Service: From 15 August 1960 to ? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 2 March 1981
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 7 October 1991
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 10 August 2000
Born: 13 May 1944
Died on: 16 January 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 70
Funeral date: Thursday 22 January 2015 @ 2pm
Funeral location: Castlebrook Crematorium, Windsor Road, ROUSE HILL
Buried at: Cremated
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Betty Clare STENHOUSE
| 28/01/2015
Betty Clare STENHOUSE nee Ferguson
New South Wales Police Force – Police widow of Kenneth ‘ Ken ‘
Regd. # ?
Rank: ?
Stations:
Service: From ? to ?
Awards: ?
Born: 1931
Died on: 13 December 2014, Late of St Agnes Village, Port Macquarie.
Cause: ?
Age: 83
Funeral date: Monday 22 December 2014 @ 11am
Funeral location: St Francis of Assisi Chapel, Port Macquarie
Buried at: Cremated
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Betty Clare STENHOUSE (1931 – 2014)
STENHOUSE (nee) Ferguson, Betty Clare December 13, 2014 Late of St Agnes Village, Port Macquarie. Dearly loved Wife of Kenneth (deceased). Loving Mother and Mother-in-law of Graeme, Brian and Lynnette, Alison and Neil. Special Grandma to Colby, Kelly, Stephen, Matthew, Sean, Patricia and Warren and Great Grandma of Brayden, Lilly, Tyson and Hendrix. Fond Sister to her seven siblings. Will be greatly missed Aged 83 Years Betty’s Family and Friends are kindly invited to a Celebration of her life to be held at St Francis of Assisi Chapel, Port Macquarie on Monday, December 22, 2014 commencing at 11am. Privately Cremated.
Published in The Port Macquarie News on Dec. 19, 2014
New South Wales Police Force – Wife of Denis DRIVER who passed on 18 March 2022 aged 83
Born: ?
Died on: 20 January 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 75
Funeral date: 28 January 2015 @ 10am
Funeral location: St Andrews Uniting Church, Kenneth St, Loungueville
Buried at: ?
Doreen is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
It has been a privilege to assist your family, may you find comfort and peace at this time through the love of those around you as you begin a new journey in life.
Joined NSW Police via the NSW Police Cadet System on 30 January 1945
Cadet # 505
Regd. # ?
Rank: Assistant Commissioner – Retired
Stations: Newcastle, Corowa, Wagga Wagga
Service: From 30 January 1945 to 4 May 1988 – 43 years
Awards: National Medal – granted 11 December 1985
Australian Police Medal – granted 9 June 1986
Churchhill Fellow, B.A. ( Newcastle )
Born: 9 March 1929
Died on: 17 January 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 85
Funeral date: Friday 23 January 2015 @ 10.15am
Funeral location: North Chapel, Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Rd, North Ryde
Buried at: Cremated
A photograph taken in 1946 of four cadets exercising police horses at Centennial Park. They are from left: John Nivision-Smith, Bob Shepherd, Ray Carpenter and Jack Bailey.
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SHEPHERD, Robert Charles (Bob)
APM, Churchill Fellow, B.A. (Newcastle)
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired).
Passed away peacefully on January 17, 2015.
Late of North Strathfield, Thornleigh, Newcastle, Corowa and Wagga Wagga.
Much loved and loving husband of Rose (dec).
Adored father of Susie, Stephen (dec), Stewart and Shelley, and their families. Fond brother of Barbara.
Aged 85 years
He always said he lived a good life: a life rich with love and adventure: a happy life alongside his adored Rose and his family.
Rest in peace.
Bob’s family and friends are warmly invited to attend his Funeral Service to be held in the North Chapel, Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Road, North Ryde on Friday (January 23, 2015) commencing at 10.15am.
Donations to the Police Wives and Friends in lieu of flowers would be appreciated and envelopes will be available at the service.
Please help the family celebrate Bob’s life by wearing something colourful.
