Last week I was able to visit the grave of a former work mate and arguably the most influential Australian fishing lure maker.
Peter Douglas NEWELL was born at Werris Creek on 6 January 1945. After working with the CBA ( Commonwealth Bank of Australia ) and NSW Rail, he joined the NSWPF on 8 May 1972 and was attested on 19 June 1972 ( R/N 15338 ).
Peter retired on 12 March 1992 at the rank of Senior Constable. He passed away on 9 January 2009 and is buried at Tenterfield.
RIP old friend.
Class 131 – 1973
Class 131 – 2023 reunion
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Class 87A – 29/5/61. L to R: (I think the first posting for this group was to Clarence Street Station (part of No.1 Div) under Inspector Jack Riley (The Bull Tosser) and Sgt 1/c George Folpp.) Colin BELL # 10068, Brian BORTHWICK # 10040, Lionel HANRAHAN # 10014, Ron WALSH # 10021, Doug PHILIP # 10041, Harvey JUERGENS # 10018, Les WYATT # 10039, Ian McPHEE # 10009, Clem LONG # 10056, Warren TAYLOR # 9999, Terry LESTER # 10049, Peter DROOGER # 10019, Ron WOODS # 10057, Brian WARWICK # 10062, Barry LAWSON # 10016, Keith HENDERSON # 10052, Mike STEPHENS # 10026
Mike Stephens Visual Storyteller · March 31, 2019 Posting two group photos taken 40 years apart of the same members. My Class 87A from 29 May, 1961 and our 1st reunion 40 years later 2001 at the Swansea RSL Club Lake Macquarie. Also our class Stud Book entry commencing with Warren Taylor (ex Prosecutor) 9999 and finishing with Brian Warwick 10062 (HWP). I can identify 46 from the class photo if anyone interested. Our class was the first to pass the 9999 registered Nos into the 10,000s. The reunion photo identified as follows: Left to right – back row – Mike Stephens, Rod Fulham, Paul McGowan, John Imeson, Merv Braithwaite, Kevin Mongton, Barry Luckie, Brian Rowley, John Baker, Brian Borthwick, Barry Cooper, John Hayes, Tony Madigan, Bruce Spencer, Barry Lawson, Bernie Lee, Roy Fry (partly obscured by Ian Robb standing at end of middle row), Roy Leadbeater (Instructor). Middle row – Ross Goodwin, Brian McIlvenna, Leo Gately, Gordon Doyle, Harvey Juergens, Wally Lark, Helen Clark ( later Helen Magnus ), Ida Luke, Fred Sewell, Ron Blake, Terry Lester, Tom Powick, Ian Robb (standing). Front row – Trevor Neill, Les Wyatt, Bob Drooger, Warren Taylor, Brian Johnson, Brian Warwick, Les Miller, Bill Dent, Clem Long, Lloyd Taylor, Len DeAudney, Col Bell. We held a 45 year reunion at the same venue 2006. If anyone interested I can post a group photo – let me know. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1501013186882198/permalink/2260065610976948/
Mike Stephens Visual Storyteller · March 31, 2019 Posting two group photos taken 40 years apart of the same members. My Class 87A from 29 May, 1961 and our 1st reunion 40 years later 2001 at the Swansea RSL Club Lake Macquarie. Also our class Stud Book entry commencing with Warren Taylor (ex Prosecutor) 9999 and finishing with Brian Warwick 10062 (HWP). I can identify 46 from the class photo if anyone interested. Our class was the first to pass the 9999 registered Nos into the 10,000s. The reunion photo identified as follows: Left to right – back row – Mike Stephens, Rod Fulham, Paul McGowan, John Imeson, Merv Braithwaite, Kevin Mongton, Barry Luckie, Brian Rowley, John Baker, Brian Borthwick, Barry Cooper, John Hayes, Tony Madigan, Bruce Spencer, Barry Lawson, Bernie Lee, Roy Fry (partly obscured by Ian Robb standing at end of middle row), Roy Leadbeater (Instructor). Middle row – Ross Goodwin, Brian McIlvenna, Leo Gately, Gordon Doyle, Harvey Juergens, Wally Lark, Helen Clark (later Helen Magnus), Ida Luke, Fred Sewell, Ron Blake, Terry Lester, Tom Powick, Ian Robb (standing). Front row – Trevor Neill, Les Wyatt, Bob Drooger, Warren Taylor, Brian Johnson, Brian Warwick, Les Miller, Bill Dent, Clem Long, Lloyd Taylor, Len DeAudney, Col Bell. We held a 45 year reunion at the same venue 2006. If anyone interested I can post a group photo – let me know. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1501013186882198/permalink/2260065610976948/
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Class 108 – Sworn In at Redfern Police Academy on Friday 16 September 1966.
