Steven WINDER

aka  ” The Drain ” , ” the Pom ” , ” Poppy “

( late of Woonona )

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 13211

Rank:  Senior Sergeant – retired

Stations:  ?, Darlinghurst ( late 1960’s – 70’s ), Sutherland – 24 Division ( mid 1990’s )

Service:  From  24 June 1968 (attested )  to  9 May 2002 ( retirement ) = 33 years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 29 June 1984

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 7 May 1994

Born:  28 September 1947 in England

Died on:  Sunday  31 May 2015 in the a.m.

Cause:  Cancer ( brain tumour )

Age:  67

Funeral date:  Friday  12 June 2015 @ 2pm

Funeral location:  St Francis Xavier Cathedral, cnr Crown & Harbour St, Wollongong

Buried at:  ?

STEVE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO

 Funeral location:  [codepeople-post-map]

 Mabel Isabel FERRIS

– widow of Harold ( dec’d )

aka  Mabs

( Late of Belmont )

New South Wales Police Force

Stations:  ?

Service:  From  ?  to  ?

Awards:  ?

Born:  ?

Died on:  Friday  22 May 2015

Cause:  ?

Age:  93

Funeral date:  Monday  1 June 2015 @ 12.30pm

Funeral location:  Petigrew Family Funerals, New Belmont Chapel, 444 Pacific Highway, BELMONT

Buried at:  ?

 Funeral location:  [codepeople-post-map]

Dearly loved wife of Harold John FERRIS (Dec’d). Much loved mother and mother-in-law of LARAINE and JAY, BOB and RUTH, STEPHEN and BARBARA, BRUCE and SHARON. Loving grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother.

The Relatives and Friends of MABS are warmly invited to attend a celebration of Her life to be held in The New Belmont Chapel, 444 Pacific Hwy, Belmont (parking via Henry St) on MONDAY 1/6/2015  Service commencing at 12.30pm. In lieu of flowers Donations to Vision Australia may be made at the service.

 Patrick Julian PARKES

NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 123

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 14186[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 22 June 1970

Constable 1st Class – appointed 22 June 1975

Sergeant – appointed 20 April 1986

Sergeant – Retired

Stations:  ?, Penrith

Service:  From  ? ? pre June 1970?  to  ?

Awards:  National Medal – granted 8 June 1988 ( Sgt )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 2 December 1995 ( Sgt )

Born:  Sunday  4 August 1946

Died on:  Wednesday  27 May 2015

Cause:  ?

Age:  68

Funeral date:  Tuesday  2 June 2015 @ 1.30pm

Funeral location:  East Chapel, Newcastle memorial park, Anderson Dr, Beresfield

Buried at:  Cremated

[alert_yellow]PATRICK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]  *NEED MORE INFO

Beverley Ann MORONEY

14/06/2015

Beverley Ann MORONEY – wife of Ken

New South Wales Police Force

Stations:  ?, Liverpool, Cabramatta, Lismore, West Wyalong

Service:  From  ?  to  ?

Awards:  ?

Born:  ?

Died on:  Sunday  24 May 2015 during the p.m.

Cause:  Breast Cancer

Age:  ?

Funeral date:  Monday  1st June 2015

Funeral location:  St Pauls Catholic Church, John Street, Camden @ 2.30pm

Buried at:  Camden General Cemetery, Cawdor Road, CAMDEN

 

  

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On behalf of Former Director of NSW Police Legacy Ken Moroney;

“Dear Friends,

On behalf of Michael and Kim, Peter and Ruth and Andrew and Melissa and our seven grandchildren, may I take this opportunity to thank each of you for your kind and thoughtful comments regarding our dearly loved wife, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, Beverley. I have been asked over recent days what my best memories are of Bev and the words grace, dignity, and an inner peace immediately come to mind. We will miss that spontaneous laughter, that genuine ability to care for all around her and that dogged determined mind that any task that had to be completed, had to be completed well.

Over the recent years, months and weeks we have watched the great struggle she faced always with cheer and more concern about the welfare of the medical and nursing staff who were caring for her. That was Bev.

Bev had three loves in her life; her family, the NSW Police and her much loved Ronald McDonald House where she felt humbled at being able to do something, anything to help kids and their families who were suffering from illnesses. The boys and I are indebted to many serving and retired colleagues for their kindness towards Bev.

