The funeral of Sergeant John Windsor at the Christ Church Cathedral.
THERE was a potent message from the funeral yesterday of popular former Grafton policeman Sgt John Windsor … get your skin checked regularly for skin cancers.
Sgt Windsor’s two daughters Alison and Jenny told a packed Christ Church Cathedral their father, a devoted and loving family man, had died after a long battle with melanoma.
“We urge you all to see a doctor and get your skin checked,” they told the congregation.
They described their father as a simple man who enjoyed the simple things in life, someone who didn’t like crowds and never wanted to be the centre of attention.
“He was dedicated to his friends, his family and work,” they said.
“He always had a friendly g’day.”
They said he was a man of limited fashion sense, who wore trademark check shirts for 30 years and an Akubra hat, and loved to travel – with a particular fascination for Queensland.
He also had a deep appreciation of food and a soft spot for animals.
“He was a gentle soul who lived his life with integrity and honour,” they said.
Many of his former colleagues in the NSW Police Force, including many who are now retired, attended yesterday’s service and spoke of his dedication to serving people.
Coffs Clarence Local Area Police Commander Mark Holahan said that when he first arrived at the Grafton Police Station as a young constable in 1987, Sgt Windsor was a calming influence.
“He retired on January 9, 2009, having spent 37 years and 162 days in the service of New South Wales,” he said.
“Rest in peace, old friend, you have served your community to the best of your ability. Vale John Windsor.”
Another of his former colleagues, Senior Sergeant Chris Tuite, gave a list of words to describe Sgt Windsor.
He said he was loving, particularly of his two daughters and wife Margaret, his father Keith and the police.
“He loved coming to work and you could set your clock by him,” he said.
He was kind and never had a harsh word against anyone.
He was respectful and showed this with his dealings with his superiors and women.
And he was generous.
“He was always a gentleman in the true definition of the word,” Sen Sgt Tuite said.
Family and friends of Geoff are warmly invited to attend his funeral service to be held on Thursday, June 22nd 2017 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 189 Penquite Road Norwood commencing at 11am, followed by a private burial at Carr-Villa Cemetery. Former member Retired Police Association of Tasmania. No flowers by request.
Nothing further is known about this Tasmanian member at the time of publication.
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Norman MacDONALD
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Norman MacDONALD
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
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Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 12 April 1955
Constable – appointed 12 April 1956
Constable 1st Class – appointed 12 April 1961 whilst stationed at Ingleburn
Senior Constable – appointed 12 April 1966 whilst stationed at Ingleburn
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 13 December 1970 whilst stationed at Ingleburn
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 5 July 1978 whilst stationed at Ingleburn
Senior Sergeant – appointed 1 August 1981 whilst stationed at Ingleburn & takes Optional Retirement whilst at Liverpool.
Stations: Worked General Duties his entire service:
Liverpool ( 22 Division – Pro. Constable from 9 May 1955 ),
Ingleburn ( 35 Division – from 21 July 1960 ),
Campbelltown ( 35 Division – from 29 January 1971 ),
Ingleburn ( 22 Division from 3 July 1977 ),
Cabramatta ( 34 Division from 18 June 1978 ),
Ingleburn ( 22 Division – from 28 January 1979 as O.I.C. ),
Fairfield ( 34 Division – from 27 September 1981 ) –
Liverpool – Retirement
Service: From? ? Pre April 1955? to 1 April 1988=33+years Service
Awards: Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal – awarded 20 February 1978
No find on It’s An Honour
Commended for his part played in fighting the disastrous bush fires which occurred in the County of Cumberland during March, 1965. N.T.W. ALLAN, Commissioner of Police S23541/129 – 19 August 1965
Born: 14 November 1931
Died on: Tuesday 13 June 2017
Age: 85
Cause: ?
Event location: Campbelltown Hospital
Event date: Tuesday 13 June 2017 at Campbelltown Hospital
Funeral date: Wednesday 21 June 2017 @ 11.30am
Funeral location: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden Valley Way, Leppington , South Chapel
Buried at: Forest Lawn Cemetery
Memorial located at: ?
