Funeral Friday 19 September 2014 @ 3pm at Penrith Cemetery, Cox Ave, Kingswood.
Leading Senior Constable Ian Mark Reakes
Constable First Class Ian Reakes
Ian Mark REAKES – Funeral pamphlet – 19 September 2014
Ian Mark REAKES Eulogy pamphlet issued at the funeral
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I would like to express my deepest sympathy to Ians family. I knew Ian from similar work we did within the Hawkesbury community. I thought Ian was a gentle mannered, caring person It is really sad to hear of his passing, 51 is not old. May you Rest In Peace Ian.
Thought and prayers to all family. Ian’s warmth, love and laughter for all the simple pleasures in life will be remembered by all who knew him. Our deepest sympathy to all the family.
16.3.1963 – 13.9.2014 Late of Penrith Loving husband to Gaylene. Loving father, brother, son, pop, uncle and great mate. Taken too soon Will be sadly missed Relatives and friends of Ian are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held at Penrith General Cemetery, Cox Avenue, Kingswood TODAY, 19th September, 2014 at 3pm.
In 2009, two mates, both police officers and both keen motorcyclists, started a conversation over a beer or two. “How about we organise some mates to ride to Canberra and meet at our National Memorial?”
Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy from the NSW Police Force and Inspector Brian Rix of the Victorian Police had been motivated and inspired by the immense popularity of an American police motorcycle and charity event held in Austin, Texas.
Known as the “Ride for the Fallen”, the ride is a special tribute that honours the service and sacrifices of the many law enforcement officers killed in the service of Texas over its long and proud history.
Around the same time, a chance meeting with Western Australia Assistant Commissioner Steve Brown invariably turned into discussions of motorcycling and plans for Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan to lead a children’s charity ride across the country.
So a few phone calls later and with the much valued support and assistance of the Police Federation of Australia, a group of like minded police, serving and retired, were brought together to develop Australia’s own memorial ride.
With the National Police Memorial as a focal point and highlighting the positive image of police in the promotion of motorcycle safety and awareness, this has now become a much anticipated annual charity event in commemoration of the service and sacrifice of our police and for each of the State’s to raise much needed funds in support of their police charity organisations.
Each of the Australian Police Forces has a dedicated place of remembrance and reflection, where they pay homage to and remember their police officers who have died as a result of their service to the community. From these sites a very special journey begins with the intention of arriving at the outskirts of our national capital to meet and join the other contingents of riders from across Australia.
In a final gesture of police solidarity and remembrance, the ride travels through Canberra to the National Police Memorial for a short, but poignant ceremony to commence the week in honour of our colleagues and mates; their names recorded on the touch stones of the memorial wall.
The Wall to Wall : Ride for Remembrance is promoted through a national organising committee under the auspice of the Police Federation of Australia and the National Police Memorial. Stringent operational and financial controls are maintained to ensure the charitable status of the event and that funds raised are directly used to support the identified policing legacy organisations and charities.
Fully supported by all the police jurisdictions, every State and Territory is represented. Our past rides have been led by the Police Commissioners of the Australian Federal Police, Western Australia, New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Tasmania, all of whom share the thrills and excitement found only on a motorbike and who are integral role models in demonstrating our message of motorcycling safety and awareness
Open to serving and retired members (sworn and unsworn) and all other friends, family and proud supporters of policing, the ride is not only a wonderful commemoration of service and sacrifice , but also a fantastic social event for enthusiastic motor cyclists across Australia in celebration of the police family.
So make this the year that you get the bike out from the back of the garage and serviced, renew or obtain you riders licence and join us on a special ride in support of all that is good within the motorcycling community and the policing across Australia.
Our Website will be updated regularly throughout August and September with news of event, routes to be travelled and groups to join up with.
Like Us on Facebook and join our conversations in the lead up to our Australia’s own, Wall to Wall : Ride for Remembrance.
Police Association of Victoria President, Brian Rix travelled by motorcycle to every Capital city in Australia during the month of July 2011 to deliver a hand-made wooden Wall to Wall Ride Baton to each Police Commissioner. The Batons have been engraved with each jurisdiction’s Police Service Logo alongside the Wall to Wall Ride Logo and have a hollow centre allowing for the names of any fallen members to be inserted and carried by their Commissioner (or an appointed representative) on the Wall to Wall Ride to Canberra. These Batons will form an important part of the Wall to Wall Ride Ceremony in future.
