Constable Glenn Wallace, died in a car accident on Friday 19 July 1985.
It is believed that during his shift he had broken down a colleague’s front door to stop the colleague’s wife’s attempted suicide. I presume she was treated and lived.
After his shift, he went to the local pub with his mates, as was the culture in those days.
No doubt the day’s events played a big role in heading to the pub—not that a reason was ever needed.
Some time later that night he drove home intoxicated and had a head on accident with a truck, which killed him instantly.
He died in part uniform, probably with his Cronulla / Sutherland Police Rugby League team track suit top on.
He hadn’t been home, but he was deemed not to be on duty as he hadn’t gone straight home from his work place.
He was only 25. He was in the Highway Patrol at Gundagai.
A true man’s man with a heart of gold and iron fists. You wouldn’t want to take him on.
Two idiots did at Cronulla one night on night shift. He was in the station alone and ran outside to stop an assault on the street. The two idiots attacked him. He left one unconscious and the other with a broken jaw. More fool them.
He was very important to all of his family, and of course his many friends. He was our leader, albeit often unwillingly, and his loss has darkened all of us forever.
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Allan James HALL
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Allan James HALL
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 13676[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 23 June 1969
Dearly loved husband of PAM, much loved father and father-in-law of PAUL, MANDY & GEOFF AMIES, loving Grandad of EMMA, NICHOLAS and RACHEL. Loved brother and brother-in-law of DAVID & BARBARA, ROBYN DUNCAN and uncle of their families.
The Family and Friends of BRIAN are warmly invited to attend a Celebration of his Life to be held in the New Belmont Chapel, 444 Pacific Hwy, Belmont (parking via Henry St) THIS FRIDAY 15/07/16 Service commencing at 3pm.
GONE FOR A DRINK
Published in The Newcastle Herald on July 13, 2016
Donald Mackay knew he was marked down as an enemy of the drug-growing families of the irrigated farmlands around Griffith, and the secret syndicate that ran them. He had been exposed as the covert informant of drug squad detectives who had used his furniture store in 1975 to plan secretly what was then Australia’s biggest drug bust – $60 million worth of marijuana growing on a property at Coleambally, 65 kilometres from Griffith.
In July 1977, two days before he was assassinated, his body spirited into a 36-year mystery, Mackay sat in that same furniture store and told me his blood had ”run cold” when he discovered that his involvement in the bust had been subsequently exposed.
One of the drug squad members had been forced to hand over his notebook at the trial of four men alleged to have been involved in the crop. Mackay’s name and the drug squad’s use of his store as their Griffith headquarters were documented within its pages.
Mackay did not, of course, contemplate being murdered – he was a former political candidate and a pillar of Griffith’s community.
But he knew that Griffith in the mid-1970s was not a good place to make enemies.
He also knew strange things happened when citizens tried to tip off police about what was occurring. In 1974, an agriculture inspector named Joseph Patrick Keenan had stumbled across a group of men and women, including a fellow from a district winery, packing marijuana into green plastic bags in a farm shed.
In rural Australia in 1974, it was an astonishing sight. When Keenan reported what he had witnessed to Griffith police, Detective Sergeant John Kenneth Ellis didn’t seem interested and took no statement. Within a day, Keenan got a call from a relative of one of the marijuana packers informing him the family knew he had spoken to the police.
Several weeks later, the body of a man named Joseph Patrick Keenan was found floating in a canal near Griffith. This Joseph Patrick Keenan was no relation of the agricultural inspector.
Ellis, who was in charge of the investigation of the unfortunate man’s death, reported at his inquest that Keenan was an alcoholic and there were no suspicious circumstances. Just an amazing coincidence, apparently.
Mackay and others in Griffith detected things were crook. They proved to be right.
Ellis and the other two detectives from Griffith at the time, Senior Constable John Francis Robbins and Detective Sergeant Brian James Borthwick, were later to be given prison stretches for perverting the course of justice in relation to two drug crops.
