Loving brother & brother-in-law of Kathleen & Percy (both dec), Joe (dec) & Nonie, John Francis (dec), Joan & John (dec), Frank & Bev (both dec), Bill & Dorothy, Louis (dec), Lucy Anne (dec) & Las, Christine RSJ, Pat & Ann, John & Sue, Marie & Ian, Peter & Brenda and loved Uncle of his many nieces & nephews.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 18 March 1988 (No.56), page 1676
POLICE REGULATION (SUPERANNUATION) ACT 1906
Notification of Appointments
I, Patrick Darcy Hills, in pursuance of section 2h of the Police Regulation (Superannuation) Act 1906, do, by this notification, appoint as members of the Police Superannuation Advisory Committee for the period from 1st April, 1988, to 31st March, 1990, both dates inclusive:
Lloyd William Taylor, Esquire,
Anthony Lawrence Day, Esquire, Geoffrey Richard Green, Esquire,
Nominees of the Police Association of N.S. W.;
Donald Coates, Esquire,
Nominee of the Commissioned Police Officers’ Branch of the
N.S.W. Public Service Association; Peter John Cox, Esquire,
Nominee of the State Authorities Superannuation Board,
Ella Wietske de Rooy,
Nominee of the State Compensation Board of N.S.W.; and
James Rowan, Esquire,
Nominee of the Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Dated at Sydney this tenth day of March, 1988.
Cherished by her siblings and their extended families in Essex and Leytonstone, England.
At 17 she joined the British Government as a shorthand typist leading to a Personal Assistant role with Senior Government Servants in White Hall.
In 1968 she was posted to Canberra for a 3 year tour of duty to the British High Commission.
She became Commandant of the Girls’ Brigade leading to her being presented to the Royal Family at a Garden Party at Government House.
In 1971 Angela returned to England and joined the London Metropolitan police force as a WPC.
She joined the AFP in 1976 when she returned to Canberra and later was awarded The Commissioners Commendation for Services to Police Training.
As the Welfare Officer for Police, Families and Civilian Staff she also assisted in setting up VOCAL, Victims of Crime Assistance League and received a medal for Services to Police Welfare.
In 2000 she received the Centenary Medal for Services to Violent Crime. In 2004 she joined The English in Australia and held many positions on the Committee, making an invaluable contribution.
Angela has been a volunteer, teaching English as a Second language.
The funeral service for Angela will be held in the Anglican Church of The Good Shepherd, Carruthers Street, Curtin on WEDNESDAY 30 October 2019, commencing at 2.00pm.
Burial will follow in the Woden Cemetery, Justinian Street, Phillip.
Adored father and father-in-law of Debra and John, Jenelle and John. Loving “Pa” to Josh and Meagan, Nikki, P.J., Courty and
great grandchildren Ollie, Lila.
Special mate to “Lauchie”.
A loved brother, brother-in-law and uncle to all his family.
“Gone Fishing”
The family and friends of Roger are kindly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held at The Penhall Memorial Chapel, 33 William Street, Orange today Friday, October 11, 2019 commencing at 1.30pm.
At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Orange Lawn Cemetery.
NORMAN J PENHALL FUNERALS AFDA, FDA of NSW
33 William Street, Orange
Phone 63623751
Our family caring for your family
Published in Macleay Argus on Oct. 11, 2019
James Cecil BURGESS
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James Cecil BURGESS
AKA Jim BURGESS
Late of Dubbo, NSW
NSW Redfern or Penrith Police Academy Class #046
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 8471
Rank: Commenced Training 31 May 1956?
Probationary Constable – appointed 9 July 1956 ( aged 28 years, 8 months, 28 days )
Senior Constable – appointed 9 July 1967
appears in the 1979 Stud Book as a SenCon. Doesn’t appear in the 1984 edition
Final Rank ?
Stations: ?, Orange, ?
Service: From31 May 1956?to? ? ? = 23+ years Service
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours
Born: Tuesday 11 October 1927
Died on: Saturday 5 October 2019 ( 6 days short of his 92nd birthday )
Age: 91 yrs, 11 mths, 24 days
Cause: Heart attack
Event location: Parkes, NSW
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Tuesday 15 October 2019 @ 2pm
Funeral location: Western Districts Memorial Park Crematorium, Boothenba Rd, Dubbo, NSW
Motorist. “But I thought it was a 80 zone” Sgt Wanser, “You see, that was your first mistake. You should leave the thinking to the horses, they have bigger heads.” RIP.
