Another ‘mentioned’ Brother is Roger. It is not known if Roger was in the Police.
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # ‘Q‘ 9062
For the purposes of this website, ‘Q‘ represents those Police joining between 1862 ( commencement of NSWPF ) – 23 February 1915 ( Commencement of NSWPF current numbering system )
Uniform # A 1032
Rank: Probationary Constable from 7 February 1910
Sergeant 3rd Class – retirement
Stations: ?, 11 Division ( Petersham ), Central ( 1 Division ), Regent St ( 2 Division ), Balmain, Narrandera
Service: Frompre 7 February 1910to16 June 1946 = 36 years Service ( one day prior to his 60th birthday )
When Thomas Wood Leonard was born on June 17, 1886, at Wingidgeon Station, Coonamble, in New South Wales, his father, Edward, was thirty six and his mother, Elizabeth, was thirty two.
He married Violet Rabey on December 1, 1908, in Windsor, New South Wales.
He then had three children by the time he was twenty seven.
Thomas Wood Leonard was made a Probationary constable on February 7, 1910, Badge Number 9062.
The family initially lived between 1931 – 1937 at 140 Balmain Rd Leichhardt East but by 1949 he was a Sergeant living at 200 Belmore Road Blakehurst with his wife and children.
He was a Sergeant Third Class upon his retirement on the 16 June 1946, the day before his sixtieth birthday and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on the 25 March 1947.
He had been based over the years at Petersham (11 Division), Central (1 Division), Regent Street (2 Division), Balmain and Narrandera to name a few stations. Ex-Sergeant Leonard died on April 10, 1957, in Sydney, New South Wales, at the age of seventy from heart failure.
National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Friday 28 December 1906 p2 of 4
A FATAL MISTAKE
DEATH OF SENIOR-CONSTABLE LEONARD
Senior-constable Leonard, officer in charge of the Police Station at Perth, died in the Bathurst District Hospital at half past eight last night from poisoning. Deceased, in the pursuance of his duty, visited Georges Plains on Wednesday afternoon, doing the trip on a bicycle, as was his custom, and returning home dusty and tired decided to have a drink of wine.
Going to a number of bottles in the corner of his room, he picked up one that had been opened and poured some of its contents into a glass and swallowed it. Feeling a bitter taste in his mouth, however Mr Leonard examined the bottle from which he had poured the liquid and found that it contained battery solution, a mixture of mercury, Sulphuric acid, etc. The solution was the same colour as the wine and Mr Leonard was unable to detect his mistake until he had drunk the poison.
He immediately applied emetics and went over to the Bridge Hotel, whence he was driven to Dr Brooke Moore‘s surgery. Here further remedies were administered and the patient’s removal to an adjacent hotel, ordered. Subsequently he was taken to the hospital, where he passed away last night.
The late senior-constable, who was about 55 years of age, is survived by a widow and a large family.
His connection with the police force extended to within two or three years of the quarter of a century.
He was formerly stationed at Condobolin, and Orange, and 12 months ago he was transferred from the latter station to Perth.
Barrier Miner ( Broken Hill NSW ) Thursday 10 January 1907 p2 of 4
A POLICEMAN’S MISTAKE.
Death of Senior-constable Leonard.
Constable Styles, of the South Broken Hill division of the Barrier police force, who has been transferred to the Perth station, near Bathurst, takes the place of a constable who met his death on December 27 under exceptionally sad, circumstances.
His name was Senior-constable Leonard, and he was in charge of the police station at Perth.
In pursuance of his duties Senior-constable Leonard, had visited George’s Plains (a few miles from Perth) on Boxing Day, doing the trip on a bicycle, as was his custom. Returning home dusty and tired, he decided to have a glass of wine, and, going to a number of bottles in a corner of the room, picked up one that had been opened, poured some of the contents into a glass, and drank it. Feeling a bitter taste in his mouth, Leonard examined the bottle from which he had poured the liquid, and found that it contained battery solution, a mixture of mercury, sulphuric acid, etc. The solution was the same color as the wine and the constable was unable to detect his mistake until he had drunk the poison. He immediately applied emetics, and went to the hotel and from there he was taken subsequently to the Bathurst hospital, where he died.
The late senior-constable was 55 years of age, and leaves a widow and 10 children.
His connection with the police force extended to within two or three years of a quarter of a century. Formerly he was stationed at Condobolin, and was for 12 years at Orange, whither he was transferred to Perth 12 months ago.
Constable Styles will commence his duties at Perth on the first of next month.