Two decades ago at Lightning Ridge NSW Supt Stanley Single began fashioning wooden batons as a gift for departing officers. As an extra special touch each hand-made baton featured small opal doublets – one gem for each year served at the command. Supt Single, originally a fitter and turner by trade, served at Lightning Ridge from 1990 until he transferred to Walgett as commander in 1996. He said that, by then, word had spread about his novel departing gifts. “It just took off from there and it became a monster,” he said. “Everywhere I went everyone wanted one for their send-offs.” Then he got the call from Assistant Commissioner Mick Corboy about making his handiwork hobby a part of policing history – and future. The perpetual batons created for the ride are a hand-crafted wooden style classical baton, slightly embellished with the Wall to Wall logo and a laser engraving of the NSW Police Force badge, along with the wording: ‘We remember them.’
Supt Single said a unique feature of the batons will be their hollow centre. “When I started making batons back in Lightning Ridge I found it to be therapeutic – but it was a bit more work this time around because of the hollow centre, which required a bit more engineering,” he said. “There have been a few malfunctioning problems and it has been quite time consuming, however the hollow tube can contain a scroll sealed within with the names of any deceased police officers for that particular calendar year, bearing in mind the best result would be that each baton arrives at the Wall of Remembrance empty.” Each Australian Hardwood baton took around three hours to make, and each one was individually turned freehand – meaning that although they are similar in shape, size and style, no two are identical. A ceremonial ritual will mark the presentation of the batons at the Wall to Wall Ride’s arrival point in Canberra. In addition to the nine batons created for each commissioner of the nation’s policing jurisdictions, Supt Single has also produced a tenth baton to be auctioned off for charity on the day of the ride. The auction baton features engravings of each of the nine Australian police badges and will contain a scroll bearing the signatures of all the current commissioners. The vision is that from this year onwards, each police commissioner from each Australian jurisdiction will keep their perpetual baton safe, to be carried by them each year in the Wall to Wall Ride, and containing within its hollow centre a list of that year’s deceased officers. And in years to come each commissioner will also hope, as they reach for the scroll inside, to discover an empty page.
Ride – Lunch break at NSW Police Academy, Goulburn on Saturday 13 September 2014
photos taken by Greg Callander – Retired SenCon, NSWPF
[blockquote]NSW Police Academy Lunch break for the riders between Sydney and Canberra during the Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance – Year 5.[/blockquote]
36 OF 237. Remainder will be uploaded when I have the time.
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Ride – Lunch break at NSW Police Academy, Goulburn on Saturday 14 September 2013
photos taken by Greg Callander – Retired SenCon, NSWPF
[blockquote]Ride – Lunch break at NSW Police Academy, Goulburn on Saturday 14 September 2013[/blockquote]
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2012
Ride – Lunch break at NSW Police Academy, Goulburn on Saturday 15 September 2012
photos taken by Greg Callander – Retired SenCon, NSWPF
[blockquote]SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2012
WALL to WALL POLICE RIDE FOR REMEMBRANCE – TO HONOR ALL THOSE POLICE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED ON-DUTY SINCE AUSTRALIAN POLICING STARTED OVER 150 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE CONTINGENT THAT ARRIVED AT THE NSW POLICE ACADEMY, GOULBURN, FROM AROUND 11AM AND LEFT AROUND 1PM FOR THE RUN TO THE NATIONAL WALL IN CANBERRA.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THIS EVENT HAS BEEN HELD.[/blockquote]
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2011
Ride – Lunch break at NSW Police Academy, Goulburn on Saturday 17 September 2011
photos taken by Greg Callander – Retired SenCon, NSWPF
to be uploaded by 21 September 2014
Myles Ernest McDONALD
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Myles Ernest McDONALD
aka ” Smacker “
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 9101
Rank: ?
Stations: P.S.B. ( Public Safety Bureau ) Wollongong, Detective at Wollongong for many years. Towards the end of his career he was stationed at Kogarah as O.I.C. of Detectives.
Born: ?
78 old
Died 14 September 2014
Illness – cancer
Funeral Monday 22 September 2014, midday, H. Parsons Funeral Directors, 4 Princes Hwy, Dapto.
Myles died in the palliative unit of Port Kembla Hospital after roughly two years battling cancer.
Myles left behind four children and seven grand children.
Ronald Ivan BLUNT
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Ronald Ivan BLUNT
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 5788[/alert_yellow]
Joined via NSWPF Cadets on 8 March 1944
Cadet # 448
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 8 March 1944
Probationary Constable – appointed 15 September 1947
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 19 November 1970
final rank = ?
