Det Course 2 of 1977 – grudge touch footie game for a keg – city v country. Belmore Park, Redfern. ( L – R ): ?, ?, ?, Bernie WOOD, ?, ?, ?, ?
* Story behind any Nickname:
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Updated 10 Feb 2025 with Funeral Service location, date & time.
Bruce Ross BENNEY
02/02/2025
Bruce Ross BENNEY
AKA Bruce BENNEY
* Nickname: Rambo, Wombat, Beetle
Formerly of Nelson Bay, NSW – Late of Gold Coast, Qld
Relations in ‘the job’:
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘: ?
NSW Goulburn Police Academy – Class # 228
New South Wales Police Force
ProCst # 98551
Regd. # 24114
Uniform # 1404
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Monday 18 May 1987 ( aged 20 years, 1 month, 17 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 7 August 1987 ( aged 20 years, 1 month, 17 days )
Constable – appointed 7 August 1988
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( NO )
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: = Senior Constable
Stations: Kings Cross GDs ( 3 Division )( 8 August 1987 – 7 August 1988 ), Sydney District Court – Security ( 7 August 1988 – February 1989 ), Kings Cross GDs ( February 1989 – 23 June 1989 ), Nelson Bay ( 24 June 1989 – ? ), Raymond Terrace ( GDs ), Muswellbrook ( GDs )(15 March 1992 – 10 April 1996 ), Newcastle VKG 3, Broken Hill ( GDs )( 11 April 1996 – Retirement ( H.O.D. ) – 21 July 1996 )
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 18 May 1987 to 21 July 1996 = 9 years, 2 months, 3 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 18 May 1987to 21 July 1996 = 9 years, 2 months, 3 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 29 years, 3 months, 20 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 28 years, 3 months, 10 days
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Commissioners Bravery Medal – pursuit of fleeing felon at Raymond Terrace ( Off Duty ) – resulting in Bruce jumping a fence and smashing his ankle on the other side of the fence.
Born: Sunday 1 April 1967 ( April Fools Day ) in Wollongong, NSW
Died on: Thursday 31 October 2024 surrounded by family ( Halloween )
Age: 57 years, 6 months, 30 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause:
Stemming from this H.O.D. injury, he suffered many corrective surgeries but contracted a Staphylococcus & Sepsis infection resulting in Myocarditis severely damaging his heart & heart valves.
This, in turn, caused his kidneys to fail.
Renal failure
Event location: Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Qld
Event / Diagnosis date: 1990s
Funeral date: Saturday 9 November 2024 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: France Family Funerals, 45 Stockton St, Nelson Bay, NSW
Bruce, at the age of 17, was also a Recruit at Bardia Barracks, Ingleburn, NSW ( Army ) in 1984.
* Story behind any Nickname: Beetle: Bruce, after having a few drinks, fell on his back. Whilst trying to find his feet, he was wriggling around like a Beetle on it’s back.
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NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 115
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 13273
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 13 May 1968 ( aged 19 years, 2 months, 1 day )
Probationary Constable- appointed Monday 24 June 1968 ( aged 19 years, 3 months, 12 days )
Constable – appointed 24 June 1969
Constable 1st Class – appointed 24 June 1973
Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( YES )
Senior Constable – appointed 24 June 1977
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 31 August 1984
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: = Detective Senior Sergeant
Stations: ?, Hurstville Scientific ( 31 Division ), ?, Ex War Crimes Investigator, Special Operations – Forensic Services Group – Identifications Services Branch ( DNA Advancement Program ), Forensic Intelligence & Results Management – Retirement
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 13 May 1968 to 29 September 2018= 50 years, 4 months, 16 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 13 May 1968to 29 September 2018 = 50 years, 4 months, 16 days Service
( 44 years in Crime Scene )
Retirement / Leaving age: = 69 years, 6 months, 17 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 5 years, 8 months, 10 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 29June 1984 ( Det SenCon )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 7 May 1994 ( Det SenCon )
Australian Police Medal ( APM ) – granted 26 January 2016 ( Det SenSgt )
Born: Saturday 12 March 1949
Died on: Saturday 8 June 2024
Age: 75 years, 2 months, 27 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Cancer – Bladder ( Renal – Kidney failure )
* Stage 4 Ureter Epithelial Cancer
Health Cluster from his FSG work
* Stage 4 Ureter Epithelial Cancer (also known as Stage 4 Urothelial Carcinoma of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter) is a cancer that spreads to distant organs, such as the lungs, liver, or bones, or has metastasized to lymph nodes far from the original tumor.
It is considered advanced and has a poorer prognosis than earlier stages.
Event location: ?