Karl was born in Germany and migrated to Australia with his mother and sister.
Married to Gloria Wanser, 4 children, Narelle, mark, Kara, Brendan.
Grandfather and great grandfather to many.
Played soccer for most of his adult life. Enjoyed hunting, swimming and fishing.
Edward BARNETT
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Edward BARNETT
AKA ?
Late of Havelock, Victoria
Victoria Police Force
Regd. # 537
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Senior Constable
Stations: ?, Carisbrook – Death
Service: From? ? ?to1 February 1858 = ? years Service
Awards: Victoria Police Star – posthumously awarded on Thursday 1 August 2019
Born: ? ? 1828 – 1829
Died on: Monday 1 February 1858
Age: 29
Cause: Murdered – shot through the right lung – exited out the left lung ( no doubt – standing side on to the bullet )
Event location: White Hills goldfield, near Carisbrook, Victoria
Event date: Monday 1 February 1858 shortly after 1am
Funeral date: Tuesday 2 February 1858
Funeral location: Carisbrook Cemetery, Majorca Rd, Carisbrook, Victoria
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Carisbrook Cemetery, Majorca Rd, Carisbrook, Victoria
Methodist: Section 3, Row 9, Grave 15
Memorial located at: His Victoria Police Star is framed and hanging inside of Maryborough Police Station, Victoria
INSCRIPTION: Sacred to the Memory of Edward Barnett Native of Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland. Late Senior Constable of the Victoria Police. Who was shot dead while gallantly performing his duty in endeavouring to arrest an armed bushranger on the night of the 31 January 1858 on Havelock Diggings. This Tablet is erected by the chief Commissioner of Police, The Officers and Constables of the District as a mark of esteem and respect. “In the midst of life we are in death”
EDWARDIS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
ALMOST hidden by rubbish and weeds, a tombstone which was recently discovered in the Carisbrook cemetery recalls the story of a policeman who lost his life while gallantly pursuing an armed bushranger on the Havelock diggings in 1858.
The grave was found by Constable J. Casey, said residents of the district, who had been clearing the cemetery of weeds.
At the suggestion of police officials, it was decided to have the tombstone and grave renovated.
Half the cost was borne by the Chief Commissioner ( Brigadier-General Blarney ).
The Inscription on the stone had become almost unreadable, but it has been restored by recutting in a marble slab.
It reads as follows:
Sacred to the memory of
EDWARD BARNETT,
native of Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland,
Late Senior-constable of the Victoria police,
Who was shot dead whilst gallantly performing his duty to endeavouring to arrest an armed bushranger on the night of Jan. 31, 1858, on Havelock Diggings.
This tablet is erected by the Chief Commissioner of Police, the Officers and Constables of the district, as a mark of esteem and respect.
In the midst of Life we are in Death.
For official purposes, Senior-constable Brown, of Russell street, obtained the facts of Barnett’s death from newspaper files and police gazettes of 1858.
In those days Havelock went under the strange but pretty name of White Hills.
Thousands of adventurers flocked to the district when gold was discovered, and overnight, it seemed, every kind of crime was being freely committed. Life was cheaper than gold at White Hills.
The “hold-up” which resulted in the death of Senior-constable Barnett occurred early on the morning of February 1, 1858, according to records of the period, although the tombstones fixes the date as January 31.
Charles Lopez and his wife, who conducted the Gumtree Restaurant in a dimly lighted tent, were standing behind their improvised counter, checking the pile of money that had been received during the day.
Notes, silver, and gold-some of it won from the fields around them — had been sorted, and husband and wife were handling the money when three men suddenly rushed into the tent demanding liquor.
Lopez told them to “get out,” but they replied by dragging him into the street. What happened outside in the next few seconds is not known, but two shots were fired in quick succession. Mrs. Lopez ran after her husband, but could see nothing until she stumbled across the body of Senior-constable Barnett, who was then dying.
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A graphic story of the shooting was told to the coroner at the time by Henry Bradley the cook employed at the Gumtree.
He rushed out of the tent to see Lopez chasing three men. As they raced past a store owned by a man named Thomas, one of the men turned and fired, but the shot did not take effect.
Lopez caught up to the armed robber, and in the struggle that followed another shot was fired. Lopez reeled, evidently badly hurt, but in almost his last breath he slashed and stabbed the murderer with a large knife, inflicting terrible injuries, Lopez then fell back dead. The robber turned and ran again, but this time Bradley and Senior-constable Barnett, who had heard the first shot, gained on him rapidly.
