John Frederick YORKE
John Frederick YORKE
AKA JACK
Late of Morgan St, Adamstown
Is the Great Grandson of Constable William OXLEY – NSWPF
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # ????
Rank: Constable
Stations: ?, Newcastle ( last 11 years )
Service: From ? ? 1920 to 18 January 1936 = 16 years Service
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World War I
Australian Imperial Force
Regiment: 53rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Enlisted: 28 February 1916
Service # 2022
Rank: Private ( Machine Gunner )
Embarkation: from Sydney on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Age at embarkation: 25
Occupation: Labourer
Address: ‘ Lindburn ‘, Mudgee, NSW
Next of kin: Father, Robert John Yorke, ‘ Lindburn ‘, Mudgee, NSW
Religion: Church of England
Single / Married: Single
Returned to Australia: 5 April 1919
Awards: ?
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Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 27 October 1890 at Cooyal, Mudgee, NSW
Died on: Saturday 18 January 1936
Age: 44
Cause: Heart trouble & disabilities sustained at the Great War – WWI
Event location: Home – Morgan St, Adamstown
Event date: Saturday 18 January 1936
Funeral date: Sunday 19 January 1936 @ 2.15pm
Funeral location: Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, Perkin St, Newcastle then Graveside – Sandgate Cemetery via Civic Railway Station
Funeral Parlour: David Lloyd Funeral Director
Buried at: Sandgate Cemetery,
GPS of Grave: -32.867239428, 151.706454238
Anglican 2, Section 139, Lot 78
Memorial located at: ?
JOHN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
Grave location: [codepeople-post-map]
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 – 1954), Monday 3 February 1936, page 6
ANOTHER DIGGER PASSES
Constable Yorke Hears Last Call
A GALLANT digger, fine comrade and splendid citizen, in the person of Constable J. F. Yorke, ” went west ” at Adamstown quite recently, and Australia is the poorer by his passing.
Son of Mr Robert J. Yorke, a pioneer settler of the Linburn district, deceased spent his early life among us, and won for himself friends among all classes of the community.
When the war drums sounded he, with other young patriots, sprang to arms, and on the other side he did honor to the country which reared him.
As a machine gunner in the 53rd battalion, he fought with the cool courage of a veteran, and returned to Australia with a proud record of service.
The police force then attracted him, and he linked up with the northern branch.
For about 14 years he fulfilled a public duty with the same splendid spirit which characterised his war service, and earned the respect of those among whom he served and the confidence of his officers. The high esteem in which he was held made itself manifest at his funeral, the sad cortege being one of the most impressive seen in the north for many years.
From the War Memorial Institute, Newcastle, marched over 70 members of the police force, including the officer in charge of the division (also representative of the Commissioner). Inspectors Aspery, McAlpine and Davis, and other prominent officials.
A sorrowing widow and six children are left to mourn a devoted husband and father, and their grief is great. His venerable father, who has borne up with great fortitude under the buffetings of adversity, will have the deepest sympathy of the whole district.
Other members of the bereaved family are Mr Stan Yorke (brother). Mrs Drew (sister,. Home Rule), and Mrs B. Pyne (sister, Sydney).
The ” Guardian ” sympathises with the sorrowing family who, however, will. And some consolation in the knowledge that their loved one was held In such universal respect.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954), Monday 20 January 1936, page 6
POLICE MARCH
Funeral of Constable Yorke
Headed by the band of the 2/35th Battalion, 70 members of the Newcastle police force, led by Constable S. ( Stephen ) Pender, marched yesterday at the funeral of Constable John Frederick Yorke, who died suddenly at his home at Adamstown early on Saturday morning.
The funeral left the Returned Sailors and Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, Perkin-street, yesterday, and proceeded to the Civic railway station, and then to Sandgate Cemetery.
The coffin was draped in the Union Jack.
The chief mourners were the widow, the father, Mr. Robert Yorke, of Linburn, near Mudgee: sisters. Mesdames C. H. Raisin, of Linburn, S. Pyne, of Sydney, Mrs. A. James, mother-in-law, of Home Ride, near Gulgong: Mesdames Esther Simpson. A. James, and Miss T. James sisters-in-law: Mr. Edgar James, brother-in-law of Home Rule; and the Mayor of Paddington (Ald. T. J. Whelan), a close friend.
The pall-bearers were Constables W. S. Brady, H, G. Brady, K. J. Costello. and E. Francis. Detectives E. H. Schumack and C. W. R. McMahon. and Messrs. W. Yates and A. Williams, representing the Adamstown Bowling Club.
Rev. M. M. Redman, of the Church of England, Adamstown, held the graveside service.
The service of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, of which Constable Yorke had been a member, was read by the Deputy Grand Master ( Bro. G. Kelly ).
Constable Yorke was born at Mudgee 44 years ago.
Death was due to heart trouble and the effects of disabilities sustained at the Great War, where he served three years with the 53rd Battalion.
He is survived by his widow and six children.
Quiet and unassuming, he was popular in the police force which he joined 16 years ago.
He had been stationed at Newcastle for the past 11 years.