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Please Note: The Funeral location on this Memorial Post is the correct address ( verified by direct phone call to the Funeral Parlour ). The address published by NSWPF was the address where he died and not where the funeral will be held.
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Warren HOBSON, NSWPF # 14514 ( Uncle – Brother to Ian )
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘: ?
NSW Goulburn Police Academy – Class # 268
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 31441
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 17 November 1996 ( aged 24 years, 4 months, 7 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 16 May 1997 ( aged 24 years, 10 months, 6 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: = Senior Constable
Stations: Waverley ( 10 Division )( ProCst – Cst )( May 1997 – March 2001 ), State Technical Investigation Branch ( Engineering Section – later called STIB )( March 2001 – 2011 ), Operational Information Agency ( 2011 – 2014 ), Business & Technology Services ( now Technology & Communication Services Command )( Sydney Police Centre )( 2014 – Death )
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 17 November 1996 to 10 February 2025 = 28 years, 2 months, 24 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 17 November 1996 to 10 February 2025 = 28 years, 2 months, 24 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 52 years, 7 months, 0 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 0
Awards: No Find on the Australian Honour system
Born: Monday 10 July 1972
Died on: Monday 10 February 2025
Age: 52 years, 7 months, 0 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Depression – Suicide – ( Method ? )
Event location: inside Sydney Police Centre ( S.P.C. ), Goulburn St, Surry Hills, NSW
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Wednesday 26 February 2025 @ ?
Funeral location: graveside at Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, NSW
Wake location: ???
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: ? TBA
Buried at: ? TBA
Grave Location: Section: Row: ?Plot: ?
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( February 2025 )
MARK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * BUT SHOULD BE
MARK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
MARK IS NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance although he may be entitled to be
MARK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
MARK IS NOT mentioned on the Sydney Police Centre Memorial Wall, Surry Hills although he may be entitled to be
Will be updated when further information is obtained.
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
A NSW Police officer has been found dead in the city’s inner-east. Police Commissioner Karen Webb has visited the station to console devastated colleagues.
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Loving father and father-in-law of Mark and Bronwyn, Stephen and Sue, Terry and Sue, Joe and Bronwyn, Anne-Marie, Kate and Richard, Jenny, Lisa and Peter.
Cherished grandfather of fourteen and great-grandfather of seven.
Brother of John (Jock), Patrick (Paddy) Mary (Francie), Lawrence (Lawrie), Sheila (Peg) and Dorothy (Dot) (all deceased).
Always in our hearts.
Liturgy of the Word for Mr William Broderick will be offered in the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Humphreys Road, Kincumber on Monday, February 3, 2025 commencing at 11.00am.
The funeral will leave the church at the conclusion of the Mass for Wamberal Cemetery, Ulamba Avenue, Wamberal.
Published by The Sydney Morning Herald on Jan. 29, 2025.
New South Wales Historic Police Museum 29 April 2021 NSW Police Department, this is almost the full complement of Hornsby STP 1964 ( there are always a few missing ) From the right – Harvey Juergens – Graeme Fraser – Barry Dening – Peter McCloskey – Bill Broderick – Ron Savage – Bob Dick Jim Stokes (OIC) Allan Pollock and then they get a bit hard to recognise. Courtesy Dave Morris
Dave Morris 29 April 2021 Another gem. This one from Harvey Juergens. Hornsby STP 1964 – from the left Bob Dick – Jim Cavanagh – Bill Broderick – Graeme Fraser – Peter McCloskey – Barry Dening and Harvey on the end. There were 22 bikes at Hornsby plus the boss had an outfit – prior to the Coopers. These appear to be Thunderbirds and a Matchless on the end. The screens are non issue at that time – booked out to the OIC’s outfit and fitted up by the troops themselves.