Whilst we are the poorer for her passing, we are the richer for having known her”.

Ken Moroney

A mass service will be held at St Pauls Catholic Church, John Street, Camden on Monday 1st June 2015 at 2:30pm.  A Committal service will be held at 4pm at Camden General Cemetery, Cawdor Road, CAMDEN.

At Beverley’s own request, please wear a splash of colour.

 

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Jeffrey Charles REYNOLDS

14/06/2015

Jeffrey Charles REYNOLDS

New South Wales Police Force

AKA  Jeff

Late of Cowra, NSW

 

Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 17 May 1971 with Class # 127

 

Regd. # 14726

 

Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 17 May 1971 ( aged 24 years, 10 months, 5 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 28 June 1971 ( aged 24 years, 11 months, 16 days )

Constable – appointed 28 June 1972

Constable 1st Class – appointed 1976

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

 

Final Rank:  Senior Constable

 

Stations:  ?, Clearway Cyclist ( Ashfield – Burwood STP ), Special Traffic Patrol – North Sydney ( STP )( mid 1970s ), Hurstville STP / HWP ( 1970s – 1980s ), ?

 

Service:  From  17 May 1971  to  ? ? ? = ? Years Service

Appears in the 1975 & 1979 Stud Books

Does NOT appear in the 1985 Stud Book

 

Awards:  No Find on Australian Honours system

 

Born:  Friday  12 July 1946

Died on:  Tuesday  19 May 2015 @ Cowra

Cause:  Heart problem

Age:  68 years, 10 months, 7 days

 

Funeral date:  ?

Funeral location:  ?

Buried at:  ?

 

 

JEFF is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO

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 NOTHING FURTHER IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS MAN OR HIS DEATH AT THIS STAGE

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Condolences to his wife, Terri, friends and family.

 

Cal
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Tara McLAUGHLIN ( TOBIN )

14/06/2015

Tara McLAUGHLIN ( TOBIN )

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 33782[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Senior Constable – posthumously promoted to Sergeant 3rd Class

Stations:  ?, Brisbane Water Local Area Command

Service:  From  ? ? 1999  to  21 May 2015 = 16+ years Service

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Born:  ?

Died on:  Thursday  21 May 2015 at Royal North Shore Hospital

Cause:  Lung Cancer

Age:  39

Funeral date:  Thursday  28 May 2015

Funeral location:  Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Terrigal

Buried at:  ?

Memorial: NSW Police force Service Memorial Wall, Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills, A7 ( right wall )

[alert_yellow]TARA is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]  *NEED MORE INFO

 

  

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VALE SERGEANT TARA MCLAUGHLIN (TOBIN)
It was with heavy hearts we said farewell to our friend and colleague Sergeant Tara McLaughlin (Tobin).

It has been said that a candle can light a thousand more and not lose any of its brightness. Tara lit our hearts with the brightness of her spirit and made a difference to her community, as a police officer and Director of NSW Police Legacy.

Today ( 25 May 2015 ) we said farewell to Tara but she will not be forgotten. Not here on the Central Coast… not in the rest of the state … and not by generations to come.

Go gently from this place Tara, and know that the light you lit in our hearts will burn forever and your legacy will live on.

A loving wife and mother, a daughter and sister.
A prized friend and colleague.
A member of the New South Wales Police Force.
Our prayers are with you Tara. May you rest in peace

 

 

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Senior Constable Tara McLaughlin died from lung cancer in hospital, prompting tributes from comrades

21 May 2015
The Daily Telegraph
THE NSW police community is mourning the death of a senior constable who has succumbed to lung cancer, leaving a husband and two young boys.

Snr Const Tara McLaughlin died this morning at Royal North Shore Hospital and is survived by husband Sean and sons Harry and Flynn.

She was also a former director of the NSW Police Legacy charity, which supports past and present police and families in time of tragedy and need.

A post announcing her death on the NSW Police Legacy Facebook page garnered thousands of comments paying tribute to her life and her service.

Superintendent Commander Daniel Lewis of the Brisbane Water command area paid tribute on his Facebook page, describing Snr Const McLaughlin as a “huge influence” on the organisation and the Police Legacy movement.

