Allan John ISEDALE
Allan John ISEDALE APM
AKA Allan ISEDALE, Al ISEDALE, John ISEDALE
* Nickname: ?
Late of ?
Relations in ‘the job’ ?
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘:
Sydney Kevin ISEDALE, NSWPF 9490 ( Most probably brothers – both being born in Merrylands) ?
Jennifer ISEDALE, NSWPF # 34850 ?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 052 ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1100
New South Wales Police Force
Uniform # 3650
Regd. # 8581
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy, as a Police Cadet, on Thursday 2 September 1954 ( aged 16 years, 8 months, 0 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 16 January 1957 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 14 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 16 January 1968
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 29 April 1973
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 12 July 1982
Inspector – appointed ? ? ?
Chief Inspector – appointed 13 August 1986
Superintendent – appointed 15 June 1988
Final Rank: = Superintendent
Stations:
As a Cadet: 20 Division,
As a Sworn Member: ?, Finance – Projects & Committees – Police Traffic Branch ( Insp. )( 1985 ), Support Group – Traffic Branch ( HWP )( O.I.C. )( C/Insp. )( 1986 ), ?, NSW Police HQ – College St ( c1990s ), Region South Operations – Staff Officer ( Supt. )( 1988 ), Retirement
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 2 September 1954 to 27 July 1995 = 40 years, 10 months, 25 days Service
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 2 September 1954 to 27 July 1995 = 40 years, 10 months, 25 days Service
Time in Retirement from Police: 30 years, 10 months, 0 days
Age at Retirement / Leaving: = 57 years, 6 months, 25 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 27 August 1992 ( Supt. )
Australian Police Medal ( APM ) – granted 8 June 1992 ( Supt. )
AKA Allan ISEDALE, Al ISEDALE, John ISEDALE
Born: Sunday 2 January 1938 in Merrylands, NSW
Died on: Wednesday 27 May 2026
Age: 88 years, 4 months, 25 days
Organ Donor: No – Age restrictive
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Wednesday 10 June 2026 @ 1.30pm
Funeral location: Camellia Chapel, Macquarie Park Cemetery, Cnr Delhi & Plassey Rds, North Ryde, NSW
All friends are invited to attend. The Ryde PAC will provide an Official Police Guard of Honour
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Wake location: ?
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: White Lady Funerals, Roseville, NSW
Buried at: Cremated
Grave Location: Section: Row: ? Plot: ?
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( June 2026 )
JOHN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
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Upon joining the NSW Police Cadets on 2 September 1954, at the age of ???, Allan was described as:
5′ 10″ tall, 10 st 10 lb in weight, brown eyes and hair with a medium complexion. His religion was Church of England and he had obtained his Intermediate School Certificate.
Allan ( commonly called John ) lived at The Entrance, NSW, during his childhood.
This article, dated Sunday 11 December 1949, could possibly be ‘our’ John Isedale as the age is correct:
Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954),
Sunday 11 December 1949, page 7
WONDER QUESTIONS
What is radium ?
A white metal with white crystalline salts that shine With a greenish glow in the dark. Radium belongs to the same group as calcium, but is a very scarce element as all the time it is breaking up into other elements. After many millions of years radium changes into lead, and is found in Bohemia, parts of America, Belgian Congo, and Canada. Radium is very valuable because of radio – active properties
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248160595
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Cal
3 June 2026