
Liz and Bill FAHEY
As of Monday 14 September 2015, Elizabeth Fahey – the wife of deceased Sergeant Bill Fahey, is currently in hospital with a brain tumour and having scans to determine the extend of the tumour.
We wish Elizabeth all the very best for a full and speedy recovery.
As of Wednesday 29 September 2015, Liz’s brain tumour pathology is back and it was found to be malignant. Doctors are going to do chemotherapy & radiotherapy.
Dear family and friends.
Maybe the majority of you will not know the name nor my relationship with this lovely Lady. Yesterday on 25/12/2016, Elizabeth (Liz) Fahey lost her battle with a brain tumour. She was the wife of a ‘giant’ in the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad, Sergeant William (Bill, Uncle Bill) Fahey. Liz and Bill were living in Queensland when Bill died some years back. Liz moved back to NSW but not much is known of her life back here (to my shame) until recently when she became ill.
I joined the NSW Police Force in 1974 and till 1978 I was stationed at Annandale. In 1978 I completed a Rescue course and was transferred to the Police Rescue Squad. One of the first senior members of the Squad I was introduced to was Bill. He was a big man but not tall. Think of the size of an 18 gallon beer keg and apply that to his upper body.
Think this. When wearing his white overalls, he could roll up his sleeves, put the pointy end of a full size anvil in the sleeve and pick up the blunt end of the anvil and lift vertically. A powerful man with the heart of gold. Wasn’t long before I met his beautiful partner Liz. She was a tiny thing, 5 foot nothing. But, when she came around for a visit, or a function at the PRS, she lit up the room. What a gentle soul she was. She would sit with anyone, everyone for a chat. She was a ‘mum’ to us all.
The last time I saw and spoke to Liz and Bill together was in 1985 at my wedding, and have a couple of photos. I shall treasure those photos. God bless Liz, you put up the good fight. You had so many people praying/thinking of you over these past months. The New South Wales Police Rescue Squad, The New South Wales VRA, any Rescue organisation that knew Liz will be thinking of her.
God Bless dear Lady.
Article by Kevin Banister, NSW Fallen Police FB Group
Kel StewartI remember being the barmaid at the Cleveland Inn Surry Hills in those years and serving Liz and Bill Fahey beer whilst they were enjoying a smoke surrounded by Police rescue personel. Liz was a gentle soul Kevin and when I think of her….I smile. Liz is now back with Bill probably enjoying a beer & smoke. RIP Liz. Kel
After 14 days from today an application for a grant of representation will be made to the Supreme Court of Queensland at Brisbane as follows: Deceased:|WILLIAM CHARLES FAHEY| Last Address:|178 Ocean Vista Drive, Maroochy River 4561, Queensland|Address in Will: |178 Ocean Vista Drive, Maroochy River 2561, Queensland|Applicants:|ELIZABETH FAY FAHEY, 178 Ocean Vista Drive, Maroochy River 4561, Queensland.| Grant:|Probate of the Will dated 15 September, 2005.| Caveat:| If you wish to object or to be heard upon the application, you may file a Caveat in the Supreme Court registry mentioned above at any time before the grant is made.| Creditors:|All creditors of the estate are required to
send in particulars of their claim to the applicant's Solicitors within six weeks of the date of publication of this Notice.| Date of Death:|3 November, 2006.| Applicant(s) Solicitors: |Warren Gardiner & Co, Solicitors|| 38 Queen Street, Nambour Qld 4560.|
Location: Sunshine Coast | Published Date: 13 Jan 2007
The Premier, Mr. J. J. Cahill, said yesterday he had called for a report on allegations by Mr. Stefan Iwanowski that police officers had ill-treated him.
Mr. Cahill said he had received a letter from Mr. B. J. Macree, a Sydney solicitor, enclosing a statutory declaration by Mr. Iwanowski, of West Street, Paddington.
Mr. Macree had asked for an extension of the terms of the Studley-Ruxton Royal Commission to include his client’s allegations.
Mr. Cahill said that when he received the report from his officers, he would consider whether action was necessary.
Stefan Iwanowski said in Central Summons Court yesterday that a police sergeant had hit him on the left cheek, and a constable had hit him twice in the stomach.
He said the policemen were Sergeant First-class George Herbert Boyd and Constable William Charles Fahey, both of Darlinghurst.
The Crown by summons charged Iwanowski, of West Street, Paddington, with having used indecent language.
Iwanowski said that the two policemen called at his home about five minutes to midnight on February 17.
The sergeant had said: “What is going on here?” and the constable had said: “You are drunk.” ” Iwanowski said: Then the constable hit me with his fist in my stomach.
