John Patrick LENEHAN
AKA John LENEHAN, Jack LENEHAN, Curly LENEHAN
* Nickname: Curly
Late of Woy Woy, NSW
Relations in ‘the job’ ?
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘:
E.J. LENEHAN, NSWPF # 5817 ( Born 1928 ) ?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # ? ? ?
NSW Police Cadet # 0260
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 4627
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy as a Police Cadet on Monday 15 April 1940 ( aged 17 years, 3 months, 24 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 1 July 1943 ( aged 20 years, 6 months, 9 days )
( may have failed exams or may have been injured not to have been Sworn In on his 19th birthday )
Constable – appointed ? August 1943
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? July 1950
Detective – appointed ? October 1949
Senior Constable – appointed ? July 1957
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? May 1958
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? October 1965
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1 April 1968
Inspector 3rd Class – appointed ? June 1974
Inspector 2nd Class – appointed 17 August 1976 ( Seniority date = 4 June 1974 )
Senior Inspector – appointed 15 April 1978
Chief Inspector – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Superintendent – appointed ? February 1980
Deputy Superintendent – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: = Deputy Superintendent
Stations:
As a Cadet: Darlinghurst ( 3 Division )( Plain Cloths Office )( June 1940 ),
Waverley ( 10 Division )( Clerical duties )( July 1940 ),
Public Safety Bureau ( Clerical duties )( January 1941 ),
C.I.B. Enquiry Office ( Clerical duties )( August 1941 ),
Correspondence Branch ( 20 Division )( Clerical duties )( September 1942 ),
Subversive Organisations Investigations Bureau 9 S.O.I.B. )( March 1943 ),
Initial Training – Police Depot ( about July 1943 )
As a Sworn Member: Central ( 1 Division )( ProCst ),
C.I.B. Shadowing Squad ( March 1944 ) ( renamed the Observation Branch in August 1944 ),
Redfern ( 7 Division )( C.I. duties )( March 1950 ),
C.I.B. ( C.I. duties )( February 1952 ),
Parramatta ( 18 Division )( C.I. duties )( July 1954 ),
Burwood ( 9 Division )( GDs )( July 1959 ),
Rydalmere – O.I.C. ( 18 Division )( GDs )( August 1959 ),
Parramatta ( 18 Division )( GDs )( March 1966 ),
Granville ( 26 Division )( GDs )( December 1966 ),
Parramatta ( 18 Division )( GDs )( March 1974 ),
Auburn ( 32 Division )( Assistant Officer )( December 1974 ),
Fairfield ( 34 Division )( Officer In Charge )( February 1976 ),
Bankstown ( 19 Division )( Officer In Charge )( September 1978 ),
‘I’ District ( Liverpool )( 22 Division )(Assistant to the Superintendent )( December 1978 ),
Division Metropolitan Area ( 20 Division – Police HQ )( Relieving Supt. )( March 1980 ),
‘I’ District ( Liverpool )( 22 Division )( Deputy Superintendent )( November 1980 ),
‘J’ District ( Penrith )( Deputy Superintendent )( December 1980 – December 1982, Retirement )
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 15 April 1940 to ? December 1982 = 42 years, 7 months, ? days Service
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 15 April 1940 to ? December 1982 = 42 years, 7 months, ? days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 59 years, 11 months, ? days
Time in Retirement from Police: 36 years, 6 months, ? days
Awards: No Find on the Australian Honours system – however:
Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal – granted ? March 1966
National Medal – granted ? July 1981
Born: Friday 22 December 1922
Died on: Saturday 4 June 2019
Age: 96 years, 5 months, 24 days
Organ Donor: No – Age restrictive
Cause: Old Age
Event location: ?
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Tuesday 18 June 2019 @ noon
Funeral location: Requiem Mass at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, 9 Humphreys Rd, Kincumber South, NSW
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Wake location: ?