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“possible” relation in ‘the job‘: O.R. BLYTON, NSWPF # 8715?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern / Police Training College – Penrith – Class # ? ? ?
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 8038
Rank: Commenced Training at either Police Training College Penrith or Police Training Centre Redfern – Police Academy on Tuesday 12 April 1955 ( aged 19 years, 5 months, 5 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable – appointed 17 May 1956
Constable 1st Class – appointed 17 May 1961
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 17 May 1966
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 28 January 1971
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 18 August 1978
Final Rank: = Sergeant 2nd Class
Stations: Redfern ( 7 Division ) GDs ( 9 May 1955 – 24 August 1956 ),
Dubbo GDs ( 25 August 1956 – 5 February 1958 ),
Baradine GDs ( 6 February 1958 – 2 February 1961 ),
Mudgee GDs ( 3 February 1961 – 18 July 1963 )( Cst 1/c ),
South District – Captains Flat GDs / O.I.C. ( 19 July 1963 – 12 June 1971 ),
Jerilderie O..I.C. ( 13 June 1971 – 9 August 1973 ),
Forster O.I.C. ( 10 August 1973 – 8 May 1985 ) ,
Hornsby Police Station GDs ( 16 Division )( 9 May 1985 – 30 June 1989 ) – Retirement
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 12 April 1955 to 30 June 1989 = 35 years, 5 months, 7 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 12 April 1955 to 30 June 1989 = 35 years, 5 months, 7 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 53 years, 7 months, 23 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 35 years, 5 months, 7 days
Awards: No Find on the Australian Honours system – although:
National Service Medal – granted 22 March 2017
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal – granted 20 February 1978
Commended for Courage and Efforts in the arrest of armed male at Home Rule, via Mudgee between 29 July – 1 August 1961.
Former Forster police officer, Ronald (Ron) Arthur Blyton was farewelled by family and friends at a service conducted by Great Lakes Funerals earlier this month, Monday, January 6.
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NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 081
NSW Police Cadet # 1440
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 9528
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy as a Police Cadet on Monday 19 May 1958 ( aged 17 years, 5 months, 26 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 23 November 1959 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed 23 November 1965
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 23 November 1969
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Appears in the 1979 Stud Book but not the 1984 issue
Final Rank: = Senior Constable?
Stations: ?, South District ( 1965 ), ?
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: Monday 19 May 1958 to ? ? ?c1980 = 22+? years,
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From Monday 19 May 1958 to? ? ? = ? years, Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = ?
Time in Retirement from Police: ?
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 September 1980 ( SenCon )
Born: Saturday 23 November 1940
Died on: Friday 31 December 1993
Age: 53 years, 1 month, 8 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: ?
Event location: ?, Canberra, ACT
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Wednesday 6 January 1994
Funeral location: ?
LIVE STREAM?
Wake location: ???
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Big Hill Uniting Church graveyard, Arthursleigh Rd, Big Hill, NSW
Grave Location: Section: Row: 05 Plot: 07
Grave GPS: -34.562461, 150.010382
Buried at: Big Hill Uniting Church graveyard, Arthursleigh Rd, Big Hill, NSW Grave Location: Section: Row: 05 Plot: 07 Grave GPS: -34.562461, 150.010382
Although the grave stone indicates that he is ” At Rest Middlingbank, Eucumbene, NSW “
Middlingbank is located about the intersection of the Middlingbank Rd and Slacks Creek Rd – about 2 kms from Buccanderra Caravan Park on Lake Eucumbene, NSW.
It is ‘assumed’ & most probable ( that Selina is his mother because of the age difference ),
his Mother – Selina May MARTIN ( nee THOMPSON )( Born 1913 – Died 1988 ) is located in the grave at the head of his Marker at Big Hill, that Peter was Cremated and his Ashes scattered at Eucumbene at a location they called Middlingbank and that Peter’s Marker ( at the foot of Selina’s grave ) is a Cenotaph.