“I said: ‘What is the Gestapo tactics to come my place at midnight, disturb my baby and beat me?’
“I will see a solicitor tomorrow and find if you are to come to my place at midnight and beat and do these things like the Gestapo.
“Then the sergeant took me by my hair, pulled me down by the head, and the constable gave me a hit in my stomach with his fist.
“STARTED CRYING“
“I fell down on the chair because I could not get my breath, and I started crying. My baby woke and cried, screaming.
“When the baby started screaming, the sergeant and policeman went to the kitchen.
“I said to them: ‘Constable, I take your number.’ I took up from the table my wife’s pencil, and put the number of the constable on the paper.
“The sergeant said to the constable. ‘Take this —– to the police.’
“My baby was still screaming. “I put my coat on. I didn’t put on shoes or slippers.
“The sergeant started to push me out. After, we walked up the steps. In the front of me was the constable and behind me was the sergeant.”
Mr. K. O’Malley Jones, for Iwanowski: What happened when you went to the police car?
Iwanowski: Some of the police, I don’t know which one, pushed me into the car.
“TAKE A HALF“
Iwanowski, continuing, said that at the police station they told him to get out. The sergeant started pushing him into the police station and kicking his heels.
Iwanowski said: “I started crying. I went into the police station and I said: ‘I have been beaten by police and kicked on my feet, and pulled by my hair.’
“The sergeant said: ‘You are a —– liar. Nobody touched you.’ Then he punched me with his fist.
“Then he started pulling baby from me. My baby was screaming. I said: ‘You don’t take my baby from me. If you take, you take a half.'”
Iwanowski said that Sergeant Boyd took him by the hair and pulled him into the dock. He ordered the constable to take his name, height, and details.
He continued: “He asked me what my profession was. I said, ‘Linesman.’ The sergeant said, ‘Put labourer.’ ”
Mr. O’Malley Jones: Do you remember anything else said before he told you to go home?
Iwanowski: He told me, ‘You are a —— Pole. You are a Communist. They should not let you come to this country. We will teach you how to live in this country.”
Iwanowski said the police started pulling him out of the station by the hair.
NO MARK
To Mr. H. L. Cantor, for the prosecution. Iwanowski said there was no doubt the constable hit him.
Mr. Cantor: Did it leave any mark? Iwanowski: Not in the stomach.
Were you hit anywhere else but in the stomach? – In the police station, in my face.
Did it leave any mark? Pretty sore. It left no mark.
Did he hit you hard? – Yes. That is the sergeant? – Yes. Iwanowski said the sergeant hit him on his left cheek.
[ Sergeant Boyd and Constable Fahey denied during cross-examination by Mr. O’Malley Jones on Thursday that they had pushed, kicked, punched, or pulled Iwanowski’s hair. ]
Mr. H. L. Sargeson adjourned the hearing until 10a.m. on July 9.
Mr. H. L. Cantor ( by the State Crown Solicitor ) for the prosecution: Mr. K. O’Malley Jones ( by B. J. Macree ) for Iwanowski.
Mr. H. L. Sargeson, S.M., in Central Summons Court yesterday, fined Stefan Iwanowski £1 on a charge of using indecent language on February 17.
Iwanowski, a Polish migrant, in evidence earlier in the hearing said that Sergeant George Herbert Boyd and Constable William Charles Fahey had assaulted him.
CLAIMED HE WAS HIT
Iwanowski said Fahey had hit him twice at his home at West Street, Paddington, where, the charge alleged, the language was used.
He said Boyd punched him and pulled his hair at Darlinghurst police station.
Mr. Sargeson said he was satisfied Iwanowski used the words, but added that there were some unsatisfactory features about the case for the prosecution.
It was difficult to understand why Iwanowski was taken to the police station with his baby. It must have been apparent that there would be difficulty in disposing of the baby if Iwanowski was arrested, charged and locked-up.
DELAY
“Another thing is the delay in taking proceedings by way of summons against Iwanowski,” he said.
“I feel that proceedings against Iwanowski were in fact expedited by the prosecution when it was learned that Iwanowski was moving in the matter of the assault alleged by him to have been committed by the police officers concerned.”
Mr. Sargeson said four witnesses – Boyd and Fahey and a Mr. and Mrs. Gray, of West Street, Paddington said they heard Iwanowski use indecent language. He was satisfied they told the truth.
Iwanowski had denied he used indecent language, and complained that he was assaulted by Constable Fahey and Sergeant Boyd.
Iwanowski alleged that Sergeant Boyd struck him on the face, pulled his hair, and trod on his heels as he was entering the police station.