Diagnosis date: shortly after Retiring
Funeral date: Wednesday 19 June 2024 @ 11am
Funeral location: South Chapel, Woronora Memorial Park, 121 Linden St, Sutherland, NSW
Forensic Evidence & Technical Services Command will provide an Official Police Guard of Honour
Family and friends are warmly invited to the farewell service for Stephen at Woronora Memorial Park, South Chapel.
The service can be viewed via the following live stream link from 11am. A recording of the service will also be available for download after the service has concluded.
NSW Police , Thought to share this – Remember those Nightshifts and early morning crime scene’s when Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Horn arrived. It was a matter of “who was in charge til I got here”.. A career spanning more than 50 years, there isn’t much this cop hasn’t seen. Detective Senior Sergeant Stephen Horn has investigated and solved some of the highest-profile crimes and disasters in Australia, and across the world.
Courtesy of Colin Walsh.
Granville train to war crimes: Hero cop’s 50 years on the front lines
From the Granville train disaster to the long search for Matthew Leveson’s remains, there isn’t much Detective Sergeant Stephen Horn hasn’t done in more than 50 years with NSW Police.
The veteran is hanging up his badge and hopes to spend more time with his family, and he spoke to A Current Affair about his career and the cases that have stayed with him.
“I’ve always tried to give more than 100 percent – as I say to some young people, get down and get dirty,” Det Sgt Horn said.
Detective Sergeant Stephen Horn is retiring after more than 50 years with NSW Police. (A Current Affair)
He joined the force in 1968, and for 44 years of his career he has been on the front line of crime scenes gathering any clue that might unravel a crime.
“Who else is going to speak for (the deceased) if not the police?” he said.
But despite his long career, he admitted the burden could be a heavy one.
Det Sgt Horn joined the force in 1968. (A Current Affair)
“I try not to take the work home and think about it at home, because if I worry about it and freak out and think about it, I’ll end up making mistakes,” he said.
“Multiple murders where a family has been murdered and children were involved – you always think to yourself, ‘why the children?'”
Det Sgt Horn was a fresh-faced, young forensic officer when a train derailed at Granville in Sydney in 1977.
Det Sgt Horn was one of the forensic officers on the scene at the Granville train disaster in 1977. (A Current Affair)
His job was to retrieve the 83 victims who died, and identify them.
“We had a temporary morgue put up in a large tent and when portions of the concrete from the roadway were actually moved off the carriages, we would go down and retrieve the bodies and take them up to the morgue, do an initial examination of them, photograph them, look at their injuries, look at their clothing,” he said.
It was far from the last disaster scene Det Sgt Horn would attend.
The forensic officers did their work at Granville in a temporary morgue in a large tent. (A Current Affair)
He also carried out his duties at the 1981 Sylvania Nursing Home fire (19 dead), the 1989 Kempsey bus crash (35 dead).
And in 1991, he received a phone call that shaped his career.
Det Sgt Horn was called on to investigate war crimes in Ukraine, where he dug up two mass graves and exhumed the remains of dozens of World War II victims – including 20 children.
Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter with Det Sgt Horn who hopes to spend more time with his wife and granddaughter in retirement. (A Current Affair)
“When we started to exhume these remains, we could actually see they were almost all grouped in an area – little tiny baby remains and things like that,” he said.
“Why did this happen? Why were these children taken from this village when the information was they didn’t know if they were Jews or not? They just decided to take them and dispose of them.”
He spent three months in the trenches, with minimal food and supplies.
Det Sgt Horn has also been called upon to investigate war crimes in Ukraine. (A Current Affair)
Back home, the evolution of DNA technology has allowed Det Sgt Horne to solve cases that were otherwise impossible to crack.
“I think we had about 27 sexual assault cases solved with DNA, with about 33 charges – some of them serial offenders,” he said.
Most recently, Det Sgt Horn’s experience played an integral role in finding Matthew Leveson’s remains, 10 years after he went missing.
Det Sgt Horn exhumed the remains of dozens of WWII victims, including children. (A Current Affair)
It is a gift Matthew’s parents Mark and Faye Leveson could never repay.
“He helped bring our Matty home and without that, we might still be out there looking for him, so a massive thank-you isn’t enough,” Faye Leveson said.
Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter commended Det Sgt Horn’s service.
Most recently, Det Sgt Horn played an integral role in finding the remains of Matthew Leveson. (A Current Affair)
“The NSW Police Force is extremely proud of you, we wish you the very best in retirement, and please go and enjoy yourself, and thank you for 50 years,” he said.
And Det Sgt Horn himself had one message for the new generation of young police officers.
“Be professional, diligent, loyal, courteous, and don’t give up,” he said.
There are three other ex-Forensics guys from Sydney who have the same problem.
One appears to have beaten it, but two others’ prognoses are very poor.
I worked with them all over the years.
I’m going to get a kidney health check next week, as are a few other former Forensics work mates.
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