National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Saturday 29 December 1906 p3 of 6
Constable’s Fatal Mistake
POISON INSTEAD of wine
Mr T C K McKell,District Coroner, yesterday inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of Senior-Constable Thomas Leonard, which took place at the Bathurst District Hospital at half-past eight on Thursday night. Senior Constable Meagher said that he was on duty in William-street at 7 o’clock on the evening of Boxing Day, when Dr Brooke Moore called him to where the deceased was standing in Keppel Street, and said: ” Senior Constable Leonard is, after drinking battery solution in mistake for wine, and I have pumped his stomach, and done all I can do for him. You had better take him to Fitzpatrick’s Hotel, which is close by, and where I can attend to him. ”
Witness took him to the hotel, and put him to bed. The deceased complained of feeling very cold, and was vomiting and purging badly. Witness gave him three doses of medicine, which was prescribed by the doctor to be taken every hour.
Asked by witness how the accident occurred, deceased said : ” I went to Georges Plains on my bicycle after dinner to-day on duty, and returned home at about 5 . 30 p m ; I was tired and thirsty and went into the bedroom, where there was a bottle of wine on the floor. There was another bottle by the side of it. I picked up the bottle and poured out what would be ‘a good nip of whisky’ into a glass. It was the odour of the wine, and I drank it . It was terribly bitter. I looked at the bottle, It was marked ‘poison.’ I then saw that I had taken battery solution in mistake for the wine. I immediately drank some mustard and water which made me sick, and I was then brought into Dr Brooke Moore, who pumped my stomach out. ”
At 10 o’clock deceased was removed to the hospital, where he died on the following night.
Deceased was 58 years of age, a native of Ireland, and had been in the police force for 24 years.
Flora Mary Leonard, wife of the deceased, said that her late husband used the battery for rheumatism. On returning from George’s Plains on the day in question he went into his bedroom and shortly afterwards came in saying ” Oh, I have taken the poison instead of the wine ”
Some mustard and water was mixed up and he drank it.
Deceased was survived by eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. He had freehold property at Orange.
Dr Brooke Moore said that when he examined deceased he found that he was suffering from intense abdomin pains.
The cause of death was heart failure, due to an irritant poison, Deceased was perfectly sober.
The Coroner found that death was due to heart failure from an irritant poison, self-administered by mistake.
National Advocate ( Bathurst NSW ) Saturday 29 December 1906 p2 of 6
Funeral.
The funeral of the late Senior Constable Leonard will leave the Bathurst District Hospital at 11 o’clock this morning for the Catholic portion of the Bathurst general cemetery.
KJ is described as a pipe smoker and a rider of the old Vespa motor cycle. He was a ‘true gentleman and bloody good copper’.
His mates will remember him from the ‘end of night shift’ bbq’s at Campbelltown and his “easy country” style.
Glen DenholmWell, Mr Higgins would sit in the meal room, addressing everyone not by their first names but by calling them Mr Lewis, Mr Carrol, Mr Denholm ect.
He had an old enamel mug which was always filled with black tea and incessantly smoked Winfield cigarettes with a cigarette holder. This holder was supposed to filter all the tar and nicotine out of the cigarette before it got into your lungs, and it was black, filled with a black tar and looked obnoxious. We all smoked so I suppose it did not matter.
On night work he would go out alone and sit on one of the over passes on the expressway waiting for a break and enter to occur in the hope that he could snare someone. If there was a bust, he would never go to the bust, but allow others to go and he would head to the outskirts. Many is the time he snared a couple of would be crims using this tactic.
Just a really good, honest and lovely man. I can say that I had never seen the man annoyed or even upset, although when a friend of his suddenly resigned and the real story came out later KJ would not believe it.
We are all so lucky to have had him in our lives and the world is a poorer place without this lovely private man. Those who knew him should count themselves very lucky to have been touched by him.
Safe journey old mate, we all will see you, one day, on the other side.
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RUMBLE
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RUMBLE
Western Australia Police Force
Regd. # ?
Rank: Police Dog
Stations: Mounted and Canine Operations, W.A.
Service: From? to?
Awards: ?
Born: 12 March 2007
Died on: Monday 2 November 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 8
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial at: Interred at the Maylands Police Complex, W.A., with a plaque.
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It is with great sadness that we share with the public that Police Dog Rumble this afternoon tragically succumbed to his illness.
Rumble was as tough as they come, but this battle was too much.
It is a tragedy Rumble was unable to enjoy retirement with his handler Mat Muletta and family, which is how we wanted his story to turn out.
He will be cremated and his ashes interred at the Maylands Police Complex, with a plaque.
Rumble was one of 40 dogs working for WA Police. All of them are loved and cherished by us, but you would have to say that Rumble was certainly special.
He made an exceptional contribution to policing in Western Australia and keeping the community safe. You could say he was loved by the public and loathed by the crooks.