“Sean and Tara’s two sons Harry and Flynn will directly benefit from the amazing work done by Tara and as they grow older will come to know just how incredible their mother was as they benefit from the work NSW Police Legacy,” he said.

Snr Const McLaughlin began her career with NSW Police in 1999.

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/senior-constable-tara-mclaughlin-died-from-lung-cancer-in-hospital-prompting-tributes-from-comrades/story-fni0cx4q-1227363908593

 

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Friday, 25 September 2015

Hi friends –  Please read Tara’s story then make a generous donation.  Thanks  Darren

TARA’S STORY:  My name is Tara Tobin and I am very blessed to be married and have two healthy and gorgeous boys. As most parents would attest, a three and four year old, keep us very busy and exhausted most days. So this was one of my symptoms in late 2012, but being a mum and working, I just thought being constantly tired and regularly short of breath was normal.

Life for us changed on the 10th of January 2013, when I was hospitalised with a collapsed lung that had filled with fluid. Life for us changed forever on the 17th January 2013 when I was diagnosed with stage four non small cell Lung Cancer.

Hard to hear the “C” word, but hard to comprehend that it was Lung Cancer as I have never smoked.

So after 18 months of chemotherapy, the cancer HAD metastitised and moved to my liver.

After testing my tissue three times, it was identified that I have the Alk gene which can be treated via oral chemotherapy. This medication is called Crizotinib and is manufactured by Pfizer. Unfortunately at the time my result finally came back positive, the only option available to our family was to self fund this treatment as the drug has not been approved on the PBS. Currently this cost is $8000 inc gst per month.

Currently I have been on this medication for approximately 7 weeks and the scans have shown much improvement. The improvement has flowed on to my life, and my renewed ability to be part of my families life – and put a load of washing on!

http://taramclaughlinappeal.gofundraise.com.au/page/WarnerD

 

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Tributes flow for ‘courageous’ lung cancer victim Sergeant Tara McLaughlin

Geraldine Cardozo, Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate

May 28, 2015 3:20pm

Central Coast police officer Tara McLaughlin, who died of lung cancer last week, was farewelled by hundreds at a moving funeral on Thursday.

The mother-of-two, who helped countless police families through the loss of a loved one, was remembered for her own lasting legacy.

Members of the police community joined family and friends in Terrigal to farewell the 39-year-old who died from lung cancer leaving a husband and two boys.

The much-loved officer, who has been posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant, was attached to Brisbane Water LAC and was also a former director of the NSW Police Legacy charity, which supports past and present police and families in time of tragedy and need.

Proudly donning his mother’s police hat, three-year-old Flynn Tobin watched as hundreds of mourners, including more than 100 police, attended the police funeral with full honours in Terrigal.

 

Flanked by a sea of blue uniforms at Our Lady Star of the Sea Chapel at Terrigal Police Assistant Commissioner Max Mitchell gave the valedictory for his “caring, compassionate and courageous” friend and colleague.

“Tara was blessed with beautiful personality and had the ability to be admired by many,” he told the packed chapel.

He praised Sergeant McLaughlin’s “determined and honest” nature describing her as someone “who would listen to any problem and had a wonderful sense of humour”.

Police legatees who met Sgt McLaughlin through her work with NSW Police Legacy after losing members of their own family when they were young, paid tribute to “a wonderful role model” with a “gorgeous smile and open generous heart”.

“Tara was not simply a police officer but a person who inspired me,” said one. “It is with irony that today we welcome you into our police legatee family.”

Brisbane Water Commander Detective Superintendent Daniel Sullivan, who attended the funeral, said his colleague was a huge influence on the command would be forever remembered.

“Today we said farewell to Tara but she will not be forgotten. Not here on the Central Coast, not in the rest of the state, and not by generations to come,” he wrote on his Facebook page.

“Tara will leave behind a legacy that reaches far beyond the Brisbane Water LAC and into the Police Legacy family. Sean and Tara’s two sons Harry and Flynn will directly benefit from the amazing work done by Tara and as they grow older will come to know just how incredible their mother was as they benefit from the work of NSW Police Legacy.”

A friend speaking on behalf of Sgt McLaughlin’s husband Sean Tobin said she was his “best friend forever” while sister Melanie McLaughlin thanked everyone for the “amazing turnout”.