Thus, when Mackay got wind of a big crop at Coleambally in 1975, he went undercover – and very likely sealed his fate.
To know that marijuana growing was flourishing and to condemn it was one thing. But to skirt around the local law and provide information and accommodation to the quiet men from the NSW drug squad, with spectacular damage to the growers and the syndicate, was quite another.
Yet Mackay, a conservative man given to smoking a pipe and wearing tweed jackets on his large frame, disliked being called an anti-drugs campaigner.
His mission was not simply to expose the small number of families who owned vineyards and citrus groves and lived in ”grass castles” – huge brick mansions on tiny farming blocks – whose mysterious profits were corrupting his town.
Brother to Gail, brother-In-law to Noel and uncle to Leonie, Adam and Stacey.
Father to Gregory (dec.), Kenneth, Suzanne and Glenn.
Father-in-law to Karen and Shelley.
Grandfather to Thomas, Sarah, Claire, Paul, Robbie, Penelope and Hudson.
Great grandfather to Florence and Henley.
A man’s man, a copper’s copper and a gentlemen’s gentleman. One of the world’s true gentlemen and a friend to all who knew him. You fought long and hard. Sleep peacefully.
A Funeral Service will be held at Christ Church Anglican Longford, Tasmania on TUESDAY (July 19, 2016) commencing at 11.00 a. m.
A sweet, decent and honourable man who achieved so much, had so much to be proud of and so much more to look forward to. Robert, you were a shining star, your life extinguished way too soon.
Our love and heartfelt sympathy to partner Sarah, mum Caroyn, dad Gary, sister Elisa, brother Perry, Granny Iris and Nana Dor.
Your death leaves a huge hole in our lives, you will be forever in our hearts – Linda, Niall and Damon.
Fiancee of bullied police officer who took his own life sues the state
PETER MICKEL BUROUGH, Herald Sun
EXCLUSIVE: THE fiancee of a bullied police officer who shot himself with his service firearm is suing the state.
Sarah Fleming, 32, says that prior to his suicide, her fiance, Robert John Smith, was in “emotional turmoil” and had made a complaint of workplace bullying, harassment and other stressors.
Ms Fleming says Mr Smith’s decision to take his life was due to the negligence of the force, which was responsible for the training and action of its employees.
Mr Smith died of a gunshot wound to the head while on duty at the Boronia Police station on June 29, 2013.
In a writ filed in the County Court Ms Fleming claims unspecified damages for the injuries she suffered as a result of Mr Smith’s death.
Since 2000, five Victoria Police officers have died in the line of duty, but 16 more have died by their own hand.
Last October, a policewoman and mother of three, who had previously been on mental health leave and had reported her struggles to Victoria Police, turned her police-issued gun on herself while she was on duty at the Seaford Multi-Disciplinary Centre.
That suicide prompted Police Association boss Ron Iddles — who had previously criticised the force’s efforts to tackle bullying — to call for more to be done to improve welfare of police.
Mr Iddles called for early identification programs in police training programs and at the workplace and for more police to talk about problems and show their colleagues help is available.
The association declined to comment yesterday on what progress was being made or whether there needed to be, or had been, a review of the provision of weapons to officers who have lodged mental health claims.
Ms Fleming’s legal action comes as police and ambulance unions campaign to change how mental health claims are treated, and in the case of post-traumatic stress disorder claims, reverse the onus on emergency workers to prove their condition was caused by work, which can sometimes delay much-needed treatment for years.
Between July 2010 and June last year, WorkCover accepted 482 mental injury claims from Victoria Police (and rejected 500), including 241 resulting from harassment and bullying, 252 for work pressure, 167 sparked by traumatic events and 54 due to occupational violence.
And police were hit harder by bullying than stress and trauma, according to members’ claims in 2014-15.
A National Coronial Information System report on Intentional self-harm among emergency service personnel last year revealed that of the 62 police suicides in Australia between July 1, 2000, and December 2012, 25 shot themselves — 23 with their service-issued firearm.