Ann Wilson Funerals
An Australian Company
9971 4224
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Jan. 20, 2015
Tribute to Former Police Assistant Commissioner Robert Shepherd
TRIBUTE TO FORMER POLICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ROBERT SHEPHERD
Page: 21793
Ms ANGELA D’AMORE (Drummoyne—Parliamentary Secretary) [12.21 p.m.]: It is with great pleasure that I acknowledge the distinguished career with the New South Wales Police Force of one of the residents of my electorate, Robert Shepherd. On 22 February 2010 I attended the South West Metropolitan Regional Zone medal and awards presentation ceremony at Burwood RSL in my capacity as local member and Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Police to assist with presentation of New South Wales police medals and clasps to the New South Wales police medal.
The New South Wales police medal is awarded to sworn in members of the New South Wales Police Force who have completed 10 years of diligent and ethical service. The medal is awarded only after a detailed review of a nominee’s service history. A clasp is awarded for each subsequent five-year increment of service provided the appropriate award criteria are satisfied. I was delighted to present the medal to my constituent Robert Shepherd, a former Assistant Commissioner with 40 years distinguished service with the New South Wales Police Force.
Robert Shepherd has had an interesting career: He commenced his career as a police cadet between 1945 and 1948. He served at police headquarters, running around delivering mail, nearly knocking down all the senior public service staff, and was an assistant to the station sergeant with a variety of duties. He was then transferred to the depot stables, having never ridden a horse. He then learned to ride and assist in training the horses for the Police Musical Ride. He performed at various shows and tried to establish a new routine of standing on the backs of two horses, not always a successful act as he could not get the two horses to move off together, and police officers often fell between the legs of horses.
Robert then assisted traffic sergeants with their office duties at Central, Regent Street and Phillip Street police stations. As a senior cadet he transferred to the superintendent’s office at Petersham, where he performed duties as a shorthand writer and typist. In those days no mistakes were allowed and there were no erasures; pages simply had to be retyped. Robert moved up the ranks to serve as officer in charge of the Scientific Investigation Section at Newcastle, investigating murders, rapes, serious accidents and crimes from 1959 to 1974. In 1971 he was the second police officer in New South Wales to receive a bachelor of arts from the University of Newcastle and was the first New South Wales police officer to receive a Churchill Fellowship. The fellowship grant was to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI] National Academy, and he was the first New South Wales police officer to attend the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy at Quantico, Virginia. This was followed by his attendance in 1972 at the FBI National Academy, graduating with distinctions.
On completing this course, and with the total support and financial backing of his family, he then toured police establishments at Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston, London, Glasgow, Munich and Tokyo. New South Wales police service took him to both the country and the city, in both plainclothes and uniform. It is with great fondness that Robert recalls when he established a scientific investigation section at Wagga Wagga and the five wonderful years he spent there with his wife. Whilst based at Wagga Wagga he covered the vast Riverina area and also undertook the duties of lock-up keeper. These duties entailed the care and feeding of prisoners. He said that his wife fed the prisoners exactly the same food that they ate.
The next 15 years were spent in Newcastle as the officer in charge of the scientific investigation section. It was during this period that Robert sat for and qualified to be a detective. He was a detective sergeant in charge of No. 29 divisional detectives, which covered the area extending from Mona Vale to Palm Beach. Upon returning to the Sydney office of the scientific investigation section he played a prominent role in reorganising the managerial aspects of the section and later became an investigating officer with the newly established Police Internal Affairs Branch. He rose to second in charge of the Bureau of Criminal Intelligence and was charged with extracting and disseminating criminal intelligence. He also established an operational unit within the Bureau of Criminal Intelligence.
On 4 May 1984 Robert was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Internal Affairs Branch. He retired on 4 May 1988 after 40 years service with the New South Wales Police Force. The Australian Police Medal was presented to him in 1986 at Government House. Some would say that Robert Shepherd was a controversial police officer. He was part of some groundbreaking police techniques, which are now seen as part of everyday police operations. At the time, in order to catch major criminals in the drug trade, his team watched a marijuana crop grow and when it was moved across the border into Victoria they alerted Victoria Police, who made the arrest. This arrest led to the conviction of the murderer of a Griffith whistleblower.