Among those present at the funeral were the Officer in charge of the North-Eastern police district (Mr. J. H. White), who represented he Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. Mackay): Inspectors J. H. Aspery, A. G. McAlpin. and F. Noble: Messrs. W. Snow, President, and G. Hook, Secretary representing the Friendly Societies’ Association; Mr. J. Tarn, Assistant Clerk of Petty Sessions, representing the staff of the Newcastle Courthouse: and several members of the Adamstown Bowling Club.
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 – 1954), Monday 26 May 1919, page 2
Returned Soldiers.
Private J. Yorke, son of Mr. Robert Yorke, of Linburn arrived home on Saturday morning looking remarkably well.
Victor Harry McCROHON
Victor Harry McCROHON
AKA Vic, Digger
Grandson to John McCROHON – appointed 1836
Father to Vicki McCrohon – NSWPF – P/W 0123 – Class 120 ( 1964 ) & Rejoinee P/W 0202 – Class 141 ( 1974 )
Nephew to Ernest Edward McCrohon – NSWPF – ‘Q’ 9403
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
Penrith Police College Class 003
Uniform # 2372
Regd. # 5009
Came 1st in his final examination for Class 003 on 6 June 1947
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 4 February 1946 ( aged 29 years, 3 months, 9 days )
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 July 1967 ( appears in the 1968 & 1969 Stud Books )
Stations: ?, ‘ R ‘ District, Newcastle, Clarencetown, Griffith ( 1965 – Retirement )
Service: From ? ? pre January 1946? to ? ? 1969 = 23 years Service
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Regiment: Armed Corps Training Squadron
Enlisted: East Maitland on 4 November 1939
Service # NX661
Rank: Corporal – 21 May 1937, Sergeant – from 26 September 1941, Lieutenant – from 4 August 1942
Prev. Emp: Steam Engine Driver
Age on Enlisting: 22
Embarkation: 18 March 1943
Next of kin: Alexander McCrohon ( Father )
Religion: Presbyterian
Single / Married: Single ( Married Edna )
Returned to Australia: ?
Address: 207 Dumaresque St, Armidale
Desc as of 3 Jan 1946: Married. 1 child over 16 years. Victor = 28 yrs 11 mths, 6′ 1.5″, Brown eyes, med complexion, dark brown hair. Missing 1st joint on right hand index finder. Appendix scar.
Operational Service: Middle East Embarked from Aust January 1940. Disembarked in Aust 17 December 1941
New Guinea Embarked from Aust 7 November 1942. Disembarked in Aust 24 April 1943
Served: From 4 November 1939 until 3 January 1946 = 1867 days
464 days in Australia. 876 days overseas
Awards: War Badge. M.I.D. ( Mentioned in Despatches 23 December 1943)
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Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal – granted 28 March 1972
Born: Thursday 26 October 1916 – Hillgrove, NSW
Died on: 13 September 1981 10 May 1982 ??? ( A.W.G. List) Australian War Graves List
Age: 64 years, 10 months, 18 days
65 years, 6 months, 14 days
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?, Griffith, NSW
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
VICTOR is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
Funeral location: TBA
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 30 August 1952, page 4
News About People
And What They Are Doing
Constable Vic McCrohon, of Clarence Town, is absent on special duty. He is giving revolver instruction to country police stations.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140852740
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 5 May 1951, page 2
Clarence Town War Memorial Committee
The Annual Meeting of the Clarence Town and District 1939 – 45 War Memorial Committee will be held in the School of Arts Hall, Clarence Town, next Monday night, 7th May, at 8 p.m. Business: Important.
VIC McCROHON,
Secretary
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140851199
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 4 March 1950, page 4
CLARENCE TOWN
( From Our Correspondent )
BRIGADIER MACARTHUR ONSLOW’S VISIT.
On Thursday, 16th February, Brigadier D. MacArthur Onslow paid a visit to Clarence Town to carry out an inspection of the area with regard to the formation of a unit of the Citizens Forces in the district. He was very high in his praise of the district and stated that it was ideally suited for the formation of an amphibious unit of the Citizen Forces. However, the lack of a suitable building that could be utilized as a Drill Hall was an obstacle but despite this he felt sure that he could convince the authorities that the expense of erecting one would be justified as it was his considered opinion that it was to the men on the land that this country could depend upon.
The men in the closer settled areas have many distractions whilst the man on the land is a deeper thinker and realises the need for Citizen Military Forces.
The Brigadier was met by Mr. Vic. McCrohon, who served under him during the last war and was later met by Mr. M. W. Dark and various other citizens of the district.
He stated that he thought that Clarence Town had very good prospects of having an industry set up because the Williams River was so well suited to shipping. He would not hesitate in recommending the district to anyone requiring a factory site.
It may be remembered that the Brigadier is a man of many business interests, one such business being the Camden Vale Dairies which is in the process of having a circular dairy installed — the third in the world and the first in the southern hemisphere.
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 4 March 1950, page 4
ANNUAL MEETING OF FOOTBALL CLUB
The annual meeting of the Clarence Town Football Club took place on Saturday, February 18th, when the balance sheet for the year 1949 was presented and the election of officers for 1960 took place.
In opening the meeting the chairman, Mr. J. Moylan, congratulated the club on the performance it had put up last year both on the field of sport and on its splendid financial position for the commencement of a new season. He pointed out that when the club was formed last year that except for approximately three players who had had previous experience the remainder had only the spirit of the game to offer; as the season had progressed and more people became interested in the sport the local lads improved their game and by the end of the season had improved beyond all expectations.