Sgt McLaughlin joined the NSW Police in 1999 and came to Brisbane Water command 10 years ago.

 

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/tributes-flow-for-courageous-lung-cancer-victim-sergeant-tara-mclaughlin/news-story/73290762d9f1aa178b04b90422ab8548

 

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‘I find it very hard to talk about’: Mel McLaughlin opens up about the pain she feels after her older sister died from lung cancer last year

• Mel McLaughlin has been coping with death of her older sister Tara
• Tara McLaughlin died of cancer in May last year aged only 39 years old 
• McLaughlin had been in spotlight after Chris Gayle controversy 
• Gayle famously quipped ‘don’t blush baby’, during live TV interview  
• Interview created a huge debate and reaction on social media   

By John Carney and Freya Noble and Lucy Mae Beers For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 17:20 +11:00, 19 February 2016 | Updated: 20:00 +11:00, 19 February 2016

Channel 10 journalist Mel McLaughlin has revealed that the controversy that raged after her memorable interview with cricketer Chris Gayle was nothing compared to the personal tragedy she has had to cope with. 

The Herald Sun reports that the reporter had more serious issues on her mind at the time, as she was still coming to terms with the death of her older sister Tara, 39, to a rare lung cancer in May last year, despite the fact she was not a smoker. Tara was a senior constable with the New South Wales Police.

‘I find it very hard to talk about,’ McLaughlin said. ‘The cancer she had has such a disgusting rate of death.’

She admitted though that it put the whole debate about her interview with Gayle in perspective.

In a live post-match interview with Gayle in January, the cricketer faced a widespread backlash for his ‘inappropriate’ remarks to McLaughlin, telling her she had beautiful eyes and famously quipping ‘don’t blush, baby’.

‘It was just an interview. I can handle myself, I’m fine. Everyone seemed to have an opinion so I just went the other way,’ she said.

‘I know I’m on TV but I’m not about that at all. I’m not in it to be famous and the extra attention horrified me. I love what I do and I’m passionate about it and that’s what’s important. I’ll come across (Gayle) again. It’s work. There’s no problem.’

 

Gayle later apologised for his remarks and was fined $10,000 by his Big Bash League club, the Melbourne Renegades, for ‘inappropriate conduct’.

However, the story didn’t end there. In the aftermath the sports journalist was thrust into the spotlight once again after offering to buy a former cricketer a drink after she got his name wrong on live TV.

During a post-match segment after the Big Bash clash between the Melbourne Renegades and the Adelaide Strikers last month McLaughlin slipped up and called Mark Waugh by Damien Fleming’s name.

The Channel 10 reporter, Waugh, and fellow panel guest Kevin Pietersen all dissolved into laughter with McLaughlin apologising and joking: ‘I’ll buy you a drink’.

Social media was quick to respond to McLaughlin’s comments, drawing parallels between her remarks and Gayle’s ‘don’t blush baby’, gaffe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3454070/Mel-McLaughlin-opens-personal-tragedy-sister-Tara-died-cancer-May.html

 

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James Charles MATTHEWS

14/06/2015

James Charles MATTHEWS

( late of Leumeah )

aka  Jim

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank:  ?

Stations:  ?, Campbelltown Detectives

Service:  From  ?  to  ? ? 1986?

Awards:  Commendation for Brave Conduct – granted 6 August 2001

Born:  20 May 1946

Died on:  Thursday  14 May 2015

Cause:  ?

Age:  68

Funeral date:  Friday  22 May 2015 @ 10.30am

Funeral location: south chapel, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Camden Valley Way, Leppington

Buried at:  ?

[alert_yellow]JAMES is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]  *NEED MORE INFO

 

  

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James Charles (aka Jim) Matthews

Born in Australia on 20 May 1946
Passed away on 14 May 2015
Aged 68 years

Dearly devoted and beloved husband of Rae. Cherished son of Betty & Charles (dec). Much loved and adored dad of Jane & Jason and Paul & Anna. Proud Pa of Zoe, Abby and Jack. Loved brother of Suzanne, Vicki and Deb.

Committal service will be held at Forest Lawn Crematorium, South Chapel, Camden Valley Way, Leppington, NSW, Australia on Friday, 22nd May 2015 at 10:30am.

https://www.heavenaddress.com/James-Charles-AKA-Jim-Matthews/1054593/