Stations: Phillip St, North Sydney, Chatswood, Newtown, Safety Bureau ( under the Sydney Harbour Bridge ), Eastwood ( 1964 ), Balmain ( 10 Division ) – Retirement
Service: From 8 March 1944 to? ? 1980 – 1982? = about 36 years Service
Awards: Police Medal, Good Conduct Medal
No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 15 December 1927
Died on: 24 October 2009
Cause: Cancer
Age: 81
Funeral date: 8 November 2009
Funeral location: Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland
Buried at: Cremated. Ashes scattered with his parents & also in a rose garden near his plaque at the cemetery.
Memorial location: ?
Ronald Ivan Blunt at the Royal Easter Show, Sydney with a lost child in the late 50’s early 60’s.
[alert_blue]RON is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_blue]
IN MEMORY: Phil Jacobson APM is fondly being remembered as a man who served his family, the Police Force and his community.
With regret I advise the death of Phillip Keith JACOBSON, 59 old, former Regd. No. 16117, a non-member of the RPA of Sawtell.
Phillip passed away on 11/09/2014 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 10.30am on Thursday 18th Instant at St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Gordon Street, COFFS HARBOUR.
Funeral location:
A fitting farewell for ‘Jaco’
18th Sep 2014 4:00 PM
The funeral of Phil Jacobson APM in Coffs Harbour today. Gemima Harvey/Coffs Coast Advocate
IN the measure of the man, a large crowd today celebrated the life of Phil Jacobson in Coffs Harbour.
Family and friends were joined by retired, former and serving police officers, who paid their final respects to the dedicated family man, decorated former police officer, surf club stalwart and revered Sawtell community leader.
In testament to the life Phil lived, and the generosity he shared throughout his 59-years, there was standing room only at Coffs Harbour’s St Augustine’s Catholic Church.
Phil is survived by his partner Suze, and was the loving father and father-in-law of Louise and Nifty, Mark and Amy, Kurt and Amy, Alicia and Ben, Bianka and Rebecca and Ronnie.
His children remembered an extraordinary man, who as a young father and sole parent served as a police officer while raising five children, then aged between 27 months and 13, following the sudden death of their mother Annette.
“Your memories will live on forever,” the family wrote in tribute to the beloved ‘Pa’ to six grandchildren.
A mile long police guard stood in honour of the man, many knew affectionately as ‘Jaco.’
“As police officers we are aware that incidents occur or matters arise that simply do not make sense or cannot be explained. The death of our esteemed former colleague, our mate, Phil Jacobson APM is one of those events,” Coffs Clarence Local Area Commander Mark Holahan said.
“His loss is devastating to his immediate family, his communities that he served so selflessly, his friends and his police family. It is hard to understand why a good man is taken from us so early.
Phil served as a police officer for 41 years and he arrived on the Coffs Coast in 1983 from Cobar.
“His experience, knowledge and personality endeared him to all his colleagues,” Supt. Holahan said.
“His well developed sense of community saw him involved in many and varied interests including developing young people in rugby league and surf life saving.
“He carried this into the workplace and was able to coach and mentor many young police, probably hundreds in this command.
“He was an officer with a great deal of commonsense, loyal and trustworthy.
“Apart from his family, policing was his love.
“His overall ability was recognised in 2009 when he was awarded the Australian Police Medal for distinguished service in the Queen’s birthday honours list. For Phil this was a humbling experience.
“Not often is a Senior Constable awarded this award.
“For me as his Commander it was a well deserved honour, rightfully awarded to a more than worthy recipient.
“Phil’s presence in the workplace was reassuring, what we saw was what we got and how we miss it and him since his retirement.
“Rising to meet personal tragedy, passing on his life experiences to others and his engagement with his community, a police officer of the calibre of Phil cannot be replaced.
“His passing is a great loss to many. Quite simply it hurts. It is not fair. His life though, is an example.
“The people he has touched, the lives he has changed the difference he has made, that is his legacy.
“Good bye old mate. Thank you for being all that you were for your community.”
Many fond memories were shared of Phil’s time as a tireless servant for the Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club, the Sawtell Golf Club, Apex and the Sawtell Panthers Rugby League club.
Public recognition of his community service came in 2012 when he was named ‘Sawtellian of the Year.’
Great mate Jason Breton, who served with Phil for a decade at the Coffs Harbour Police Station, remembered a man who always put others before himself.
“It’s strange in a way, but now that Phil is gone he is a better man, but then again we always knew that,” Jason said.