Many older hands had expressed their amazement at the manner in which the team had improved its game. He then complimented Mr. Vic McCrohon on the splendid financial position of the club, which, after having bought 15 complete sets of gear and two footballs ended the season with a credit balance of £66/11/34.
The election of officers tor the coming season then took place and resulted in Mr. J. Moylan being re-elected as President and Mr. V. H. McCrohon being re-elected secretary treasurer.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140855118
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 25 February 1950, page 2
CLARENCE TOWN NEWS
Mr. W. McCrohon is spending the week-end with his brother, Constable Vic McCrohon, and Mrs. McCrohon, after coming out of Army camp at Singleton.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/140847789
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Saturday 11 February 1950, page 5
SECOND SPORTS BALL.
Indications at the moment are that a bumper crowd will be in attendance, as secretary Vic. McCrohon has been approached re running a bus from Maitland. The Pick-a-Box free novelties which proved so popular last ball will again be on and the prizes are really super, some even being to say the least ‘stunning.’
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 – 1954),
Wednesday 3 August 1949, page 2
CLARENCE TOWN DEFEATS DUNGOG
On Sunday, a B Grade side from Dungog journeyed to Clarence Town and played a picnic match. After leading 7-niI at half-time, Clarence Town beat Dungog 7 points to 3. Ross Haggarty scored for Dungog. Constable Vic McCrohon is moulding a fine team together in Clarence Town.
Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 – 1954),
Monday 1 July 1946, page 2
Constable Found Man Huddled In Shop At Night
Flashing his torch through the doorway of a Scott Street shop about 11.30 p.m. on June 25, Probationary Constable Victor McCrohon saw a young man huddled in his overcoat against the counter.
Leslie John Cable, 18. soldier, was charged with breaking and entering the lock-up shop of Helen Payzis at 105 Scott Street, Newcastle, on June 25 and stealing £9 8s 11d in money, one fountain pen, six keys, one ring, two tax stamps valued at 5s 9d and a quantity of confectionery to the total value of £12 10s.
He was also charged with having, at Newcastle on June 25, broken and entered a lock-up shop at 5 Wolfe Street with intent to steal.
He was committed for trial at Newcastle Quarter Sessions on July 22.
Constable McCrohon said that whilst on duty in Scott Street about 11.30 on June 25 he noticed the glass of Payzis shop was broken and that the door had been interfered with. Cable was huddled against the counter. Cable was searched and £9 8s 11d was found in his possession. There was a quantity of cigarettes and other articles in his pocket. Questioned, Cable said he was ” broke. ”
He signed a statement admitting he gained entry with a piece of flat steel. Cable was questioned about breaking and entering the premises of Blachford in Wolfe Street. He said he used a flat piece of steel to gain entry.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157703315
ProfileName: McCrohon V.H. Brief History
OBITUARY – VICTOR “DIGGER” McCROHON (Cavalry News, No. 28) It is a well known fact that our Regt in its day contained some extraordinarily talented men within its ranks. In some cases this talent was not immediately apparent but in due course, the qualities of courage, leadership, downright commonsense etc was to come to the fore, so these individuals could be alluded to as “mighty men”. Such was the case with Vic McCrohon. In later years he was known as a “mighty man” both in the Police and the RSL. Late last year some 300 people attended his funeral at Griffith, NSW, many of this number being Police and ex-servicemen, as Vic had a distinguished military and police record. He first enlisted at Maitland on November 4, 1939 with the 6th Div Reconnaissance Regt, and saw service in the first middle east desert campaign. He served with the Long Range desert patrol in the 2nd desert campaign and after serving also in the Syrian campaign, he was promoted to Sgt and mentioned in despatches. He was mentioned in despatches for the 2nd time in 1942 after the Buna campaign. Just prior to this he had been an instructor with the 2/6 Armd Regt. In 1943 he was posted to combined Infantry and tank instruction at Cunnungra. Later he was posted to Western Australia, and then Richmond where he was promoted to Captain before going to Timor on Special Service. At Puckapunyal he was promoted to Major in charge of the Tank gunnery wing, till his discharge from the army on Feb 4th, 1946. On that same day he joined the RSL and the Police Force as a probationary constable. On July 1, 1967 he was promoted to Sergeant. He was transferred to Griffith in 1965 where he spent the rest of his service till retirement in 1967. Throughout his career in the force he took part in many police activities too varied for comment here. Suffice to say he was presented with the Police Long Service and good conduct medal on 28th March, 1972. For ten years he was Sec/Treasurer of the Riverina District RSL and was later awarded Honorary Life Membership – so I think you will agree that his “mighty man” title was very well merited. |
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after the battle
THE BATTLE FOR BUNA
Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 – 1954),
Thursday 19 June 1941, page 3
LUCKY SHOT WITH RIFLE ” GRASSED ” HEINKEL
How a lucky shot put out of action a Heinkel fighter in the Sollum area is described by Sergeant V. McCrohon in a letter to his brother, Mr. A. McCrohon, of Boolaroo School staff.