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Norm was already married when he joined the NSW Police Force.
Description: 5′ 11″ tall, 11 stone 9 lb, “Blue” eyes with brown hair & fair complexion. Prior to joining NSW Police, he was a Grocery Traveller for 7.5 years and a shop assistant for 9 mths.
He qualified on General Duty utilities and light trucks from 9 June 1955 & Cycle Outfits on 4 May 1959.
Norman passed his Constable 1st Class examination on 24 June 1958 but failed his Sergeant 3rd Class exams 3 times from 1964 – 1966.
He completed the Sergeants’ Training Course # 1 of 1972.
He failed his first attempt at his Sergeant 1st Class exam but passed on the 12 May 1983. He also failed two attempts at his Inspectors examination in 1982 & 1983 & remained at the rank of Sergeant 1st Class.
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Thomas David GREGORY
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Thomas David GREGORY
aka David Thomas GREGORY
Late of Grose St, Parramatta
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # ?????
Rank: Constable 1st Class
Stations: ?, Dundas, Parramatta, Parramatta Court House
Service: From ? ? 1921to ? ? 1953 = 32 years Service
In loving memory Dear husband Thomas David GREGORY Died 31st March 1962 Aged 68 years A loving wife & Mother Mildred Jane GREGORY Died 26th May 1972 Aged 59 years
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A former policeman, who drove the first ‘PD’ car ever used in Parramatta, died recently after nine years’ retirement from the force.
He was Constable First Class Thomas David Gregory ( 68 ) and he is survived by his wife and two married sons and daughters. Many senior police officers joined the guard of honour outside All Saints Church following the funeral service.
Constable Gregory, who served for many years in Parramatta and Dundas, retired from the force in 1953 after 32 years service.
Popular
A returned soldier from World War I, he was popular with children throughout the district for his care and attention while directing traffic at the city’s busiest intersections.
A former fellow – officer said yesterday that Constable Gregory was one of the most popular officers ever to serve in Parramatta. He said Const. Gregory was a familiar sight throughout the district driving a ‘bullnozed’ PD car in 1925.
Tributes
Const. Gregory was later transferred to duty in Parramatta Court House, and on his retirement, tributes to him were paid by Judges, Senior Counsel and other members of the Bar. His death came as a blow to the hundreds of people who knew him during his police service and since his retirement.
A long guard of honour of friends and former fellow officers stood in respect as the cortege left from his Grose Street home. Rev. O. Crawford conducted the service at All Saints Church, and later at the graveside in St. Paul’s cemetery, Carlingford.
Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 – 1950), Monday 22 June 1936, page 1
Wireless Patrol in Crash
Chase of Stolen Car
FENCE KNOCKED DOWN
Constable Gregory’s promptness and presence of mind averted what might have been a fatal crash In Church-street, Parramatta, early on Sunday morning, when a stolen car, travelling at over 70 miles an hour, swerved in front of the Parramatta Police wireless patrol car.
Constable Gregory, who was driving the wireless car, turned quickly to avoid a collision. A front tyre blew out and the car, getting into a broadside skid, ran on to the footpath,knocked down a fence and finished up in a hedge.
The accident occurred after the two cars had crossed Lennox Bridge. The driver of the stolen car, who was accompanied by a man and a woman, swerved in front as the police drew abreast.
Despite the high speed at which it was travelling, the patrol car received relatively small damage. With Constable Gregory were Constable Tompkins ( operator ) and Detective Booth.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954) , Monday 9 March 1931, page 4
TWO MEN CHARGED
Fugitive Shot in Knee
SYDNEY Sunday.
When one of two men failed to stop after being challenged by the police in Sydney-road, Granville last night, Constable Gregory fired three shots, one of which struck a fugitive in the left knee. The man was conveyed to the Parramatta Hospital, and admitted. The other man made no attempt to escape when the police made their challenge. Subsequently both men were charged.