“He was an authority on policing, a man who was above title, there was no demarcation of rank when it came to Jaco, he was the man everyone looked up too for advice in policing and in life.
“Not too many senior constables have ever won the Australian Police Service Medal, but Jaco set the example.
“He was an exceptional police officer and an exceptional person.
“Even the crooks couldn’t help but like him, that’s what sort of bloke Jaco was, a true gentleman in every sense of the word,” he said.
Phil Jacobson was laid to rest this afternoon at the Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery at Karangi.
PHIL Jacobson APM has been remembered as ‘a man who put others before himself’ following his sudden passing this week.
A dedicated family man, community leader and decorated former police officer, the 59-year-old retired from duty as a Senior Constable last year after 41 years with the NSW Police Force.
Coffs Clarence Local Area Commander Mark Holahan said Phil’s passing had devastated his immediate family, friends, the communities he served so selflessly and his police family.
“It is hard to understand why a good man is taken from us so early,” Supt Holahan said.
“The worth of a person is not the length of time they live.
“It is how they live their life, the legacy they leave and whether they have been good and virtuous.
“Perhaps Phil would have changed a few small things, but not too much.
“His life, as short as it was, was rich and rewarding. Rising to meet personal tragedy, passing on his life experiences to others and his engagement with his community, a police officer of the calibre of Phil cannot be replaced.
“Goodbye old mate.
“Thank you for being all that you were for your community.”
In 2009, Phil was awarded an Australian Police Medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his work as a domestic violence liaison officer.
He was also a long-serving member of the Sawtell Surf Club, the Sawtell Golf Club, Apex and the Sawtell Panthers.
Born in Narromine and a gifted rugby league player, Phil played in the Eastern Suburbs Roosters’ 1976 premiership-winning Under-23s side.
After five years in the job at Cobar, Phil settled in Sawtell with his wife Annette and their young family in 1983.
Friends say they realised Phil’s true strength of character when as a single father he raised his five children.
In his last interview with The Advocate last September, Phil reflected on his family, career and retirement.
“Annette was 30 when she passed away and the kids were aged between 27 months and 13,” Phil said.
“I owe a lot to my parents, who helped me raise the family, the police department was remarkable and the police commanders I served under allowed me to work split shifts and early mornings to spend that valuable time at home.
“Being a father is the best thing I’ve done in my life and I’m the proud grandfather of five.
“I would like to thank friends and acquaintances both in and outside the police for their support over the years. Thanks, I’ve really enjoyed the journey,” he said at the time.
Phil Jacobson, Police Officer, single father, community all-rounder, 2012 Sawtellian of the Year winner and just a breat bloke. Here we find out what motivates a man to continue giving to his community.
You’ve had a huge career, a rugby career with the Roosters, joining the Police Force in the early ‘70s, hitting the pavement in King Cross, before being transferred to Coffs Coast in the early ‘80s. Tell us about your outstanding career …
I was born and bred in Narromine, a small town of 3,000, 25 miles west of Dubbo. In 1971 I had an offer to play professional rugby league with the Eastern Suburbs Roosters. Their policy was that you had to have a job if you wanted to play. They were to organise a building apprenticeship, but it fell through, and at 17 years of age I ended up joining the NSW Police Cadets. I was sworn in at 19 years of age and then stationed at Darlinghurst/Kings Cross, playing for the Roosters.
I was part of the Roosters that very successful year, under Jack Gibson. The first grade won in 1974 and 1975. We were undefeated and won the under 23 premiership in 1976.
In 1977, I fractured discs in my back and was told that I would never play contact sport again. After extensive rehabilitation, I commenced playing again in 1978, and later that year I transferred to Cobar, a wonderful western town with great people.
In 1983 I transferred to Sawtell and have been in the area as a Police Officer ever since. I have the luxury of living on the coast, but can visit family who live on properties and in Forbes and Cobar.
I have worked as a general duties Police Officer, an Intelligence Officer and at the present time as the Domestic Violence Liaison Officer. I am going into my 42nd year, and currently I’m in the process of retiring.
Policing is a very unique and rewarding job and one of the few careers where you get to make a difference. It’s also a job where you are required to make tough and unpopular decisions. However, the majority of the community appreciate the job we do.
Your involvement in the community is very honourable. What are you involved in at the moment?
I am currently involved with the Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club and Sawtell Rugby League.
New Year’s Day saw you take out the Sawtellian of the Year Award. How exciting!