An armored tank detachment, of which Sergeant McCrohon is attached, was awaiting orders to go into action and was being continually harassed by the German machine.
A private member of the supporting Infantry column casually remarked that he would fix the blighter and, raising his service rifle, fired.
The Heinkel faltered in its course and was obliged to make a forced landing.
An inspection of the machine revealed that the bullet had severed a vital link in the rudder control mechanism. The crew of the Heinkel was taken prisoner.
Sergeant McCrohon was the driver of the first tank to enter Bengazi.
Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW : 1913 – 1954),
Friday 5 January 1940, page 5
Presentation At Paxton.
SERGEANT ( A.I.F. ) McCROHON FAREWELLED.
At a brief ceremony held at Paxton Picture Hall last Saturday night, Paxton people assembled to bid farewell to Sergeant Victor McCrohon, who is shortly to go overseas with the 2nd A.I.F., making the fourth local representative to assist in England’s democratic fight.
Handing over a set of hair brushes and fountain pen and pencil, Mr. P. S. McLeish complimented Sergeant McCrohon upon having been accepted to serve with the 2nd A.I.F, and conveyed the good wishes of Paxton people for a safe journey, a clean, victorious fight, and a quick return home.
Speaking in support, Mrs. F. Hindmarsh said that having known Mr. McCrohon all his life, she felt justified in saying he was a worthy son of Paxton and regretted the cause of his departure. However, he had seen fit to answer Australia’s call, and was certain he would do his best for his country.
On behalf of the Great War veterans living in the district, Mr. Ivor Davies expressed the belief that as long as the 2nd A.I.F. was composed of men like Sergeant McCrohon, the old Diggers could rest assured that the spirit of Anzac would never die.
In reply, the guest of the evening thanked all responsible for the present, and said he had been set a hard task to justify the nice things said about him. However, he would always endeavour to do the right thing, and trusted that the people of Paxton would continue to maintain their good faith in the boys of the 2nd A.I.F.
The proceedings were brought to a close with the rendering of “God Save The King.”
Thomas Richard HANNAN
Thomas Richard HANNAN
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
Penrith Police Academy – Class 1 of 1946
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 4883[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 7 January 1946
Detective Constable 1st Class –
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 12 December 1966
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 13 December 1970
Stations: 9 Division, 21 Division – Mobile Unit ( 1946 ), 16 Division – CI Duty ( 1948 ), 9 Division ( 1949 ),
Vice Squad ( 1949 ), Liverpool CI Duties – 22 Division, Bankstown ( 1954 ), 18 Division ( Parramatta – 1962 ),
Regent St – 2 Division ( 1963 ), Bankstown – 19 Division ( 1963 ), 13 Division ( 1966 ),
Bankstown – 19 Division ( 1971 – death )
Service: From ? ? pre January 1946? to 2 February 1972 = 26+ years Service
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force – Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF )
Regiment: 1 AGS, Sale, Victoria. Aircraft = Anson – 15.4 hours training
27 OTU ( Operational Training Unit ) – Litchfield – 65.2 hours
1663 ( Heavy Conversion Unit ) – Dufforth – 42 hours
Operational Flying: 466 Sqdn. Bomber at Driffield in a Halifax III. 35 sorties = 217.2 hours
Commenced 9 October 1944 – 20 March 1945
Enlisted: 9 March 1943
Service # 433311
Rank: Pilot Officer – 41 Base ( 23 March 1945 ), Flying Officer – 2 P.D. ( 23 September 1945 )
Embarkation: From Australia on 26 January 1944 for United Kingdom
Next of kin: Leslie Lawrence HANNAN ( Father ), 98 Arthur St, Homebush, NSW
Religion: Roman Catholic
Prev. Occupation: Radio Tester
Single / Married: Single
Returned to Australia: ?
Date of Discharge: 25 September 1945
Post at Discharge: 1652 Communications Unit
Awards: A/G? Badge – 6 January 1944
Description: 23 years, 2 months, 5′ 9.5″, 168 lb, 34″ chest – Expanded = 37″, Dark complexion, Brown eyes, dark hair.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5382014
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Thursday 25 October 1945 P. 2268
The following warrant officers and non-commissioned officers ( Air Gunners ) are appointed to commissions on probation with the rank of Pilot Officer with effect from the dates indicated:
…….
No. 433311 Thomas Richard HANNAN, 23rd March, 1945 ……
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232765433/25121423
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Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 31 December 1919 – Lewisham, NSW
Died on: Wednesday 2 February 1972
Age: 52
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
[alert_yellow]THOMAS is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow] *NEED MORE INFO
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Robert Maxwell LONGUE
Robert Maxwell LONGUE
AKA Bob, Oblong
Late of ?
NSW Police Academy Class 108
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 12126
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 16 September 1966
Constable – appointed 16 September 1967
Senior Constable – appointed 16 September 1975
Sergeant – appointed 1 December 1982
Stations: ?, Wagga Wagga, Kiama, Macquarie Fields – Retirement
Service: From ? ? pre September 1966 to 29 April 1999 = 32 years Service
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NASHOS National Service 1968 – 1970
Service name: ?
Service number: ?
Rank: Corporal
Place of birth: ?
Date of intake: ?
NS Training: ?
Follow Up Training: ?