Grave of Selina MARTIN – ‘assumed’ to be the mother of Peter James MARTIN
4 row ( l to r ):
L. C. Bennett; D. W. Stolle # 9460; M. W. Kirk # 9512; R. C. Landers; B. Symons; A. Southall # 9527; John C. Dunbar # 9482; Peter J. Martin # 9528; B. K. Leaney # 9533; D. W. McLaughlin; J. R. Dorsett # 9498; P. W. Medway # 9444; J. McGregor # 9518; F. J. Ryder # 9506; Ray. N. Morris # 9517; P. R. Clemson # 9523; J. O. Parry; P. J. Woodward # 9478; D. C. Newton # 9480; Rod. L. Power # 9477; A. W. McDonald # 9510; B. A. Kearns; P. R. Leembruggen # 9530; R. G. Dunn.
3rd row ( l to r ):
E. H. Williamson # 9507; Syd. K. Isedale # 9490; T. G. Purcell # 9468; Allen J. Murphy # 9509; A. P. Lynch # 9500; R. W. Stone # 9488; M. C. Adams; H. J. P. Munro # 9484; J. E. Hawley # 9522; S. C. Heckenberg # 9487; H. T. Auliff # 9464; Barry A. Melouney # 9492; M. R. Turk # 9526; Anthony C. Frost # 9516; C. A. Hermanson # 9525; Edward ( Ted ) F. Doherty # 9446; W. McCormick # 9529; Ken. J. Williams # 9461; M. C. Moy # 9449; K. G. McNeill # 9455; A. D. Morris # 9469; R. L. Scarf # 9457; J.R. Press # 9462; R. J. Mahoney # 9514.
2nd row ( l to r ):
J. J. McNamara # 9465; T. J. Webber # 9504; B. A. Bennett # 9453; J. F. Bostock # 9535; R. N. Thornett; W. A. Allan; K. J. Hall; Mick R. Hay # 9452; Ken. Waters # 9494 or 9505; Keith Waters # 9494 or 9505; G. N. Crouch # 9532; R. C. Rogerson # 9536; D. S. McAfee # 9459; G. A. Wilson # 9470; B. Garland # 9511; J. Peterlin # 9503; Thom. C. Coleman # 9496; R. J. Canning # 9473; Victor A. Schweikert # 9458; R. Pearson; B. Kerrison # 9485; J. G. Kinnane; L. R. Kriss # 9483.
Front row – seated- ( l to r ):
Sergeant 3/c. Ben Hall; C. C. Greenham; G. R. Gibb # 9445; R. C. Jenner # 9486; J. C. McGingley; Darcy W. Cluff # 9463; R. J. Graham # 9467; David E. Nelson # 9481; F. B. McGoldrick; Ernest G. Mercer # 9515; E. W. Kelly; J. Kelly # 9531; Sergeant 1/c. Sligar # 8146; Sergeant 1/c. Barber # 4474; Sergeant 3/c. Porch; Miss. Sylvia W. Paull # P/W 0038; Mrs. Eileen. M. McLean # P/W 0037; Miss. June W. Fielding # P/W 0039; S. Favot # 9493; J. P. Boon # 9519; L. E. Ervine # 9497; R. T. Milligan # 9479; Denis W. Wardrobe # 9456; D. C. Rugers; H. V. Clarke.
Recently, in October 2024, I was again driving aimlessly in Goulburn PAC area and came across this graveyard.
I actually forgot that I have been here back in 2006.
I took a new photo of the Grave Plate and Plot and have now done, as much as I can, as a Memorial Post.
Cal
15 October 2024
SUNDAY 9 APRIL 2006
In the yard of a small Church at a place called ( Goulburn Police Patrol ) ‘BIG HILL’ WE STOPPED AT A CHURCH AND TOOK A FEW GRAVE PHOTOS IN THE Cemetery BEFORE HEADING OVER TO TARALGA AND THEN BACK TO GOULBURN.