Weakened by loss of blood from his knife wounds, the fugitive evidently perceived that escape was impossible. He stopped suddenly in his tracks, and fired what proved to be his last bullet point blank at Barnett, who was then only two yards away. Crying “0 God, I’m shot!” Barnett stumbled forward and dropped dead. He had been shot through the heart.
His last bullet gone, the murderer again tried to escape, but Bradley and some miners eventually captured him. He was taken to the Carisbrook police camp, where he died from the wounds inflicted by Lopez. The murderer’s name was reported to be Joseph Brooks, aged 56 years, a native of America.
The murders had a remarkable sequel, according to facts mentioned in a recent issue of the “Police Journal ( Victoria ).
” Barnett‘s death was deplored by many miners on the Havelock diggings. He bad been a popular and respected officer, and evidently as their own form of vengeance more than 1,500 miners set out to clear the township of “undesirables.”
They were in the mood for lynching.
Their first act was to set alight to a notorious place known as ” The Manchester. ” When nothing but ashes remained of this shanty, the mob marched through the town, and attacked the ” Star and Garter. ” No hand was stayed until the place had been wrecked. Liquor flowed into the street from broken bottles, jars, and barrels; and bonfires were made of the bedding and furniture.
The position of many places in White Hills looked desperate until a rumour of the finding of a wounded man at Tuckwell‘s called the howling mob away on a man hunt.
Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 – 1918),
Tuesday 9 February 1858, page 2
MURDER AT HAVELOCK.
FUNERAL OF THE POLICEMAN.
On Tuesday the remains of Edward Barnett the unfortunate police constable, were interred in the New Cemetery, at Carisbrook.
The body was followed to the grave by Mr. S S Furnell, officer in charge of the district, and Mr. Inspector Hare, of Maryborough, and the whole body of the police stationed at Carisbrook, as well as by several friends of the deceased and gentlemen of the neighbourhood, amongst whom were F Call, Esq., P.M., R. Southee, Esq, Chairman of the Municipality of Carisbrook, and other members of that body.
The burial service was read by Mr. Furnell in a most impressive manner.
The deceased was much respected by the officers and men of the police force for his attention to his duties and general good conduct.
He was constable in charge at Chinaman’s Flat during the rush there, and performed his duties in a most satisfactory manner.
A tombstone, with a suitable inscription will be erected to the memory of the poor fellow.
FUNERAL OF LOPEZ
On Wednesday morning the remains of the unfortunate man Lopez were conveyed to their last resting place.
The melancholy cortege consisted of three vehicles, one or two horsemen, and a few of the diggers on foot.
The body was conveyed from Havelock to the old burying-ground on the Quartz Hill ( now Bristol Hill – 2019 ), Maryborough, where it was interred.
The grave was surrounded by many of the friends of the deceased during the ceremony.
The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Lopez and Constable Barnett, was held at the Charlie Napier Hotel, Havelock Flat, White Hills, on Monday last, when the following evidence was taken : —
Samuel Edwards sworn : Am a blacksmith, residing at the White Hills. On the morning of the 1st inst., about one o’clock, was awakened by a great noise in the street.
Got up and ran in the direction that the other people were running. Got as far as a large tree, when I saw a man running in a stooping position. He got up and ran about 200 yards. I followed him, and got within six feet of him, when he snapped a pistol at me. The pistol did not go off. A policeman named Barnett (now dead), was running after the man Brook, who snapped the pistol at me.
Brook fired and shot the policeman dead. When the policeman received the shot he exclaimed, ” I’m shot to the heart. ”
The spring that he gave when shot knocked the man Brook down. I fell over him. They both fell together. I then took the pistol now produced out of the man Brook’s hand. I identified the man Brook, lying dead at the police camp, as the man who shot Edward Barnett, the policeman.
I heard two shots fired before I came out of my tent, and two afterwards. After Barnett fell on Brook there were no more shots fired. I handed over the pistol to the police. When the man Brook was running he kept his hand on his stomach. Did not see any wound on him.
Constable John McCormick deposed to having seen the bodies brought in to the police camp, and receiving the prisoner and the pistol from the last witness.
Dr. Cooper sworn : Deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the bodies of Lopez and Barnett, assisted by Dr. Dunne.
On the body of Edward Barnett found a gunshot wound two or three inches below the right collar bone. There were no external marks of violence.