The police visited a house in Auburn and recovered £300 worth of property, alleged to have been stolen.
Thomas David Gregory was born in 1893 in the Queanbeyan district on NSW. Some sources, including his enlistment papers, state his name as David Thomas Gregory although birth and baptismal records give his name as Thomas David Gregory. His grandfather and father were rural workers at properties around Duntroon and Tharwa and Gregory is associated with Royalla, NSW where he too was a farm labourer.
Gregory enlisted in April 1916 with the 56th Battalion and joined his unit near Flers in France in February 1917. The 56th Battalion fought at Louverval and Bullecourt during April and May 1917. Gregory was gassed at Polygon Wood in Belgium in September 1917. He rejoined the 56th Battalion in June 1918 and was wounded three months later at Péronne on the Somme River where he was shot in the ankle, leg and forearm.
After the war, Gregory worked for a few months at the Royal Military College, Duntroon before applying for a Soldier Settlement block. In his application, he indicated he wanted to graze sheep, that he was single with no dependents and that he had £250 in capital.
Gregory was granted the lease on Woden Block 110D of 208 acres (84 hectares), one of the smallest blocks in the District of Woden. Jerrabomberra Avenue (now the Monaro Highway) boarded the block on the west and Narrabundah Lane on the north. The lease began on the 3rd April 1920 for 25 years at an annual rental of £50/10.
Plan of Woden Block 110D.
The Commonwealth never intended for anyone to be able to make a living from Woden Block 110D; Gregory certainly didn’t. He applied for an advance of £168/15 to buy 150 ewes as well as funds to build fences worth about £35. However, it seems that Gregory did not stock his block but sublet it, as he wrote in 1922, “for 2 years to Messrs Hardy and Reid.”
Google Maps image of area c2013 with Woden Block 110D boundary in red.
By 1922, Gregory had moved to Parramatta, NSW where he married and also joined the New South Wales Police Force. William Harris, a neighbour at Jerrabomberra, looked after the block on Gregory’s behalf. He held onto Woden Block 110D until May 1931 when he transferred it to another neighbour, Hector McIntosh, who in turn sold it to Hugh Read in 1934. Thomas Gregory retired from the NSW Police in 1953 as a Senior Constable and died on the 31st March 1962 in Parramatta.
OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF PENRITH CITY COUNCIL HELD IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ON MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2005 AT 7:07PM
Mayoral Minutes
1 The Passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl 123
525 RESOLVED on the MOTION of Councillor John Thain seconded Councillor Greg Davies that the information contained in the Mayoral Minute on the passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl be received.
His Worship the Mayor, Councillor John Thain requested that a minutes silence be observed for the passing of Senior Constable Bob Tengdahl.
Death of a Constable. – The news reached Toowoomba on Monday that Constable Christopher McKenna, who recently filled the office of watchhouse keeper here, died in Brisbane Hospital the previous day.
Deceased, who had been some six years in the service, about 12 months ago while on duty in the Central district, burst a blood vessel, and being thereafter in delicate health, obtained an exchange to Toowoomba where he was provided with the lighter duty of watchhouse keeper.
The injury to the system, however, proved, incurable and he was perfectly aware months ago that his days were numbered.
In March last he became too ill to attend to his work, sick leave was obtained, and he went to Brisbane where he first put himself in the hands of Dr. Binns Southam, and eventually removed to the hospital, where the end came as stated.
Constable McKenna was a very amiable young man, obliging, and attentive to his duties, and will be regretted by all who came in contact with him.
The funeral of the late Christopher McKenna, constable in the Police Force, who died in the Brisbane Hospital on Sunday, left that institution at 2.30 p.m. yesterday for the Toowong Cemetery. As many of the Police Force who were at liberty to attend did so in uniform. Constable McKenna was stationed in Toowoomba and was much respected both in and out of the force.