As a result of this police operation Robert Shepherd was heavily mentioned in the Age tapes. This involved the illegal tapping of telephone conversations and, as a consequence, he appeared in a number of royal commissions. At the time the press presented the activities as placing everyone at risk of invasion of privacy but when eventually he gave evidence he was able to show that only well-known criminals were taped and that it was not an invasion of citizens’ privacy. For the first 10 years after his retirement Robert continued to serve the community and extend his years of knowledge in the New South Wales Police Force by giving evidence at local courts, superior courts, royal commissions and even at a commission held in Canberra. Robert Shepherd rose to the rank of Assistant Commissioner and gave 40 years distinguished service. It is with great pleasure that I honour him today in Parliament.
Constable David John Donnelly 24/3/71 – 13/1/15
Registered Number 48748 – attached to Lachlan Local Area Command
It is with deep regret that we advise that Constable Dave Donnelly lost his battle with cancer and passed away in Condobolin yesterday evening. Our thoughts go out to Stephanie, Jake, Amelia and Jemima, and his extended family.
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David was also a member of this websites Policing Forum, the Thin Blue Line and was known as Dave2877 and “The Duck” .
He joined our Forum on the 13 June 2011 as a Civilian. On 26 July 2011 he was upgraded to the Wannabe Blue Group and on 31 August 2012 upgraded to Blue Group – being stationed at Parkes.
On the 5 June 2014 he changed his Username from Dave2877 to The Duck.
May David forever Rest In Peace
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John Frederick CAPEL
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John Frederick CAPEL
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 6746
Rank: Senior Constable – Retired
Stations: Scientific
Service: From about 1951 to 18 February 1982 – 31 years Service
Awards: ?
Born: 1923 – 24
Died on: 11 January 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 92
Funeral date: Friday 16 January 2015 @ 11am
Funeral location: St Nicholas Anglican Church, corner Lake and Bent Streets, Tuncurry
Buried at: ?
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David John HOBDEN
| 28/01/2015
David John HOBDEN
Victoria Police Force
Regd. # 23192
Rank: Senior Constable – Retired – Medical
Stations: pre mva: Force Reserve, Melbourne District Traffic and Patrol Division, Cranbourne Police Station, the Metro Traffic Operations Group and Echo District Traffic Operations Group.
post mva: recruiting, Youth Advisory Unit and as a Youth Affairs / Project Officer.
Service: From 29th January 1980 to 2005
Awards: National Medal – granted 31 July 1999
Born: 1963
Event date: 1990
Died on: 24 December 2011
Cause: injuries sustained from 1990 mva
Age: 47
Funeral date: Wednesday 4 January 2012
Funeral location: Victoria Police Academy Chapel, 1 View Mount Rd, Glen Waverley
Buried at: ?
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David John HOBDEN
The touchstone of Victoria Police Senior Constable David John Hobden left the manufacturer in Melbourne this morning. Under AFP Federal Agent escort, the touchstone has just been handed over to NSW Police – Monaro LAC Commander, where it will be blessed at their dawn service at Queanbeyan Police Station tomorrow morning. The touchstone will then be installed into the National Police Memorial ahead of the national service tomorrow evening. We will remember.
On 30th October 1990, Senior Constable David HOBDEN was travelling on his police motor bike with the lights and siren operating in response to a call from D24 of ‘offenders on’ in a house in Endeavour Hills.
At the intersection of Heatherton Road and James Cook Drive, Endeavour Hills he was involved in an accident with another vehicle.
He was conveyed to the Dandenong Hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken leg and two broken ribs. As a result of the injuries he was off duty for 12 months.
During the following years the injuries continued to trouble him and he required ongoing medical treatment and a further thirty operations.
Eventually the discomfort he suffered from the injuries forced him to retire from Victoria Police in 2005.
David Hobden joined Victoria Police as a Cadet on 29th January 1980 and after graduating in 1982 he performed general duties at Force Reserve, Melbourne District Traffic and Patrol Division, Cranbourne Police Station, the Metro Traffic Operations Group and Echo District Traffic Operations Group.
Upon his return to Victoria Police after the accident he performed duty in a variety of non-operational roles including recruiting, Youth Advisory Unit and as a Youth Affairs / Project Officer.
The injuries he sustained in 1990 subsequently led to David Hobden’s premature death on 24th December 2011.