I was surprised and very honoured to be chosen as the Sawtellian of the Year. I am well aware of a great number of people within our community who also deserve this honour. Volunteers and their work go a very long way to making Sawtell the wonderful community it is.
What do you regard are your biggest achievements?
My number one biggest achievement is that I’m a dad to my kids. My second greatest achievement, either as a Police Officer or a member of the community, was being in a position to make a positive difference to some people’s lives. To see a person who was not coping with life or going down a destructive path, and then later for them to turn it all around and prosper is very rewarding.
What inspires you to continue to keep contributing to the community …
To make the Sawtell community a better and safe place to live. It is as simple as that. If we all do our little bit, it is very achievable.
HIS mates say he’s a man “who never says no to doing a favour” and as a police officer Phil Jacobson has done his duty.
The decorated Senior Constable has called it a day retiring from the New South Wales Force after 42 years service.
Hailing from Narromine, Phil said he enrolled in the police force in Sydney at age 19 “as every rugby league player had to have a day job back then.”
Retiring police officer Senior Constable Phillip Jacobson at Coffs Harbour Police Station Photo: Trevor Veale / The Coffs Coast Advocate
As a hard running centre, he played in the Eastern Suburbs Roosters’ 1976 premiership winning Under 23s side and went on to play two seasons in reserve grade.
After five years spent in the job at Cobar, Phil settled in Sawtell with his late wife Annette and their young family.
Friends say they realised Phil’s true strength of character when as a single father he raised his five children.
“Annette was 30 when she passed away and the kids were aged between 27 months and 13,” Phil said.
“I owe a lot to my parents who helped me raise the family, the police department was remarkable and the police commanders I served under allowed me to work split shifts and early mornings to spend that valuable time at home.
“Being a father is the best thing I’ve done in my life and I’m the proud grandfather of five.”
Voluntary work in Sawtell has also been close to Phil’s heart, serving with Apex, volunteering at the Sawtell Golf Club and surf club and coaching junior teams with the Sawtell Panthers.
Reflecting on his career, he says policing is all about “upholding the law and public trust”.
“As police officers we deal with people who find themselves in complex situations on a very personal level.
“Our role is to help and protect and through the job I’ve met a lot of good people over the years.
“I would like to thank friends and acquaintances both in and outside the police for their support over the years. Thanks, I’ve really enjoyed the journey.”
Phil Jacobson is congratulated by Coffs Harbour City Council Mayor Cr Keith Rhoades after being named Sawtellian of the Year.
ACCORDING to organisers of the annual Sawtell Fun Day, this year’s choice for Sawtellian of the Year was fairly simple.
Although a strong field of nominations was received, organising president Warren Hollyman said Phil Jacobson was a more than deserving winner due to his heavy involvement in the Sawtell Surf Life Saving Club and Sawtell’s junior rugby league as well as his interest in doing community work as part of his role as a police officer.
“He (Mr Jacobson) is a very good community guy,” Mr Hollyman said.
“He got it (the award) for those three facets and they’re all involved with looking after the community, it’s not his own personal gratification.”
Mr Jacobson was presented with the award on New Year’s Day at the Sawtell Family Fun Day and was congratulated by many members of the large crowd at the successful event.
Aside from bestowing the annual honour on Mr Jacobson, the organising committee for the day was thrilled with how well the Fun Day went – the 92nd time it has been held.
“We put a lot of work into it and our sponsors are unbelievable,” Mr Hollyman said.
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Section: News and Features
Page: 14
WHEN Phillip Keith Jacobson put his career on hold to raise four children as a sole parent, he expected little reward.But today the senior constable is being recognised for his “devotion to the community” and “selfless sacrifice” with an Australian Police Medal often reserved for those of higher ranks.
The man, who had become a police officer by default and nearly quit when his wife died, has been a highly respected domestic violence liaison officer in Sawtell, near Coffs Harbour, for almost seven years.
Jacobson says he knew it was a field in which he could make a difference: “It gives me great satisfaction that I meet people when I first came across them, they were despondent, down-and-out, distrusting … to be able to see them blossom.
“What people needed was plenty of support and plenty of courage to take control of their life.”
A local women’s refuge and family centre supported his nomination, highlighting his “kind manner, professional knowledge and ability to help those most in need without discrimination”.
Jacobson, 54, became a police officer when his rugby coach, Jack Gibson, insisted he needed a proper job. He was resistant at first but, 37 years later, he says: “It’s been wonderful for me. Every day is a unique day. You get up close and personal with the good and bad side of life.”