Basic Training: ?
Next of Kin: ?
Medals: ?
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Awards: National Medal – granted 15 November 1982
1st Class to National Medal – granted 22 January 1993
Born: 29 July 1947
Died on: Tuesday 13 March 2018 @ 6.10am
Age: 70
Cause: Cancer
Event location: Bega Hospital, NSW
Event date: Tuesday 13 March 2018
Funeral date: Monday 23 April 2018 @ 11am
Funeral location: Wolumla Crematorium, Clavering Park, 428 Candelo – Wolumla Rd, Wolumla ( between Bega & Merimbula, NSW ) 64949351
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial located at: ?
FRONT: L – R:
PAT CARNEY ( R.I.P. ), BOB LONGUE
BOB is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
Funeral location: [codepeople-post-map]
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Royal Australian Corps of Military Police – Memorial Page
VALE
CPL Bob LONGUE
National Service – 1968-1970
Sadly, I notify you of the passing of CPL Bob LONGUE, after a battle with cancer.
Bob was not a member of the MPAA and unfortunately a record of his service in not known. I have been reliably informed that Bob was a National Serviceman who served in QLD at both Townsville and Indooroopilly.
Bob was a NSW Policeman who returned to his job on completion of his NS obligation. I have been told that Bob was a decent good bloke, who despite his deteriorating condition, remained his usual jovial self until the end.
Funeral Details :
1100 hrs Monday 23 April 2018 Clavering Park
428 Candelo – Wolumla Road
Wolumla NSW 2550
Lest We Forget
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSWFallenPolice/permalink/1125911724216827/
John Herbert GUNNESS
John Herbert GUNNESS
aka Jack and Gunner
Late of Bargara, Qld
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 5666[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 26 May 1947
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 21 June 1963
Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 1 December 1978
Stations: ?, South Coast District, Goulburn, Campbelltown – 35 Division ( 2.I.C. ) 1970’s,
Service: From ? ? pre May 1947? to ? ? ? = ? years Service
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force
Regiment: 2/7 Aust. Cav ( Commando ) Regt.
Enlisted: Sydney, NSW
Service # NX112603
Rank: Trooper
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: Herbert GUNNESS
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Regiment Court Martial papers
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Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 18 August 1922 – Sydney, NSW
Died on: ? March 2018
Age: 95
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ?TBA
Funeral location: ?TBA
Funeral Parlour:
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
[alert_yellow]JOHN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow] *NEED MORE INFO
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Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 – 1954), Monday 2 July 1951, page 2
Police Say Truck Hit Fence, Light Pole
It was possible that a utility truck had continued on after an accident because the driver’s body had slipped on to the accelerator, a police constable said in Goulburn Coroner’s Court on Saturday.
He was John Herbert Gunness, who was giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Arthur David Eady, of Yass. Eedy was found dead in a crashed utility truck on Braidwood Road on June 2.
Deputy Coroner, Mr. Peter Jackson, found death had been caused by head injuries received when Eedy‘s car had crashed into a telephone post.
Constable John Herbert Gunness said, about 3.15 p.m. on June 2 he had gone to the scene of an accident, 3½ miles from Goulburn on Braidwood Road.
There he had seen a utility truck through a fence on the eastern side of the roadway. He had noticed skid marks the first 340 yards from the vehicle. They had indicated the vehicle had veered across the roadway before leaving it. The vehicle had gone between a telephone post and fence and had knocked out two fence posts. It had continued on and struck a telephone post. “It would appear that prior to this deceased was thrown from his driving seat onto the floor, his head and shoulders protruding from the door,”. said Constable Gunness. When the vehicles struck the post, the door in turn struck deceased.”
Cross examined by Mr. P. Baker ( for relatives of deceased ). Gunness said indications were that the vehicle had been travelling at high speed.
Kathleen Isabel Livingstone barmaid at Alcestan Hotel, said that on June 2 at 2.30 pm. she was in the hotel saloon bar, where she saw deceased. He had had two or three small beers, then a whisky and water. At about 2.40 p.m. he had left the hotel. That was the last she had seen of him. At that time he was perfectly sober.
Rupert Fraser Taylor, of “Homeden,” Gundary, said about 3 p.m. on. June 2 he was driving his car along Braidwood Road. About 3½, miles from Goulburn he noticed a fence was down, and a car in the paddock. He noticed a man hanging out of the car door. He could see he was beyond hope, so rang the police.
Dr. Ronald Lloyd-Jones said that on June 2 at 6 p.m. he had examined Eedy’s body. There were indications of a fracture at the base of the skull. In his opinion death was due to brain damage as a result of this injury.
Sgt. E. C. Noble assisted the Coroner.
Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 – 1954), Tuesday 20 June 1950, page 4
MAN FOUND WEARING STOLEN CLOTHES, Fined £15 Or Thirty Days
A man said in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that after his suitcases had been stolen from the railway station on Wednesday he had seen another man in Sloane Street wearing clothes belonging to him.
The man was Frederick William Bannard, petrol pump fitter, of Wattle Street, Punchbowl.
John Wilson France, 35, pleaded guilty to a charge that on June 14, at Goulburn, he had stolen two suitcases, clothing, and carpenter’s tools, valued at £15, the property of Bannard.