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Kincumber Cemetery, 10 Humphreys Rd, Kincumber South, NSW
Grave Location: Section: MacKillop Section Row: ? Plot: D13
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( April 2025 )
CURLY is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
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John Lenehan Obituary
Lenehan, John Patrick
Aged 96 years
Late of Woy Woy
Much loved husband of Thelma
Cherished father of Donald, Janice, John, Deborah and their partners
Proud and loved grandfather, great grandfather and great, great grandfather
“In God’s Loving Care”
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend a Requiem Mass for John at the Holy Cross Catholic Church, 9 Humphreys Rd, Kincumber South on Tuesday 18.6.19 commencing at 12.00pm. Following the service the cortege will then proceed to the adjacent cemetery for burial .
In lieu of flowers, donations to St Vincent de Paul would be greatly appreciated and a box will be available on the day
Published by The Sydney Morning Herald on Jun. 15, 2019
John Lenehan Obituary (2019) – The Sydney Morning Herald
April 1940: Former Liverpool ‘I’ District Police Officer – Police Cadet John. P. Lenehan a former Clerk entered the Police Depot at Redfern to become a Police Cadet.
Following his induction as a Police Cadet he was stationed at No. 3 Division in the Plainclothes Room during 6/1940.
Then in 7/1940 he was transferred to No. 10 Division on Clerical Duties.
In 1/1941 he was transferred to the Public Safety Bureau on Clerical Duties.
In 8/1941 he was transferred to the C.I.B. at the Inquiry Office.
During 9/1942 he was transferred to No. 20 Division at the Correspondence Branch, followed by the Subversive Organisations Investigations Bureau (S.O.I.B.) in 3/1943.
Then about July, 1943 he returned to the Police Depot to commence his Initial Training.
August 1943: Former Liverpool ‘I’ District Police Officer – Probationary Constable John. P. Lenehan a former Police Cadet completed his Initial Training.
In view of the results obtained in the Silver Baton Competition, 1943, he was appointed to the Police Force on 1.7.1943, attested as a Probationary Constable and in 8/1943 he was stationed at No. 1 Division on General Duties.
In 3/1944 he was transferred to the C.I.B. Shadowing Squad, (which by 8/1944 was re-named the Observation Branch), where in 7/1944 he was promoted to the rank of Constable, and in 10/1949 he was designated a ‘Detective’.
In 3/1950 he was transferred to No. 7 Division on Criminal Investigations, where in 7/1950 he was promoted to the rank of Detective Constable 1/c.
In 2/1952 transferred to the C.I.B. in Criminal Investigations.
In 7/1954 transferred to No. 18 Division on Criminal Investigations, where in 7/1957 he was promoted to the rank of Detective Senior Constable, and in 5/1958 to the rank of Sergeant 3/c.
In 9/1958 transferred to No. 9 Division on General Duties (returning to uniform).
In 7/1959 transferred to No. 18 Division on General Duties.
In 8/1959 transferred to Rydalmere Police Station (a sub-station of No. 18 Division) as the Officer-in-Charge, where in 10/1965 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant 2/c.
In 3/1966 transferred back to No. 18 Division on General Duties. In 12/1966 transferred to Granville Police Station (a sub-station of No. 26 Division at the time) on General Duties, where in 4/1968 he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant 1/c.
Then in 3/1974 transferred to No. 18 Division on General Duties, where in 6/1974 he was promoted to the rank of Inspector 3/c.
December 1974: Liverpool ‘I’ District Police Officer – Inspector 3/c. John. P. Lenehan was transferred from No. 18 Division to No. 32 Division as the Assistant Officer.
In 2/1976 he was transferred to No. 34 Division as the Officer-in-Charge, where in 8/1976 he was promoted to the rank of Inspector 2/c., and in 4/1978 to the rank of Senior Inspector.
In 9/1978 transferred to No. 19 Division as the Officer-in-Charge.
In 12/1978 transferred to ‘I’ District, located at Liverpool, as the Assistant to the Superintendent, where in 2/1980 he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent.
In 3/1980 transferred to No. 20 Division Metropolitan Area as the Relieving Superintendent.
In 11/1980 transferred to ‘I’ District as the Deputy Superintendent. In 12/1980 transferred to ‘J’ District as a Deputy Superintendent.
Then in 12/1982 he retired from the NSW Police Force after serving for 42 years.
Source: Liverpool Police Time Line ( 1788 – 2022 ) by Joe Stanioch
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Cal
15 April 2025