In 1991 he wrote his resignation. His wife Annette had died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at 30, leaving him to raise four children aged 27 months to 13. But his parents, friends and the “crew in blue” came to the rescue. He opted out of the promotions system and was granted permanent day shift so he could spend time with the children.
“I’m eternally grateful to my Mum and Dad … They put their life on hold,” he says.
PHIL Jacobson has given his all as a policeman on the Coffs Coast.
So much so the 54-year-old senior constable featured in today’s Queen’s Birthday honours with an Australian Police Medal (APM).
“It’s recognition I suppose of doing your job to the best of your ability,” Phil said.
“I’m part of an organisation which does good work every day in different fields.”
Phil is the Coffs/Clarence domestic violence liaison officer (DVLO) and according to his citation, it’s a role in which he’s excelled, ‘receiving the respect of his peers, his supervisor and his commander, as well as serving the North Coast community, especially those in need’.
“I’m assisted in this work by local agencies and organisations which are very committed and very passionate,” Phil said.
“We’re incredibly lucky as a Coffs Harbour community to have these services in this area.”
A young Phil left Narromine for the Big Smoke initially to play league with the Roosters and his under 23s would go on to win the competition in 1976.
He’s been a member of the NSW Police Force since 1972 after serving as a cadet at the tender age of 17.
He spent his first years of service at Darlinghurst and Kings Cross before transfer to Cobar in 1978.
In 1983 he arrived at Sawtell Police Station where he was the lock-up keeper ahead of his 1990 transfer to Coffs Harbour. The following year, his wife, Annette, died.
Phil stepped up from general duties policing to a 13-year stint with the intelligence division, followed by his appointment to the DVLO post.
Chief Inspector Shane Cribb from Coffs Harbour police described Phil as a ‘very knowledgeable, approachable and team-orientated’ officer.
Phil, a father-of-five, is also heavily involved in his community.
He’s spent the past 15 years with Sawtell Surf Club – where he’s a patrol captain – and has coached juniors and under-18s for Sawtell Rugby League. And is active in another sport where he remains an active junior rugby league referee.
Ashley is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
Constable Ashley John HARDIN, NSWPF
Ashley HARDIN, aka Bull, died as the result of a gun shot wound to the head with his service revolver.
He committed suicide as a result of how Police management treated him in relation to a 181D ( show cause why his employment should not be terminated ).
The NSW Police Commissioner at the time was Peter Ryan.
Plaque in the Muster Room of Sutherland Police Station in memory of Ashley John HARDIN
14 September 2015:
Ray Lambie: Gosh it is bad today! I went to Sutherland in 1998 & I was a team leader there. Bull was on my team and had suffered a malicious complaint arising from a domestic dispute that had occurred prior to his entry to the academy. Every time the domestic dispute was re visited a complaint was lodged with NSWPOL. He was cleared to enter the job, cleared whilst in the job on a number of occasions. In 1998 when the domestic complaint was raised again PIAB decided to give Bull a 181D ostensibly to make him do the work to get out of the complaint merry go round. He was suspended. He one day came in and took his service revolver to Darks Forest and committed suicide. On the day of his funeral I returned to the Sutherland Police Station and submitted my resignation. An absolute disgrace.
June HARDING – wife of Donald
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June HARDING – wife of Donald
New South Wales Police Force
Partner
Age ?
Died 9 September 2014
Funeral 15 September 2014 at Palmdale
With regret I advise the death of June HARDING, the wife of Donald Harding, a Member of the Central Coast Branch of the RPA.
June passed away on 09/09/2014 and her funeral is proposed to be held at 10.30am on Monday 15th Instant at Palmdale.
Noel John LOVES
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Noel John LOVES
New South Wales Police Force
Senior Sergeant
Regd. # ?
Stations: Wollongong Rescue Squad, Corrimal.
Born 24 December 1939
Died 2 August 1989
49 old
Late of Towradgi
Funeral: ? Bulli General Cemetery, Carrington St. Portion: GoM, Row 3
Further information needed.
Dennis Frederick RICHARDS
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Dennis Frederick RICHARDS
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 15853
Rank: ?
Stations: ?
Born: ?
71 old
Died 7 September 2014
Funeral 11 September 2014
With regret I advise the death of Dennis Frederick RICHARDS, 71 old, former Regd. No. 15853, an RPA Member of Coolamon, NSW.
Dennis passed away on 07/09/2014 and his funeral is proposed to be held at 11am Tomorrow, Thursday 11th Instant at St Andrews Anglican Church, COOLAMON.