CONFLICT
Mr. Sargeson said, “The witnesses called by Iwanowski didn’t help me in coming to a conclusion.
“Their evidence is only of value in determining the question of the credibility of witnesses for the prosecution.
“The evidence of these witnesses is in conflict in some respects with the witnesses for the prosecution.”
HAD BABY IN HIS ARMS
Sergeant Edward Clyde Davis , of Darlinghurst Police Station said in evidence he was a senior constable on February 17, and on duty as station sergeant.
Early in the morning of February l8, Sergeant Boyd and Constable Fahey brought Iwanowski in the charge room. Iwanowski had a baby in his arms.
Boyd said, ‘This man used indecent language to us, but I can’t lock him up with a baby in his arms.” Iwanowski, said, “Lock me up.”
SAW NO BLOWS
Davis said Boyd told Fahey, “Get his particulars, and we will take out a summons.” Fahey spoke to Iwanowski, and then “Boyd said “You are free to go now, but you will probably get a summons.”
Iwanowski remained in the room speaking in a foreign language.
Davis said he twice told Iwanowski he was free to leave before Iwanowski walked out the door. Iwanowski was highly excited, and was talking loudly.
Davis said he did not see any blows struck, or any force used on Iwanowski.
To Mr. K. O’Malley Jones ( for Iwanowski ) Davis said he had been 26 years in the police force. At this time he had been 10 months at Darlinghurst.
Mr. O’Malley Jones: You are the sergeant who has been referred to by a probationary police constable in the court yesterday?
Davis; I decline to answer. Mr. H. L. Cantor ( for the police ) objected to the question.
Mr. O’Malley Jones: It is not the only question I am going to ask.
QUESTION ALLOWED
Mr. Sargeson, S.M., allowed the question, but told Davis not to answer further questions until be gave him permission.
Davis: I am the sergeant. Mr. O’Malley Jones: And the gist of it is that in relation to that matter you and the probationary constable are diametrically opposed on an important matter?
Mr. Cantor: There are some matters which, even if it were felt they would assist on the witness’s credit, should not be allowed. It is sub judice.
Mr., Sargeson disallowed the question.
Davis said he had not asked Sergeant Boyd or Constable Fahey whether they would begin proceedings against Iwanowski. He could not remember when he was told he would be needed to give evidence, but an inspector, Mr. Mijch, of Darlinghurst, had asked him to write a report.
Mr. O’Malley Jones: Did he say proceedings would be instituted against Iwanowski because he had indicated he was assaulted by the police? Davis: No.
SUMMONS
Davis said he was with Sergeant Smith when Smith served the summons on Iwanowski.
Mr. O’Malley Jones: Would it be quite a common thing for n summons issued on March 16 at the Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney, to be served on the same day from Darlinghurst Police Station?
Davis: It generally takes a couple of days.
Was it indicated to you by anyone in the station that this was a case in which the summons had to be served very quickly? – No.
Constable Atholl John Arndell, of Darlinghurst Police Station, said he was on duty when Sergeant Boyd and Constable Fahey brought Iwanowski into the police station.
He did not see any violence used towards Iwanowski.
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 13 May 1946
Inspector
Stations: ?, Fairfield, 34 Division, O.I.C. – Parramatta District
Service: From ?pre 13 May 1946to ? ? ?
Awards: ?
Born: 10 July 1923 in Sydney, NSW
Died on: 17 September 2009 at Longueville Private Hospital
Cause: ?
Age: 86
Funeral date: Thursday 24 September 2009 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: St Charles Catholic Church, Cnr Charles & Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW
Buried at: ?
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It is with the deepest regret that we wish to advise the peaceful passing of Geoff Williamson, former Olympian and Leichhardt’s Vice President, passed away peacefully in Longueville Private Hospital late yesterday the 17th September ( 2009 ) aged 86 years.
Geoffrey joined Leichhardt Rowing Club as a coxswain before the Second World War.
After active War service, Geoff returned to Rowing as an oarsman and became part of Professor Frank Cotton’s contribution to Sports Science in the 1950’s.
Apart from many State Championship wins, Geoff represented New South Wales in the Kings Cup in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956.
He represented Australia in the Olympic Men’s Eight in 1952 (Helsinki) and 1956 (Melbourne) in the Coxed Four. Geoff also represented Australia in the Eights at the Vancouver Empire Games in 1954.
He continued to be a strong supporter of Club rowing and will be fondly remembered as a much respected Life member and Vice President of the Leichhardt Rowing Club.
His career as a Police Officer saw him move through the ranks to “Officer in Charge of the Parramatta District until his retirement many years ago.