A Victorian Coroners Prevention Unit report into suicide rates among workers in key professions last year found the annual suicide rate among Victoria police was 10 per 100,000.
Police spokeswoman Sophie Jennings said in the past year the force had improved its complaints handling and completely reformed the way it responds to conflict, claims of bullying and harassment.
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The NSW Police Dog Unit has today paid tribute to Police Dog, ‘Chuck’, who passed away this week.
PD Chuck was the loyal companion, partner, and best friend to Acting Sergeant Luke Warburton.
Born on Sunday 10 August 2008, PD Chuck was bred by the NSW Police Dog Unit. He commenced training on a general duties basis and was partnered with his handler, A/Sgt Luke Warburton.
PD Chuck, together with A/Sgt Warburton, has been involved in hundreds of jobs throughout his career, including the arrest of one of Australia’s most wanted in March 2012 and being at the front line of the Hyde Park Riots in September 2012.
PD Chuck’s status as a crime-fighting hero led to him to receive the honour of presenting the game ball at a 2012 State of Origin game in Sydney, where he became very attached to the ball and almost prevented the kick-off.
PD Chuck, along with A/Sgt Warburton’s family and colleagues, has also been a driving force in the officer’s recovery following a shooting early this year.
Between Sunday 3 July and Monday 4 July 2016, PD Chuck passed away from what is believed to be natural causes.
PD Chuck’s legacy continues, through the three litters he fathered for the NSW Police Dog Unit.
Superintendent Dean Smith, Commander of the NSW Dog Unit, said today was a sad day for the unit.
“Chuck’s death is a loss to the Dog Unit, not only from his contribution to helping fight crime, but the joy he brought to his handler, Acting Sergeant Warburton, and the officers involved in his training and development throughout the years,” Superintendent Smith said.
A/Sgt Warburton said, “My fondest memory will be of Chuckvisiting me in hospital after I was shot in January. Chuck was so excited to see me – and me him.
“Whenever I went to work and had Chuck out with me I knew he always had my back and we could take on any job.
“PD Chuck was a true police dog. He loved nothing more than seeing me walk to the backyard in my overalls as he knew he was going to work to do his favourite thing and chase bad guys.”
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Noel Cuthbert FOWLER
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Noel Cuthbert FOWLER
Victorian Police Force
&
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 3824
Rank: ?
Stations: ?, Granville ( Constable ), Parramatta
Service: From? ? ? to? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: ?
Died on: Thursday 30 June 2016
Cause: ?
Age: 103
Funeral date: Held
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial at: His son Ian is arranging a Celebration of his Life to be held in the Coffs Harbour area on Wednesday 13th Instant. Ian can be contacted on 0415 187 116
NOEL 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.
A POLICEMAN’S lot is not a happy one, they say, and Constable Noel Cuthbert Fowler, stationed at Granville, discovered a lot of truth in the old Gilbert and Sullivan line when he found, in 1939, that his 19 year old wife had other fish to fry.
Immaculately dressed and good looking, Constable Fowler, now 27, brought his marital woes to Mr. Justice Edwards’ Divorce Court last week. He charged his young wife with adultery, naming one Arthur James Clayton, of Bankstown. as co-respondent.
It was on January 18. 1938, that Fowler, a 24-year-old Victorian constable, led his 17-years-old bride. Sylvia Mary Bye to the altar of the Presbyterian Church at Swan Hill, in the Southern State.
Shortly afterwards he transferred to sunny New South Wales, and the young couple went to live in Livingstone-road. Lidcombe.
Along came young Barry Noel, now two and a bit, and all was well with the Fowlers.
Then his wife commenced to go out a lot, Fowler told the court.
At that time he was alternating day and night duty, and had no absolute check on her nocturnal comings and goings. He knew she was keeping hours a little later than a young wife and mother should keep, however, and spoke to her about it. She told him she was visiting her brother and grandmother a lot, but hubby was a policeman, and had heard a lot of yarns in the course of his duties. And thus it was that he bethought him of a private sleuth he’d heard of one Thomas Hugh Thornley, of Randwick.