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Murray Linden POWELL
| 28/01/2015
Murray Linden POWELL
aka ” Muzza ” & ” the Bangalow Bull “
New South Wales Police Force
Joined NSW Police via the NSW Police Cadet system on 6 December 1971
Cadet # 2727
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Rank: NSW Police Cadet – Commenced 6 December 1971
Probationary Constable – appointed 23 April 1973
Constable 1st Class – appointed 23 April 1978
Senior Constable – appointed 23 April 1982
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 21 May 1988
Sergeant – Retired in October 2011 due to illness
Stations: Redfern, Byron Bay
Service: From 6 December 1971to? October 2011 = 40+ years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted on 21 August 1989
1st Clasp to the National Medal – granted on 25 June 1999
Born: 23 April 1954
Died on: 28 December 2011
Cause: pancreatic cancer
Age: 57
Funeral date: 4 January 2012
Funeral location: St Kevin’s Catholic Church, Bangalow, NSW
Buried at: Eureka Cemetery, Bangalow, NSW
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Policeman devoted to family
Dominic Feain | 5th Jan 2012 4:00 AM
HUNDREDS gathered at St Kevin’s Catholic Church in Bangalow to farewell long-serving Byron Bay police officer Murray Powell yesterday.
A sergeant at Byron Bay for 25 years, Mr Powell received full police honours in a moving ceremony commemorating his life and 40 years of service to the NSW Police Force.
The widely respected officer died this week after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. He worked for five months following his diagnosis despite being told not to, reluctantly retiring in October.
Former Richmond Local Area Commander, now New England Local Area Commander, Superintendent Bruce ‘Bluey’ Lyons remembered his mate with whom he shared his first beat with as probationary constables in the early 1970s.
He praised a man who he said served in the most difficult role, and most important rank, in the force – that of a general duties sergeant.
“We walked the streets of Chippendale and Redfern together,” he said.
“He left behind many footprints filled with camaraderie, dedication and commitment, and the most important footprints were those dedicated to his family.”
Mr Powell is survived by eight children, two from his first marriage and six from his second, to Petria.
Retired Byron Bay Inspector Owen King remembered his colleague, Muzza, as one of the proudest fathers he knew – one who was constantly regaling workmates with his children’s exploits.
“It seemed like he was always expecting a baby,” he said fondly.
“He’d come in saying Petria was expecting again, then again.
“After he moved from Bangalow to Clunes the children kept coming after that – it earned him the nick name the ‘Bangalow Bull’.”
Mr King commended Mr Powell’s composure in the most stressful of policing situations and remembered his now famous morning teas.
“Woe betide anyone who brought in a prisoner during morning tea,” he quipped.
“It was his duty to keep the place ticking over and he was so fussy people used to say ‘he thinks he owns the place’.”
Mr King remembers a man who “took it all in his stride” and embraced the advice to “not count the days, but make the days count”.
“Muzza old mate, you’ll be sorely missed but your suffering is over and you’ve gone to a better place,” he said.
The funeral procession to Eureka Cemetery was led by two highway patrol motorcycles before family, friends and colleagues gathered at Clunes Hall for “one last morning tea”.
Murray POWELL was NOT mentioned on the Retired Police Association website.
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Kym Andrew GODFREY
| 28/01/2015
Kym Andrew GODFREY
South Australia Police Force
Regd. # ?
Rank: Constable
Stations: Pt Adelaide C.1 Division
Service: From ? to 28 December 1981
Awards: ?
Born: ?
Died on: ?
Cause: Motor Vehicle Accident
Age: 22
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: Enfield Memorial Park, Adelaide
Buried at: plot No. 15
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Kym was responding to an alleged incident, died after the police car in which he was a passenger crashed on South Road, Thebarton, S.A.
He was a beloved son and brother.
Kym Andrew GODFREY – grave stone
Inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
KYM ANDREW GODFREY
ACCIDENTLY KILLED 28.DEC.1981
AGED 22 YEARS.
BELOVED SON OF NORMAN & BERYL
LOVING BROTHER OF IAN, WAYNE, DARRYL,
NOELENE & MARY.