Constable John Herbert Gunness said that at 1 a.m. on June 14 he had seen the defendants on the island platform at Goulburn railway station. He asked him where he had come from, and France had told him he had come from Yass, and he was going to try to get a job here. ” He was dressed as he is now, ” Constable Gunness told the court. ( France appeared in custody wearing light blue slacks, a dark grey coat, a blue shirt, open at the neck, and tan shoes ).
At about 3a.m. the same day he had had a conversation with Bannard, the Constable said, and later he had seen France at the corner of Sloane and Clinton Streets. He was carrying one large and one small case, and he was dressed in a leather overcoat, grey shirt, and navy blue trousers. When questioned he had admitted he had taken the property from the railway station and it belonged to Bannard.
At the police station France had said: ” You know how it is when a man has a few drinks. While I was at Yass I had my own property stolen. ” He was slightly under the influence at the time. Bannard said that last Wednesday he had arrived at Goulburn in the early hours of the morning. He had left his suitcases in the waiting room on the island platform while he went to get refreshments. When he returned his belongings were missing.
At about 5 a.m. he was walking down Sloane Street from Clinton Street. He saw a man there and noticed he was wearing his leather overcoat. There were also two bags nearby which he recognised as his property. Later he noticed the man had on his clothes. He had notified the police. All his property had been recovered with the exception of a pair of old trousers which he used as overalls.
Asked whether he had anything to say, France said he had been left in the middle of winter without any clothes. All his possessions had been stolen twice since summer.
Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., told France to steal anyone else’s things was mean and paltry. If drink was the cause of his lapses the best thing for him to do would be give it up. ” A lot of luggage does go off this way, ” Mr. Paton said. ” I don’t know what to do with you, I am sure. I will give you an opportunity. ”
He fined France £15 in default 30 days hard labour, and ordered that the property be returned to the owner.
Mr. Paton: ” Can you pay that? ” France: ” No; sir. ” Mr. Paton: ” Are you asking for time to pay? ” France: ” No. ” Mr. Paton remanded France till July 10 on a second charge of stealing clothing worth £7/10.
Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 – 1954), Tuesday 25 April 1950, page 3
NEGLIGENT DRIVING
A man charged with negligent driving said in the Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that one of the prime causes of an accident he was involved in, was that he was dazzled by another car’s headlights.
He was Melville Cavanagh Aubrey, of Faithfull Street, Goulburn, who pleaded not guilty to a charge that on December 25, he had driven a motor car on the Hume Highway in a negligent manner.
Constable John Herbert Gunness, of Goulburn, said that on December 25, at 10 p.m. he had gone to the scene of an accident on the Hume Highway, at Yarra.
Two cars had been involved. Both had been severely damaged on the off-side front mudguards. Aubrey was the driver of one of the cars and Ralph Stone was the other driver. Stone had told him: ” I was driving along and I saw the lights of the other car coming. I slowed down and pulled as far to the left as I could. “The other car kept coming, and all I could do was sit and wait for the accident. ” Aubrey had said: ” I was travelling north at about 40 miles per hour. For a moment I did not know there had been an accident. I do not think I was on the wrong side of the yellow line. ”
GLAZIER’S EVIDENCE
Ralph Ewart Stone, grazier, Stoneleigh, Dalton, said that at about 8,.45 p.m. on December 25, he was driving south along the Hume Highway, near Yarra. ” I was about 60 yards from the bridge when I first saw the lights of the approaching car. ” I dipped the lights, slowed down, and eased over to the safety fence on the left. ” As far as I could see the other car was going slightly from one side of the road to the other. It continued on and struck the right hand mudguard of my car. ” When the car stopped, it was about 200 yards away from my stationary car.
Aubrey gave evidence that he was travelling north on the Hume Highway at that time. He came over the Yarra viaduct, crossed down the road and noticed a car coming in the other direction with its head lights on full beam. He said: ” I dipped my lights pulled towards the left and then there was a crash.
Mr. A. J. Paton,:S.M., adjourned the hearing till Monday, May 8.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104323493
Denis PERCY
Denis PERCY OAM
brother of former NSWPF member – Jerry ( R.I.P. )
Late of ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1631
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 11425[/alert_yellow]
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 5 December 1960
Probationary Constable – appointed 10 May 1965
Constable – appointed 10 May 1966
Senior Constable – appointed 10 May 1974
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 26 May 1981
Inspector – 1989
Former President of the United Nations Police Association of Australia for over 20 years
Stations: ?, 6 Division ( late 1970’s ), Chatswood ( 1980’s ? ), Manager – Equal Employment Opportunity Section – Inspector ( 1989 ), Patrol Commander – Ryde, Local Area Commander – Blue Mountains ( 2000 )
Service: From 5 December 1960 to ? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 April 1981
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1992
Police Overseas Service Medal – Clasp CYPRUS – granted 8 July 1992
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 4 September 2001
Born: 20 October 1944
Died on: Tuesday 6 March 2018
Age: 73
Cause: ?TBA
Event location: ?
Event date: 6 March 2018
Funeral date: Thursday 22 March 2018 @ 1pm
Funeral location: St Mary’s Catholic Church, 264 Miller St, North Sydney
Funeral Parlour: White Lady, Roseville
Buried at: ?TBA
Memorial located at: ?