Since 2011 he was involved in 620 arrests and in over 200 of those, Rumble single-handedly tracked and located the offenders.
Since July this year he had a part in 74 arrests and was directly responsible for 18 of those.
Rumble united the WA community throughout his battle and the WA Police was humbled by the overwhelming response to his illness. Today is an extremely sad day, on which we wish ‘Our Boy’ Rumble goodbye.
Sincere condolences to the Muletta Family and Mounted and Canine Operations.
Thank you to all the staff at the Murdoch Veterinary Hospital who worked tirelessly in this difficult time.
Robert Eric STYLES
| 05/11/2015
Robert Eric STYLES
aka Eric
( late of Shepparton )
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # ?
Rank: ?
Stations: ?
Service: From? to? = 32 years Service
Royal Australian Navy
26 September 1950 – 25 September 1956=6 years Service
Desc: 5′ 9″, Brown hair, eyes & medium build
Rank: Stoker
Service. # R39084
Awards: ? – possibly received two Medals, Clasps, Decorations from the Navy but the record is too hard to read
National Medal – granted 21 August 1989
Born: 2 November 1930 @ Goulburn, NSW
Died on: Tuesday 27 October 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 84
Funeral date: 30 October 2015 @ 11am
Funeral location: Clive Coventry Funerals’ Chapel, 113 Corio Street Shepparton.
Buried at: interment at the Pine Lodge Cemetery, 1600 Midland Hwy, Shepparton East VIC 3631
Area: Acacia Grove Site # 810
Grave GPS: -36.41694253987488, 145.56897607109454
Memorial at: ?
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STYLES, ROBERT (ERIC)
Passed away peacefully at Shepparton
27th October 2015
Aged 84 Years
Loved husband of EVA (dec’d) and MARGARET, loved father of MICHAEL and ANNA, father-in-law of TRACEY and PETER, a cherished Dada who will be so sadly missed.
ROBERT (ERIC) gone is the pain, a long battle you fought. A life well lived, you served your country well, six years R.A.N. 32 years NSW Police Force.
Loved Ecky of KIM, CHRIS, DANNY, ANDGE, ROX and GRANT, and all their children.
R.I.P. until we meet again, Mag.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Celebrating a life well lived. I will cherish my memories forever.
To Margaret, Anna & Michael my deepest condolences to you and your Families
~
Robert Tape,
Newcastle
Published in The Newcastle Herald on Oct. 28, 2015
Loved husband of Shirley, very proud father and father-in-law of Jamie and Kristeen, Adam and Debbie.
Adored poppy of Zachariah, Noah and Solomon.
Loved brother and brother-in-law of Lee and Greg Medway and Diann and Kerry Creighton.
RIDING THOSE HIGHWAYS AGAIN
Relatives and friends of Roy are advised that his funeral will be held at All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral, Church Street, Bathurst on THURSDAY, 29th OCTOBER, 2015 commencing at 10.00am.
Following the service the cortege will leave for the Maranatha Lawn Cemetery, Bathurst.
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Love and miss you dearly, may you rest in peace Roy. Xo
~
Debbie Hammond
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
You will never be forgotten dad, you’re the best farther anyone could wish for. I’m so lucky to call you dad! You will be missed and you’re legacy will live on.
2 years since you left us Roy and still miss and love you and always will. Love Diann
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
October 28, 2017
2 years since you left us Roy and still miss and love you and always will.
Love Diann
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
June 1, 2017
Adam Hammond
November 1, 2016
Roy you will never be forgotten miss you and love you. Your sister Diann
Diann Creighton, Dundas
November 24, 2015
Dear Shirley and family, I was very saddened to hear of the passing of Roy, he was a part of my life in 1969 when we were a part of Class 120, I have very fond memories of Roy during that period of my life. I am so sorry for your loss, he will always be remembered by all of us..
Dennis Blewitt, Lugarno, New South Wales
November 23, 2015
Dear Shirley and Family.
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your husband and family. Roy was one of the first fellows I meet in our Initial Training Course, No 120. I then worked Roy with over many years at Taree. I have some fond memories of Roy. Rest in Peace.
Dave WOOLNOUGH.
Dave WOOLNOUGH, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
November 23, 2015
Dear Shirley and Family,we send our condolences to you on the sad and premature passing of Roy.
I have fond memories of Roy from our early days in the Force. He was a good man.Rest in Peace Roy.
Garry and Pauline
Garry Donnelly, Mollymook Beach, New South Wales
November 23, 2015
Dear Shirley and family, please accept my condolences at your sad loss. My memories of working with Roy will always bring a smile to my face. He will always be remembered. Peter MacDonald
November 23, 2015
I am so sorry to hear of the premature passing of Roy. Although we never caught up after passing out at Redfern in September, 1969, I vividly remember Roy as larger than life character.