Always the gentleman, Geoff worked continuously for Leichhardt Rowing Club and will be sadly missed.
The funeral for Geoff will take place at 10.30am on Thursday, 24th September at St Charles Catholic Church, Corner Charles and Victoria Road Ryde.
The funeral notice will be in the papers on 22nd September.
A formal complaint from a friend of Lyn Dawson that NSW police were failing to investigate her suspicious disappearance from Sydney’s northern beaches has been discovered decades later in a sealed file in state archives.
Susan Strath was so disturbed by the inaction of police that she wrote to the NSW Ombudsman’s office and begged the independent government watchdog to intervene.
Ms Strath’s complaint of 1985, three years after Lyn went missing, documented her alarm that a woman could vanish without officers interviewing work colleagues or friends, or conducting any serious investigation.
She pointed out that shortly before Lyn went missing her husband Chris — a teacher and former star footballer — was widely known to be in an intense affair with a teenage schoolgirl who had been one of his students.
“Her husband was so sure she would not return, his girlfriend was moved in the following week,” she wrote.
“He has now married his schoolgirl lover, has a beautiful home and established family.
“Everything seems too easy. He got exactly what he wanted and his wife, who wasn’t up to standard, has vanished from the face of the earth, having no further contact with family or friends.
“It doesn’t seem possible that a person can be swept under the rug and forgotten.”
The ombudsman’s file on the complaint was discovered by The Australian in storage with NSW State Archives and Records after lengthy investigations for podcast series The Teacher’s Pet and is detailed in a new episode, released today.
The ombudsman’s office had said no trace of the complaint could be found and that records would have been destroyed.
But after archives staff located the file for The Australian, the ombudsman’s office agreed to waive restrictions that would have prevented the documents being released for 90 years from when they were created.
Among the documents was Mr Dawson’s long-lost handwritten statement to police of August 1982, in which he blamed his marital problems on his wife’s credit card spending but did not mention his teenage lover.
Mr Dawson’s statement had disappeared along with the rest of the separate police file in the 1990s and was not available to the former investigating officer, Damian Loone, or to two coroners who examined the case.
Despite Ms Strath’s complaint, neither police nor the ombudsman’s office interviewed Mr Dawson’s schoolgirl lover, Joanne Curtis, or numerous other witnesses including fellow teachers, neighbours, family members and friends at the time.
Senior police who were forwarded the complaint insisted there was a satisfactory investigation when Lyn disappeared and there was nothing to indicate foul play or suspicious circumstances.
It would be another five years before Sydney homicide detectives looked at the case, acting on information from Mr Dawson’s former teenage lover, Ms Curtis, after they split up.
The two coroners later found, in 2001 and 2003, that Mr Dawson murdered his wife. He has not been charged and maintains his innocence.
The sealed ombudsman’s file includes correspondence about Ms Strath’s 1985 complaint, showing Lyn’s disappearance was brought to the attention of the highest levels of the NSW police force.
Sue Thompson, an ombudsman investigator, referred Ms Strath’s complaint directly to then-police commissioner John Avery. The commissioner was kept informed of the progress of inquiries.
“This is a bit of a sensitive complaint. It’s about the alleged disappearance of a woman some three years ago and allegation that the police may have failed to properly investigate,” Ms Thompson wrote in a file note.
Ms Strath noted in her complaint that she last spoke to Lyn on Friday, January 8, 1982, at the childcare centre where they both worked. Lyn and her husband had returned from marriage counselling that day, with Lyn expressing excitement that their marital difficulties would be resolved, she wrote. Lyn disappeared the next day, without another word being heard from her.
“The next day what happened????” Ms Strath wrote.
She noted Lyn’s inability to drive, her exceptional devotion to her two young daughters, then aged four and two, and her love of her Bayview home, which was worth more than $250,000 when she vanished.
Ms Strath also noted Lyn had no interest in religion and didn’t attend church — this was a response to her husband’s claims that she apparently went off with a religious group.
“I would like to know what the police have done in the matter? Why weren’t her workmates interviewed as to her last 24 hours?
“I’m concerned that I was one of the last to see her on the Friday but was never questioned by the police. Can a person just disappear and it be accepted?”
A senior officer, Inspector Geoff Shattles ( # 7398 ), noted in response that Lyn’s parents, Helena and Len Simms, had not “ever hinted” at concerns of foul play.
“Further to this, the brother of the missing person is a senior constable in the NSW police force and he at no time contacted police at this station in regard to any suspicions.”
A chief superintendent wrote that he was “satisfied all avenues of investigation were covered at the time”.