Constable James Forsythe, for the last twelve months attached to the Cobar police station, died at the Waterfall sanitorium last week. The late Constable Forsythe took ill in January, and was for a time an in-mate of the district hospital suffering from lung trouble, but on the advice of Dr. Connolly he went to Waterfall for special treatment, dying there as stated. He had been in the N.S.W. police force for three years, and was 26 years of age. We understand he was a native of Harwich, Scotland, where his mother and relatives reside.
Word has been received in Newcastle to the death of ex-Constable James Forsyth, who for some months had been an inmate of the Waterfall Sanatorium for Consumptives. Mr. Forsyth, who was a native of Roseland, had been in the force about three years, and was for some time stationed in Newcastle, where he was held in much esteem by the officers and rank and file of the force. he contracted a chill, and consumption, developed, and about twelve months ago he was transferred to Cobar in the hope that the drier atmosphere would assist him. That was not the case, however, and he found it necessary to resign and enter the sanatorium where his death occurred on Thursday.
Constable James Forsythe, for the last twelve months attached to the Cobar police station, died at the Waterfall sanatorium on the 9th inst.
The late Constable Forsythe took ill early in January and was for a time an inmate of the district hospital suffering with lung trouble, but on the advise of Dr. Connolly he went to Waterfall for special treatment, dying there as stated. He had been in the N.S.W. police force for three years, and was 26 years of age. We understand he was a native of Harwick, Scotland, where his mother and relatives reside.
There are 5 James Forsythe’s recorded on NSWBDM database has having been born between 1869 – 1898
There are NO James FORSYTHE recorded on NSWBDM database as having died in NSW in 1917.
There is a John H. Forsythe 12815/1919 ( from Paddington ) & John Forsythe 4357/1916 ( from Ulmarra ) but nothing for 1917.
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Forgotten graves of TB victims uncovered
Julie Power
THE 2000 tuberculosis victims buried in Waterfall Cemetery south of Sydney were ”forgotten in life and forgotten in death”, said Wollongong’s lord mayor, Gordon Bradbery.
In life, these consumptives were cared for in NSW’s only purpose-built facility for TB victims, the Garrawarra Hospital for Consumptives.
A beautiful building with open-air wards on wide verandahs looking out to sea, the hospital opened in 1909 when the bacterial disease was the leading killer of Australian women, and very near that for men.
When patients were in the active phase of TB, they were isolated in fibro chalets, about the size of a garden shed. They either recovered or ended up in the cemetery a bit less than a kilometre away.
Today the cemetery looks like it has endured the battle of the eucalypts. Dead branches and foliage downed by wind and fire hide dangerous holes caused by subsidence under graves.
The cemetery ”dropped off the radar” after the last TB victim was buried in 1949, said Councillor Bradbery. For more than 60 years, the cemetery was neglected and apart from one highly polished grave site tended by Veterans Affairs, most of the remaining wooden and stone headstones have disappeared into the bush.
The council is now developing a conservation management plan for the cemetery, which Cr Bradbery said ”highlights the medical history of the 20th century, especially from 1909 when tuberculosis was for many a fatal illness”.
Explaining its neglect, he said, ”We thought Garrawarra people [NSW Department of Health] were responsible. And vice versa. As a result it was forgotten,” he said.
A Health Department spokeswoman, Cath Whitehurst, confirmed the cemetery is still on health department land, but the trusteeship and management were transferred to Wollongong in 1967.
It’s unclear what will happen to it. To restore the graves to their former glory would be expensive. There’s also the issue of access. Getting into the site requires permission from the NSW Ministry of Health to enter the Garrawarra Centre for the Aged, where 120 patients with Alzheimer’s live.
After visiting the cemetery for the first time, the mayor, a former chaplain with the Uniting Church, was reflective. ”People might think it is a sad thing that it [the cemetery] has been forgotten. But at the same time there is something quite powerful about the march of time and how nature will claim back those areas that have been cleared by human beings.
”They talk about resting in peace. Well, I tell you what, from my perspective they certainly are. It’s very peaceful.”
Ms Whitehurst said the Garrawarra Hospital buildings were boarded up for safety reasons, and there were no plans to restore or demolish the buildings. Visitors are discouraged from the hospital and cemetery.