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Passed away surrounded by his wife and children on March 5, 2018.
Aged 73 years.Adored husband of Alexandra, and father of Natalie and Grant.
A wonderful Husband and Father
A great Man
A great Mate
A great Policeman and Ambassador for the UN “Policing for Peace”
Denis’ service will be held in St Mary’s Catholic Church, 264 Miller Street, North Sydney on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 1pm.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Mar. 17, 2018
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), Tuesday 14 November 1995, page 5
Embalmed bodies in family crypt damaged: police
SYDNEY: Two embalmed bodies tampered with at the Northern Suburbs Cemetery was “the most offensive case” a senior policeman has had to handle, a police statement said yesterday.
Police would not divulge how the bodies had been damaged but the statement said the family vault housing the bodies had been forced open.
The two embalmed bodies were tampered with between September 23 and November 2 this year during a break-and-enter on the vault.
The bodies had been secured in lead-lined coffins in the crypt.
“I have been a member of the police for more than 30 years and this is the most offensive case I have dealt with in my career,” Ryde Patrol Commander Inspector Dennis Percy said in the statement.
Police were appealing to anyone who may have information on the incident.
Greville Reginald PINKERTON
Greville Reginald PINKERTON
aka Reg
Son of Reginald Andrew Pinkerton ( NSWPF 1928 – 1962 – 34 years ), Brother of Max # 7737 ( NSWPF – 20 years ),
Father of Peter ( RAAF Police – 30 years ),
Grandfather to Jozef ( NSWPF – Prosecutors ), Adam ( NSWPF – Fingerprints ) & Adam ( NSWPF – # 31347 )
Late of Tea Gardens, NSW
“possibly” from Penrith Academy Class 004
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 5078[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 4 March 1946
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 October 1967
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1 December 1972
Stations: ?, Albion Park, Mullumbimby, Nowendock, Western District, Broken Hill ( 1960 – 1979 / Sgt )
Service: From ? ? pre March 1946 to ? ? 1979? = 33+ years Service
Reg’s Policing History.
As read by his grandson, Adam, at the Back to Barrier Reunion in May 2017
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force Royal Australian Air Force ( R.A.A.F. )
Regiment: 2/5th Australian Field Regiment
Enlisted: 18 June 1942 at Enfield, Sydney, NSW
Service # 66453 VNX26133
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: Reginald PINKERTON
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Date of Discharge: 24 December 1945
Posting at Discharge: 7 Operational Training Unit
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Awards: National Police Service Medal – presented on 16 May 2017
No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 7 August 1923 – Newtown, NSW
Died on: Sunday 4 March 2018
Age: 94
Cause: ?
Event location: Adelaide, S.A.
Event date: Sunday 4 March 2018
Funeral date: Tuesday 13 March 2018 @ 11am
Funeral location: Simplicity Funerals, 429 Main North Rd, Enfield, S.A.
Funeral Parlour: Simplicity Funerals, Enfield, S.A.
Buried at: Marge ( Reg’s wife who predeceased him ) & Reg’s Ashes will be interred at Nowendoc later in 2018, as per Reg’s request where he and Marge shared very happy times when he was stationed there as the Lock Up Keeper.
Memorial located at: ?
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May they forever Rest In Peace
City’s finest to reunite
Thursday, 14th July, 2016
By Michael Murphy
Former local police officers have already begun telling tales of the good old days ahead of a reunion next year.
Ray Gardoll, who served with the local police force from 1995 to 2009, has started to get inquiries from as far away as Thailand about the two-day event planned in May.
Even a 95-year-old former sergeant has put his hand up to make the trek back to the Hill for the occasion. After he got word on the street, former sergeant Reg Pinkerton rang the local police station to confirm details.
Sergeant Pinkerton retired around 1979. As well as Broken Hill, he served at Albion Park, Mullumbimby and Nowendock, where he was issued a horse and had the assistance of “black trackers” to look for stolen cattle throughout the local ranges.
One local bloke reported he had been “saved from a life of crime by a swift boot up the bum from Sgt Pinkerton back in the day”.
Many locals would remember one of the city’s longest serving police officers, Garry Nowlan, who has been in fine form posting old pictures and yarns on the Back to Barrier Facebook site.
The former highwayman rated the Ford 351 GT/XB 2 door Hardtop as the best patrol car he ever had the pleasure to drive.
“It was easy to catch the hoodlums at the Hill in those days,” Nowlan wrote.
“If they got away, you just parked in Argent Street for a while and they were back in 10 minutes.
“They just could not resist doing ‘the lap’ and we were there waiting for them.”
Ray Gardoll got the idea for the Back to Barrier reunion after celebrating a similar event in Blacktown, NSW, earlier this year.
“I had a ball, an absolute ball, and I thought I would do it here and see what the response is … and the response has been great.”
He said word was beginning to spread, and about 300 people had logged on and liked the Facebook page, with about three quarters of those having served in the local district.
The Barrier police region stretches from Tibooburra in the north to Wentworth, Dareton and Buronga in the south, to Ivanhoe in the east.
Ray said about ten local retired officers still lived in the Hill.
Ray’s own career was cut short when a “drunken crook” tripped over and destroyed his knee.