To Roy’s family, please accept my condolences and may time heal his passing.
November 22, 2015
Dear Shirley and Family. Please accept our condolences. In loving memory of a wonderful and beautiful person, Roy Anthony Hammond. Our Prayers are with you all.
Roy. We did make a difference. We will meet again My Dear Friend. Rest in Peace now.
We love you and will miss you always. Neil & Maureen.
NEIL GODDARD, BANGOR, New South Wales
November 3, 2015
You will always be my beautiful big brother. My life will be less now you are not here, but you will be in my heart forever. Your lovely sister Diann.
Diann Creighton, DUNDAS, New South Wales
October 29, 2015
Please accept my condolences and know that Our Heavenly Father promises I reside in the high and holy place, But also with those crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of those being crushed. Isaiah 57:15
October 28, 2015
Love and miss you dearly, may you rest in peace Roy. Xo
Debbie Hammond
October 28, 2015
You will never be forgotten dad, you’re the best farther anyone could wish for. I’m so lucky to call you dad! You will be missed and you’re legacy will live on.
It is with a very heavy heart I advise that Ian “Birky” Birkbeck has passed away after a brave fight against cancer. Ian had ridden as part of the official Qps Wall to Wall party since 2011 and missed this year due to illness.. He was a true friend and an absolute gentleman. He will be missed by everyone.. RIP Birky .. Bradyn Murphy QPS
Much loved husband of Daphne (dec). Loving father and father-in-law of Margaret and Stan, Jan and Dennis. Devoted Pa of Matthew and Naomi, Kathryn and Charles, Amie and Darren, and Laura. Great-grandfather of Hyeon, London, Lucy and Lincoln.
Aged 93 Years
Now In God’s Care
Bill’s family and friends are invited to attend his funeral service to be held at Hurstville Presbyterian Church, cnr Park Rd and McMahon St, Hurstville on Thursday October 22, 2015 at 10:30am.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Oct. 21, 2015
AUSTRALIAN GRAND MASTER PADDLING CHAMPIONS 2010, 2011 & 2012 BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW KNEELING ROW – SECOND FROM LEFT.
LIONS CLUB MEMBER BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW (l) WITH PAST PRESIDENT ASHLEY STEPHENSON – 2009
BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW ANZAC Day – 2011
Balranald NSW. Anzac Day, Easter 2011, march & service. Paz the ‘Bagman’. BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW
Balranald NSW. Anzac Day, Easter 2011. Luncheon at Ex Services Club. Barry & Sandra Passlow
Balranald NSW. l-r Graham ‘Spag’ or ‘Slatters’ Comitti, John Redenbach, Barry Dean, Pat Morton, Barry Passlow, Lou Gilligan, Mick Pietsch, John Pugh, Daryl Deckert, Johnny Russell, Mick Kean. (AWOL is Col Pugh) BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW
Kyalite NSW. Dawn service Anzac Day, Easter 2011. l-r standing – Graham ‘Spag’ Comitti, Pat Morton, Mick Pietsch, Daryl Deckert, Barry Passlow, Lou Gilligan, Colin Pugh, John Russell, Barry Dean, Mick Kean. kneeling – Billy Moore, John Pugh. BARRY THOMAS PASSLOW
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I have been informed that retired Sergeant Barry Passlow, former Wollongong police, passed away today.
Further details to follow.
Barry was a member of Bomaderry Lions Club, Nowra Waterdragons club ( Dragon boats ),
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Bull Terrier Attack On Heart Patient
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday September 17, 1991
By SANDRA HARVEY
A bull terrier dog charged and attacked a 63-year-old man as he was strolling along a South Coast beach on Monday afternoon.
The attack occurred just one day after baby Joshua Williams was mauled to death by his family’s pet bull terrier in the backyard of their North Richmond home.
In the latest attack, Mr Leonard Crane was forced to use his walking stick to fend off the dog which charged at him from 40 metres on Collingwood Beach at Jervis Bay shortly before 5.30pm.
Sergeant Barry Passlow from Nowra police said Mr Crane was not injured by the dog but was extremely distressed by the attack.
“He had recently undergone heart surgery and his doctors had said: ‘no stress’. This was just what he didn’t need,” Sergeant Passlow said.
The white bull terrier was one of two unleashed dogs which arrived on the beach with a man and a woman as Mr Crane was taking a stroll.
Sergeant Passlow said the woman called the dog off Mr Crane, but she and the man with her refused to give Mr Crane their names.
Sergeant Passlow said the dogs were supposed to be restrained on leashes and police were making inquiries to try to find the owners.
The Federal Government is expected to announce within three weeks a ban on the import of dangerous dogs.