Senior Constable Lindsay Forsythe was lured to a late night ambush at a secluded location in country Victoria in response to a false burglary report. When he arrived at the unoccupied residence he was fatally shot, but returned fire striking his assailant four times before he died.
The investigation resulted in the arrest of Constable Forsythe’s wife and a fellow police officer, Senior Constable Leigh Michael Lawson ( 27 ), who were having an affair.
Both were convicted and Lawson was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Gayle Forsythe received five years imprisonment on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
JOHANSEN, Peter Bjarne.
Passed away peacefully 18th March 2017.
Late of Medlow Bath.
Devoted husband of Deirdre.
Proud father and father-in-law to Thorbjorn & Svetlana, Tim & Melanie and Ashley & Melissa.
Loving grandfather of Morgan, Samual, Mischa, Nikita, Edward and Henry.
Aged 78 years.
Peter’s family and friends are warmly invited to attend his funeral service to be held at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 168 Hawkesbury Road, Springwood on Friday 24th March, commencing at 11:00
In God’s Care.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Mar. 21, 2017 – See more at: http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=184584852#sthash.rMPgNE3v.dpuf
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Sunday 21 October 1990, page 2
Police to blitz speeders
SYDNEY: Police will launch a second special Night Car patrol on the Pacific Highway for one week from today in a bid to prevent accidents on Australia’s notorious road.
The special patrol coincides with the first anniversary of the Sunliner coach crash at Cowper, near Grafton, in which 22 people died.
In a statement issued in Sydney, Chief Inspector Peter Johansen, of Northern Region headquarters, said increased patrols were to continue for the remainder of the year, as statistics gathered over several years had revealed an increase in serious crashes in the September December quarter.
The patrol would be on the road between 8.30pm and 4am, covering the area from Hexham, near Newcastle, to the Queensland border.
It would complement routine traffic police operations based in all major towns along the route. Chief Inspector Johansen said the Night Car patrols were necessary to maintain a constant high profile for police.
The first Night Car operation earlier this year travelled more than 3000km and booked 55 vehicles for exceeding the speed limit. This included 18 coaches, and two heavy vehicles were found travelling at 96 and 110km/h in a 60km/h zone near Coffs Harbour.
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Wednesday 6 June 1990, page 16
Random patrols to cut toll
SYDNEY: The number of fatal accidents on the Pacific Highway at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast has forced police to increase patrols and start community-awareness programs, a police spokesman said yesterday.
Since January, 27 people had been killed in 20 accidents in the area, compared with 18 deaths in the same period last year, operations support commander Chief Inspector Peter Johansen said in a statement.
He said a traffic policing system had been adopted from Tasmania using a computer to select random patrol points along the Pacific Highway.
“It has the potential to reduce the accident rate by up to 50 per cent,” he said.
Chief Inspector Johansen said the system aimed to undermine the security of drivers who thought they knew the “favourite radar spots”.
There will be a six-month trial of the new patrolling system by Port Macquarie police and if successful it could be extended to other areas.
SYDNEY: Tougher CB radio laws and increased police patrols were foreshadowed yesterday as a means of cutting the number of fatalities on NSW’s notorious Pacific Highway.
Senior police have recommended stiffer penalties for truck drivers who use CB radios to warn colleagues of police patrols on the state’s roads.
North region commander Chief Inspector Peter Johansen said many truck drivers were using the CBs to undermine police operations, particularly those involving marked car’s.
“I imagine the trucking industry has a code of ethics, but I don’t think it’s ethical when they divulge the position of marked cars to other drivers,” Inspector Johansen said.
“I would like to see-heavier fines for the illegal use of CB radios.”
Inspector Johansen said existing resources would be re-examined with a view to assigning more officers to the Lismore and Port Macquarie districts to boost patrols on the Pacific Highway.
Northern NSW was the scene of two recent crashes involving tourist coaches which claimed more than 50 lives.