“We were carrying her out to put her in the cells, and she tripped and fell and grabbed the first thing she could, and it just happened to be my knee,” Ray said.
Ray said he would love to hear from anyone who would be interested in the reunion, and he would be forming a committee in the next few months to work out and organise the finer details of the event.
If you know anyone who would be interested, point them to Facebook.com/BarrierReunion2017.
https://bdtruth.com.au/main/news/article/8518-Citys-finest-to-reunite.html
Back Row. L to R
Neil Stewart, Dave Stuart, Reg Pinkerton, ?, Ken Richards, Bob Morgan (mostly obscured) Terry Picker, Don Forsyth, Jim Brown, Barry Esling, Bryce Farlow, Allan Moseley, ?, Neville Wenban.
Front Row. L to R.
John Sylvester Wilkinson aka Yogi, ?, Bill Lidden aka Truthfull (?), Steven Behsmann, Garry Nowlan & Neil Scarr.
Reg Pinkerton
Douglas William John MAGEE
Douglas William John MAGEE
Late of ?
NSW Police Cadet # 0163
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 4558
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 31 January 1938
Probationary Constable – attested 24 March 1941
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1 January 1968
Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 1 June 1973
Inspector 1st Class – appointed 12 March 1976
Superintendent 3rd Class – appointed 17 April 1976
Superintendent 1st Class – appointed 16 November 1977
Senior Superintendent – appointed 14 April 1978
Stations: ( as a Cadet ) Parramatta – 18 Division, C.I.B. ( 1938 ), 20 Division ( 1939 ), C.I.B. ( 1939 ), Police Depot ( 1940 ), 2 Division ( 1940 ). Police Training Centre in March 1941 with the next class.
( as a Constable ) – the Depot Police Stables ( 24 March 1941 – May 1943 ), ‘Shadow Squad’ ( May 1943 ). Was then granted leave of absence to enlist in the R.A.A.F. on 25 March 1944 reaching the rank of Flight Sergeant. Discharged from R.A.A.F. on 4 October 1945 then returned to the ‘Shadowing Squad’ ( October 1945 – January 1949 ) ( Designated as Detective in 1948 ), 9 Division – C.I. Duties ( January 1949 – January 1951 ), 18 Division and placed at Liverpool Detectives Office ( at the time, Liverpool was sub-station of Parramatta )( January 1951 – November 1951 ). In November 1951 he was ‘formally’ transferred to Liverpool Detectives, when 22 Division – Liverpool was created. 4 Division ( 1954 – ), 2 Division, Vice Squad, 23 Division, 18 Division, 7 Division, 27 Division, C.I.B., ‘H’ & ‘F’ Districts, Police Personnel Branch
Service: From 31 January 1938 to ? March 1980 = 42+ years Service
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World War II
Australian Imperial Force Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF )
Regiment: ?
Enlisted: Sydney, NSW on 25 March 1944
Service # 444709
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: William MAGEE
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Date of Discharge: 4 October 1945
Regiment at Discharge: Air Gunnery School – West Sale
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Awards: Queen’s Police Medal for Gallantry ( Imperial ) – granted 31 December 1977 ( Supt. 3rd Class )
Born: Wednesday 24 March 1920 – Glenfield, NSW
Died on: ? ? ?
Age: ?
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?
Funeral Parlour:
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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Tom McINERNEY
Tom McINERNEY
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 8246[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 7 November 1955
Senior Constable – appointed 7 November 1966
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 1 December 1978
final rank = Sergeant 2nd Class – Retirement
Stations: ?, Rockdale, Maroubra – Retirement
Service: From ? ? pre November 1955? to 17 August 1982 = 27 years Service
Awards: Police Overseas Service Medal – Clasp CYPRUS – granted 8 July 1992
Born: 29 October 1927
Died on: Tuesday 27 February 2018
Age: 90
Cause: Cancer
Event location: ? Hospital
Event date: Monday 26 February 2018
Funeral date: Wednesday 7 March 2018 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: St Finbar Catholic Church, 106 the Promenade, Sans Souci
Funeral Parlour: TBA
Buried at: ?TBA
Memorial located at: ?
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John William BAXTER
John William BAXTER
AKA Jack
Late of Rockdale
New South Wales Police Force
Uniform # 715
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 5300[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 29 July 1946
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 18 May 1968
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 14 June 1976
Stations: ?, Maroubra – Retirement on 16 July 1981
Service: From ? ? pre July 1946? to 16 July 1981 = 35+ years Service
[blockquote]
World War II
Australian Imperial Force RAAF ( Royal Australian Air Force )
Regiment: ?
Enlisted: Woolloomooloo, NSW, on 23 March 1944
Service # 163666
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Embarkation: ?
Next of kin: Emily BAXTER
Religion: ?
Single / Married: ?
Returned to Australia: ?
Date of Discharge: 21 May 1946
Posting at Discharge: 2 Airfield Defence Squadron
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Awards: ?
Born: 24 January 1926 in Bexley, NSW
Died on: Saturday 3 February 2018 in his sleep
Age: 92
Cause: ?
Event location: at home in Rockdale
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 9 February 2018 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: Chapel, Guardian Funerals, 374 Princes Hwy, Rockdale
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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