On tracing the course of the ball, found it running backwards and to the left side, passing in its course between the first and second ribs, near the junction of the cartilage, through the anterior edge of the superior portion of the right lung, superior portion of the pericardium, perforating the superior vena cava and windpipe, thence through the posterior portion of the superior lobe of the left lung, and passing out of the chest between the fourth and fifth ribs at their angles, perforating the left blade bone about half an inch from the posterior margin.
The bullet now produced I found just beneath the skin. All the other organs were healthy.
The cause of death was the gunshot wound. The bullet exactly fits the pistol produced.
When the deceased Edward Barnett was brought to the police camp he was apparently dead, but gasped twice. I saw the wound in his chest which caused his death.
I also made a post mortem examination of the body of Lopez.
He was brought to the police camp immediately after Edward Barnett, and was quite dead.
I found a gunshot wound about two inches below and to the left of the left nipple. There were no other external marks of violence.
The ball had passed in a direction backwards, through the fifth rib, about an inch and a half from its articulation with the cartilage, through the anterior edge of the left lung, through the left side of the pericardium, then entering the root of the left lung, wounding the left pulmonary artery, and the left bronchial tube, passing out of the chest through the ninth rib, and was found just beneath, the skin, below the inferior angle of the blade-bone.
The bullet is the same size as the one that was found in the body of Edward Barnett.
The cause of death was the gunshot wound.
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Joseph Brook, now deceased.
The HAVELOCK MURDER.— Joseph Gibson, alias Laycock, alias Yorkey, was charged at the Police Court, on Friday, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the storekeeper Lopez and Senior Constable Barnett, at Havelock diggings, on the 1st February last. Detective Hyland proved the arrest of the prisoner at 5 o’clock on the same morning, and stated that he answered the description in the Gazette. Prisoner was remanded to Curisbrook. — Times
Passed away peacefully on 24th September 2019 at the Cootamundra Hospital.
Much loved husband of Roslyn.
Devoted father of Mark (deceased), Greg, Chris (deceased), Yvette, Glen (deceased) and Monique.
Sadly missed by their families, extended family and many friends.
Late of Scott Avenue Cootamundra.
Aged 80 Years
Rest In Peace
An Anglican Service to celebrate Colin’s life will be held on Tuesday 1st October 2019, in St Paul’s Anglican Church Murrumburrah, commencing at 2.00pm.
The cortege will then leave for the Murrumburrah Lawn Cemetery.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.
Keith David BRADLEY
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Keith David BRADLEY
AKA TRACKA
Late of ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1946
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # “possibly” 106
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 11926
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 11 May 1964 ( aged 16 years, 11 months, 15 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 15 May 1966 ( aged 19 years )
Constable – appointed 16 May 1967
Senior Constable – appointed 16 may 1975
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 9 March 1982
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Sergeant
Stations: Cadet: Traffic Office Mail Room, Darlinghurst Police Stn, Phillip St Police Stn,
Police Officer: Maroubra, Police Traffic Branch – Daceyville ( 15 Division ), Gosford ( 30 Division ), Chatswood ( 1983 / 84 ), Pymble, Woy Woy, Gosford ( again ) – most of his career, Wyong – Retirement
Service: From 11 May 1964to6 April 1995 = 30 years, 10 months, 26 days Service
Age at Retirement: 47 years, 10 months, 21 days
Years in Retirement: 24 years, 5 months, 3 days
Awards: National Medal – granted15 November 1982 ( SenCon )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1992 ( Sgt )
NSW Police Medal with 4th Clasp – awarded in 2012
National Police Service Medal – awarded in 2016
the Certificate of Merit from the Royal Humane Society of NSW for Bravery as a result of his actions in the Rescue, on 10 January 1974, of a man from a cliff at North Avoca
Born: Friday 16 May 1947
Died on: Monday 9 September 2019
Age: 72 yrs 3 mths 24 days
Cause: Cancer
Event location: Wyong Hospital, NSW
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Wednesday 18 September 2019 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: Hillside Chapel, Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, Palmdale Rd, Palmdale, NSW
Wake location: Ourimbah RSL
Funeral Parlour: Creightons – 02 4324 1533
Buried at: Buried next to Pauline – his 2nd wife
Memorial located at: ?
September 1992 – SenCon Larry Cook on left, ?, ?, ?, Kas Jankowski # 13283, ?, ?, Tracker Bradley on far right. ( Sgt 2/c ). Wild Cattle Creek State Forest Logging Demo west of Dorrigo. RIP Tracker.
KEITH is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
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