To him he went, and on the night of November 1, 1939, Constable Fowler met Thornley, who brought his wife to bear him company, as well as another man named Buchanan. They all went by car to Railway Parade, Lidcombe, where they sat in the car and waited for what the very near future might bring. And sure enough, it brought Mrs. Fowler, who little thought that the eyes of the law, as represented by her husband, were upon her.
It wasn’t long, the court learned, before a panel van came into view. In stepped Mrs. Fowler and away went the panel van towards Strathfield with the husband and the private sleuth trailing along behind.
LIGHTS OFF
The panel van stopped at the Strathfield picture theatre, and Clayton and Mrs. Fowler went in to view the show. The constable and his merry men sat down to a long wait outside, and at 11.20 p.m. out came Clayton and Fowler’s wife. They drove to a large vacant allotment off Bombay-street, Lidcombe, and stopped near a canal. All the lights in the panel van were then switched off, and, after a few minutes Thornley and Buchanan went up to the car.
Constable Fowler told the court that he went up to the car a minute or two later, and, grabbing Clayton by the lapels of his coat, spoke words of wrath to him, finishing off with a demand to know what Clayton meant by stealing his wife away.
Said Clayton: ” Don’t hit me. I didn’t know she was married. ” But, Fowler told the court, his wife was wearing her wedding ring.
After Clayton‘s full name and address had been taken down to use in evidence against him, Mrs. Fowler stepped back into the panel van and off it went.
And home went the disillusioned constable, and packed his bag.
He strode down the garden path and met her coming in the gate. They met as strangers meet and passed without a word.
Thomas Hugh Thornley, private investigator — he corrected Mr. Simon Isaacs ( for the husband ) when called a ” private inquiry agent ” — said that when he approached the panel van on the dark allotment he heard the sound of kissing, which led him to believe that then was the time to swoop. He swooped, and when he opened the door of the van, Mrs. Fowler, whose head was resting on the door, fell into his arms. He saw quite enough to realise that the husband’s worst suspicions were indeed well founded. Thornley lowered the girl gently to the ground and verbally attacked Clayton.
Thornley said he told Clayton that a divorce suit would result, and heard that gentleman tell the outraged husband that he did not know Mrs. Fowler was a married woman.
Mr. Justice Edwards found the adultery proved, and granted the usual decree nisi.
He made no order as to costs, none being asked for.
( Before the Judge in Divorce, Mr. Justice Bonney. )
DECREES ABSOLUTE.
Decrees nisi were pronounced absolute and the respective marriages dissolved:—
FOWLER v FOWLER.
Noel Cuthbert Fowler v Sylvia Mary Fowler ( formerly Bye ) and Arthur James Clayton, co-respondent. Marriage, January 18, 1938, Swan Hill ( Vic. ), Methodist rites. Decree nisi. Mr. Simon Isaacs ( instructed by Mr. W. Lander ) for petitioner.
Marriage to Lola Joyce SEPPING 24429/1942 in Parramatta District
Northern Star ( Lismore )
Tuesday 21 December 1948 page 4
Ruling by High Court Affects Lismore Cases
A recent ruling by the High Court of Australia on the control of new cars had a bearing in cases before the Lismore Court of Petty Sessions yesterday.
Noel Cuthbert Fowler, for the Commonwealth Government, charged James Willow with selling a car without a permit and Albert Goodman with acquiring a car without a permit.
Both cases were adjourned to February 14 by which time, it was stated, the effects of the High Court’s ruling could be considered.
Mr. W. P. Walters, appearing for Willow, said the charges may be withdrawn as it had been ruled that the Commonwealth no longer had the power to control the sale and purchase of new cars.
Mr. W. P. Walters ( Trench, Walters and Pinchin ) appeared for Willow. Mr. T. E. Rummery ( Rummery and Liddy ) appeared for Goodman.
Biz ( Fairfield, NSW ) Thursday 1 June 1967 page 8
Traffic officer national champ
Officer in charge of Merrylands police traffic division, Sgt. Fred Hyland, recently defeated more than 180 contenders to win the Australian Police golf championship in Adelaide.