UNCLE OF MICKEAL
Lauren Maree JOHNSTONE
| 28/01/2015
Lauren Maree JOHNSTONE
NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class 272J
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 32346
Rank: Senior Constable
Stations: Flemington, Queanbeyan – Death
Service: From ? ? ? to 7 January 2015 = ? years Service
Lauren is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
A special young lady who was part of our Police “Family”. She had a good heart and was very special to many of us!
Rest in Peace Lauren Johnstone!
Accidental overdose leads to calls for changes to ACT’s prescription monitoring system
Daniella White
Lauren Johnstone was excited about the future: she had a new partner and was counting down the days until her daughter’s wedding.
A former police officer, she had long battled with post traumatic stress disorder but she seemed to be turning her life around.
Ariarne Bunyan and her sister Tamara Farrell lost their mum to an accidental prescription overdose. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
She was still on a number of strong prescription medications but had an agreement with her GP, which she was following diligently.
On January 7, 2015, her daughter, Ariarne Bunyan came home from work to find her dead, just a day after being discharged from a cosmetic surgery clinic.
ACT Chief Coroner Lorraine Walker recently determined Ms Johnstone’s death was an accidental overdose as a result of taking her prescribed medication as instructed, and aggravated byover-the-counter medication her doctors were not aware of.
She recommended changes to the ACT’s recently introduced prescription monitoring system, DORA, which, even if it was operational in 2015, would not have raised any red flags for many of the drugs Ms Johnstone was taking.
Ms Johnstone’s daughters, Ms Bunyan and Tamara Farrell, say their mother’s death showed the at-times blasé approach to scheduled medications, including over-the-counter drugs.
Crucially, one of the drugs Ms Johnstone took that could have played a major part in her death was an easily acquired over-the-counter sleeping pill called restavit.
Lauren Johnstone with her daughters Tamara Farrell and Ariarne Bunyan.
Her family doesn’t believe Ms Johnston would have had any idea of the risk she was taking by combining the drugs she did.
On January 5, 2015, Ms Johnstone was admitted to a clinic where she underwent a planned facial surgery.
She was discharged after one night and prescribed endone for pain.
On her request, she was also prescribed her regular medications: imovane, valdoxan, tramadol and valium.
While the doctor called Ms Johnstone’s regular GP to consult, he was advised her GP was on vacation.
His only warning to Ms Johnstone about the drugs was the risk of increased drowsiness as a result of combining the medications with endone.
At the time, and not known to her doctors, she had also obtained the over-the-counter sleeping pill doxylamine and codeine.
While the cause of her death was determined to be the combined effect of prescription and non-prescription medication, it was not possible to determine which drugs were more significant contributors to her death.
Her family believe Ms Johnstone should not have been prescribed the drugs after surgery and, considering her history and health, should not have been deemed fit for it. They also believe she was discharged too soon.
Lauren Johnstone.
“People have to start taking all drugs more seriously, including over-the-counter medication,” Ms Bunyan said.
“Instead of the warnings being on a tiny pamphlet with the tiny spot down the bottom that no one reads, it should be in bright red on the packaging.
“You can just go to your doctor and ask for certain medications – a lot of the time they’ll just do it.”
The current DORA system – introduced earlier this year – covers strong opioids like oxycodone, but not drugs like diazepam.
As a result of Ms Johnstone’s death, the coroner recommended the ACT Health Minister declare tramadol, sleeping pill doxylamine and diazepam to be monitored drugs.
She also suggested widening the scope of monitored medicines to include all schedule 3 and 4 drugs, or, alternatively certain prescription and over-the-counter medications that may have significant sedating effects when taken in combination with opioids or benzodiazepines.
Other recommendations included the clinics altering pre-admission forms for patients to list all over-the-counter medications they were taking.
The family welcomed the coroner’s recommendations.
They said considering drugs like pseudoephedrine were monitored closely across the country, those much more dangerous to people should be as well.
Even though such a system would be too late to save their mother, they believe it would save many others.
Former health minister Meegan Fitzharris said the government was considering the recommendations and would formally respond.
“Prescription monitoring is a challenge faced by all states and territories and it is an area where the ACT government has continued to make progress,” she said.