THIS PLAQUE HAS THE NSW POLICE CREST BADGE ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. I DON’T KNOW THE STORY BEHIND IT AT THIS STAGE.
020108: Note added:
We were driving around aimlessly one day (090406) in the depth of Goulburns’ Patrol and we came upon this small Church at a place called ‘Big Hill’. Nothing there except for this Church and a few headstones.
One of the headstones had the NSW Police Crest on it – together with another Crest – which is the Free Masons Crest. Even though it is relatively a new grave – the fact that it has the NSW Police Crest was interesting.
I have no idea who he was, where he was Stationed etc or what the reference to Eucumbene is. I assumed that he has a Head Stone at ‘Big Hill’ (Goulburn / Taralga) but is buried at Eucumbene.
But Peter James Martin was only 53 when he died and died on New Years Eve. I did a “Google” search on him but didn’t find any information on him.
Plaque location: row 5 plot 7
Cal
9 April 2006
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Condolences to his wife Kim, children Anthony & Chloe and Ellen & Reg (in-laws)
Byrnes’s lawyer told police to back off or face legal action
By Kate McClymont
THE coronial inquest into the possible murder of Max Gibson yesterday turned its attention to the colourful Sydney entrepreneur and one-time bankrupt Jim Byrnes.
Gibson, 30, died of a heroin overdose, believed to have been a “hot shot” (a lethal injection), in March 2001 while he was in the middle of an arson trial.
This was the second trial for Gibson and his co-accused, Tony Vincent jnr, who had been charged over the fire-bombing of a house in Tara Street, Woollahra, which Mr Byrnes was in the process of buying.
The pair was arrested within hours of the bombing, after part of Gibson’s buttock and his wallet were found at the scene of the crime, as was Vincent’s shoe. The pair also suffered severe burns.
Glebe Coroners Court has heard Mr Byrnes and the underworld figure Tony Vincent snr were long-time friends and, shortly before his death, Gibson told his father that he had burned down the property and that, “I did it for Tony Vincent and Jim Byrnes.”
The court heard yesterday Mr Byrnes refused to co-operate with police investigating the arson. Six months after the bombing, a Rose Bay detective, Charles Poniris, received a letter from Mr Byrnes’s lawyer, Brett Galloway. The letter threatened him with a restraining order should he try to interview Mr Byrnes again.
Mr Byrnes said yesterday he did not sanction the letter and that it was not his style.
He said that as he had spent “22 months incarcerated as a guest of Her Majesty”, he did not trust police or their methods. Mr Byrnes was jailed in 1986 for the deemed supply of heroin.
Counsel assisting the coroner, Pat Saidi, also asked Mr Byrnes about the evidence he had given at Gibson’s first arson trial in March, 1998. While agreeing with Mr Saidi that he had known Gibson for 18 months before his death, Mr Byrnes was then read answers he had given at the trial.
Q: “Do you know Max Gibson who is sitting next to Tony Vincent jnr?” – “I do now.”
Q: “Did you know him before the day of the explosions?” – “Not to speak to, no.”
Mr Byrnes denied lying at the arson trial, insisting yesterday that his answers weren’t untruthful, just “grammatically incorrect”. He also denied being part of a conspiracy to pervert the course of justice during the trial.
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Graham had not been well for the past few years, suffering rheumatoid arthritis, emphysema, and bouts of pneumonia and covid.
He suffered a stroke in early hours of 22 May surrounded by family..
Graham’s funeral and burial is to be held on his property at Mullumbimby on Saturday 8th June at 2pm.
Directions are.
941 Main Arm Rd
Mullumbimby 2482
Follow maps to Main Arm General store, then follow signs.
Dress as you like , Butch won’t mind.
Only light refreshments will be served.
All seems befitting of Graham’s hippy lifestyle so hopefully he gets to RIP in his beloved surroundings.
* Story behind any Nickname: ‘Butch’ – play on his surname in reference to the American outlaw ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance kid’.
Class 191A: Graham CASIDY # 20714 = Middle row – 3rd from left.
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Friday 28 March 2025
CLASS 081