The file shows that as a result of Ms Strath’s complaint, she was visited in 1985 by a detective, who also contacted one of her colleagues at the childcare centre. Inspector Shattles also spoke to Lyn’s mother.
But there was still no questioning of the former schoolgirl lover or many other key witnesses. In the course of its preliminary investigation, the ombudsman’s office had Mr Dawson’s 1982 handwritten statement to police about his wife’s disappearance, in which he lied about going away “to be by myself” over Christmas 1981 when he had gone to Queensland with Ms Curtis.
Mr Dawson at the end of his statement made an unusual comment — that he was “being advised on procedure by Sergeant Brian Gardner( #8841 ), Manly Detectives”.
Mr Gardner was an influential senior figure of the Belrose Rugby League Club, where Mr Dawson and his twin brother Paul were joint captains and coaches. Known to colleagues as “Smacka”, Brian has since died.
Ms Strath believed Mr Dawson’s celebrity status as a former Newtown Jets rugby league star protected him from scrutiny.
Ultimately the ombudsman’s office concluded “no further action is necessary” after informing Ms Strath of the police position.
NSW Ombudsman Michael Barnes yesterday said the office had limited jurisdiction and resources in 1985 and its response was “satisfactory”.
Service: From 11January 1937 to 11 January 1947 = 10 years Service
Awards: ?
Born: ? ? 1913/14
Died on: 11 January 1947
Cause: appendicitis
Death location: Moree Hospital
Age: 33
Funeral date: Tuesday 14 January 1947
Funeral location: St Johns Church, Birchgrove
Buried at: Cremated. Northern Suburbs Crematorium
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The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 13 January 1947 page 16 of 16
WALKER, George Wilson, Detective Constable, January 11, 1947, at Moree Hospital, beloved husband of Glady’s and loving father of Kenneth and loving sen of Mrs J Hamilton and brother of David, Peggy and Betty, and step brother of Jim and Bill Hamilton, aged 33 years. For funeral notice see Tuesdays “Herald. ”
The Newcastle Sun ( NSW ) Monday 13 January 1947 page 6 of 12
DEATH. —Moree: Detective George W. Walker, who was transferred from Parramatta to Moree three weeks ago, died in Moree Hospital yesterday from appendicitis. He was 34 years of age. Detective Walker joined the New South Wales Police Force in January, 1937.
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 14 January 1947 page 18 of 30
FUNERALS
WALKER. – The Relatives and Friends of Mrs Gladys Walker are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved Husband Detective Constable George Wilson Walker late of Parramatta and Moree ; to leave St Johns Church, Birchgrove, This (Tuesday) Morning after Service commencing at 10 o clock for Northern Suburbs Crematorium. Wood Coffill Limited
WALKER. – The Relatives and Friends of Mr and Mrs J. Hamilton of 1 Rose Street Birchgrove are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Son Detective-Constable George Wilson Walker. For particulars, see above notice.
WALKER. – The Relatives and Friends or Mr and Mrs David Walker of Balmain, Mr and Mrs E Allen of Clovelly, Mr and Mrs J Hamilton of Birchgrove are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved Brother, Detective Constable George Wilson Walker. For particulars see above notice. Wood Coffill Limited
WALKER. – Lodge Hiram No 132 U.G.L. of N S W. – Officers and Members are invited to attend the Funeral of their late esteemed Bro., George W. Walker. For particulars, see family notice (Regalia ) E. D. Carpenter, W M G Walker Secretary.
The Broadcaster ( Fairfield NSW ) Wednesday 15 January 1947 p1 of 6
Formerly well known in the district as Parramatta Rugby Union coach and opular member of the police force, Constable George Walker, passed away at Moree last week.
The Cumberland Argus & Fruitgrowers Advocate ( Parramatta ) Wednesday 15 January 1947 p1 of 12
Death of George Walker Detective Constable (first class) George Wilson Walker (33), died in Moree District Hospital on Saturday, following a major operation. Detective Walker was recently transferred from Parramatta after five years here, to take charge at Moree. He is survived by a widow and one son, Ken, aged two and a half years.
His untimely death occurred on the tenth anniversary of his taking up duty with the Police Force.
While at Parramatta, he was, as coach, the driving force behind Parramatta Rugby Union team when it reached the grand final of the competition in 1944. He was a star member of Balmain Rugby League team.
The funeral left St. John’s Church, Birchgrove, yesterday, for the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Inspector H.E. Pyne and Detective Sergeant S. Sellers, together with other uniformed and plainclothes police, represented Parramatta Police.
Pall-bearers were Detective Constables (first class) John Renehan, Alan Gilchrist, Reg. Stackpool, Bill Clyne, Ron Laughton and Ron Walton.