Sgt. Hyland won the conveted trophy at his fifth attempt. He defeated Ryde policeman, Jack Newton, by one stroke to take the championship. The championship was held in Adelaide last month and competitors from six States took part.
Sgt. Hyland, a keen golfer, is a member of the Bankstown Club. He has been playing the game for 10 years.
His Australian win has given him the spearhead for a winning attempt at the NSW police titles later this year. ” I am setting out to win the NSW event, ” he said. ” The closest I’ve come so far is the semi-finals in the NSW event, ” he added. Sgt. Hyland ran second in the Australian trophy three years ago. He missed taking the championship by only one shot.
He was presented with a canteen of cutlery for this year’s win.
Broadcaster (Fairfield, NSW ) Tuesday 3 June 1969 page 2
Illness hits traffic branch Sergeant Fred Hyland, of Merrylands Traffic Police, returned to active police duty last week, after a brief spell of sickness.
But for his fellow police officer, Constable Peter Newell, president of the district’s road safety council, things were not so lucky. Holidaying at the North Coast, he became ill and was admitted to Gosford Hospital, where he is spending the remainder of his holidays. Fortunately, he will be allowed to leave in a matter of days.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales ( Sydney )
Friday 18 June 1976 (No.82) page 2617
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919
Municipality of Strathfield — Appointment of Member and Deputy Member of Parking Advisory Committee
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and in pursuance of section 270d of the Local Government Act, 1919, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sergeant 1st Class Frederick Joseph Hyland, Police Department, as member, vice Sergeant 1st Class Francis Joseph Murphy, and Sergeant 2nd Class Raymond Victor Koboroff, Police Department, as deputy member, vice Inspector Glen Selby Harold Graham, of the Parking Advisory Committee for the Municipality of Strathfield for a period expiring on 27th August, 1976. (P.A.C. 329 pt 2).
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales ( Sydney )
Friday 19 August 1977 (No.92) page 3547
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1919
Municipality of Burwood: Appointment of Member of Parking Advisory Committee
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and in pursuance of section 270d of the Local Government Act, 1919, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sergeant 1st Class Raymond Victor Shepherd as a member of the Parking Advisory Committee for the Municipality of Burwood vice Sergeant 1st Class Frederick Joseph Hyland for a period expiring on 28th March, 1980. (P.A.C. 328)
PAUL LANDA,
Minister for Planning and Environment.
Sydney, 19th August, 1977. (8821)
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales ( Sydney )
Friday 9 February 1979
APPOINTMENTS
Premier’s Department
Police Department
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the following appointments and promotions effective from the dates shown:
Promotion to Senior Superintendent
Superintendent Harold John Ferris, 1st December, 1978.
Superintendent Geoffrey Harold Dunn, 1st December, 1978.
Appointment to Superintendent
Senior Inspector Ernest John Culley, 1st December, 1978.
Senior Inspector Cecil Roy Abbott, 1st December, 1978.
Senior Inspector Francis Lenard Killen, 21st December, 1978.
Promotion to Senior Inspector
Inspector Edward Keith Coulston, 15th November, 1978.
Inspector William John Hickson, 1st December, 1978.
Inspector Reginald Martin, 1st December, 1978.
Inspector Peter John White, 1st December, 1978.
Inspector Rupert John Rayner, 1st December, 1978.
Inspector Wilfred Neil Roffe, 10th December, 1978.
Inspector Clifford Stanley Love, 21st December, 1978.
Appointment to Inspector
Sergeant 1st Class Laurence Kotze, 27th November, 1978.
Sergeant 1st Class Peter Harris Sweeny, 1st December, 1978.
Sergeant 1st Class Kenneth Robert Donald, 1st December, 1978.
Sergeant 1st Class Frederick Joseph Hyland, 1st December, 1978.
Sergeant 1st Class Donald John Graham, 1st December, 1978.
