Darryl Graeme SMITH
Darryl Graeme SMITH
Late of ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1140
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 8918[/alert_yellow]
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 28 January 1955
Probationary Constable – appointed 17 December 1957
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 12 May 1977
Final Rank = ?
Stations: ?
Service: From 28 January 1955 to ? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 17 December 1938
Died on: Sunday 30 September 2018
Age: 70
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: ? ? ? Unknown
Funeral location: ? Unknown
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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A private family funeral is being held. A memorial service is proposed to be held at a future date.
No further information is known about this man or his career at the time of publication other than he was a member of the Penrith Blue Mountains Branch of the Retired Police Association.
Cal
9 Oct 2018
Peter Thomas FITZPATRICK
Peter Thomas FITZPATRICK
Late of Loftus
NSW Police Academy Class “either” 116 or 117
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 13453[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 26 November 1968
Senior Constable – appointed 26 November 1977
Sergeant – appointed 12 September 1984
Detective Inspector – Retirement
Final Rank = Detective Inspector
Stations: ?, 21 Division, Miranda – Retirement
Service: From ? ? ? to 16 January 2004 = 37 years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 13 November 1984
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 2 February 1995
Born: 16 December 1949
Died on: Tuesday 2 October 2018
Age: 69
Cause: Cancer – Brain
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 12 October 2018 @ 11am
Funeral location: St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Belmont St, Sutherland
Wake location: Kareela Gold Club ( Sports Bar )
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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Thomas Charles COLEMAN
Thomas Charles COLEMAN
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 9496
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 2 November 1959
1st Class Constable – appointed 2 November 1965
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 25 April 1975
Senior Sergeant – appointed 30 September 1984
Final Rank = Senior Sergeant
Stations: ?, Glebe – Retirement
Service: From ? ? pre Nov 1959? to 1 July 1992 = 32+ years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 September 1980
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 7 October 1991
Born: 2 December 1936
Died on: Tuesday 18 September 2018
Age: 81
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 28 September 2018 @ noon
Funeral location: South Gundagai Cemetery, Gocup Rd, Gundagai
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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CLASS 081
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.
Ronald Norman STEER
Ronald Norman STEER APM
AKA Ron
Late of Dubbo, NSW
may be related to: J.I. STEER, NSWPF # 11534 ?
T.A. STEER, NSWPF # 14978 ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1957
Redfern Police Academy Class 107
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 12067
Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced Monday 17 August 1964 ( aged 17 years, 1 month, 21 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 27 June 1966 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )
Constable – appointed 27 June 1967
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 27 June 1975
Sergeant – appointed 6 May 1982
Senior Sergeant – Patrol Commander ( Inspector ) – Muswellbrook
Chief Inspector
Final Rank = Chief Inspector
Stations: Sydney area, South District, Harden – Manager PCYC, Broken Hill ( 2 years ), Ivanhoe ( early 1970’s ) – 4 years, Wilcannia – 5 years ( SenCon ), Moree – Lock-up Keeper ( Sgt ), Lake Cargelligo – OIC – 5 years ( Sgt 2/C ), Wilcannia – O.I.C. – 5 years, Muswellbrook – Hunter Region ( Inspector ), Walgett – O.I.C. – ( C/Insp ), Dubbo 1997 – 2002 ( C/Insp ) – Retirement
Service: From 17 August 1964 to 30 July 2002 = 38 years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 November 1982
Australian Police Medal ( A.P.M. ) – granted 12 June 1989
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1992
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 19 December 2001
Born: Friday 27 June 1947
Died on: Friday 28 September 2018
Age: 71 years, 3 months, 1 day
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 19 October 2018 @ noon
Funeral location: St Andrews Chapel, 72 Wingewarra Street, DUBBO, NSW
Wake location: Western Star Hotel, Erskine St, Dubbo, NSW
Funeral Parlour: W. Larcombe & Son, Dubbo Funeral Home 6882 3199
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial located at: ?

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Published in Narromine News on Oct. 12, 2018
Sergeants Course # 69 – Class 2 Back Row ( L – R )
R. OAKMAN # 11884, J. PRYOR # 12020, B. McMURRAY # 11903, C. CAMERON # 11142, B. WESTERHUIS # 11978, J. HALL, K. BRADLEY # 11926, J. READING # 11894
Middle Row
B. SAUNDERS # 12111, R. STEER # 12067, G. COVENEY # 11947, R. McSWEENEY # 11692, P. MORRIS # 11948, A. MILROY # 12145, C. COLMAN # 12030, B. KIERSE # 11937
Front Row
R. NICOL # 11941, J. UNDERHILL # 10904 ( Inst ), A. McDONALD ( Inst ), J. PORTER # 8559 ( Dir ), B. DUNN # 7987 ( Inst ), R. WALKER # 9322 ( Inst ), C. WARRY # 12040
Satisfying retirement with helping troubled youth
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SIMON CHAMBERLAIN
AFTER Ron Steer retired from more than 40 years involvement with the police force he did not expect continued involvement with law enforcement and the justice system.
But a decade on after his retirement he is finding satisfaction and fulfilment as a mentor and being part of the youth conferencing process.
Mr Steer grew up in Sydney and at the age of 16 decided to follow the example of a cousin and choose the police force as a career. He joined the force as a cadet and for three years worked alongside trained officers as “a bit of a roustabout”.
“It was on the job training, working in traffic and around the office and picking up the mundane jobs,” he said.
Aged 19 and then a fully-fledged policeman he “went bush” to Harden as the manager of the Police Citizens Youth Club.
“It was a vibrant railway town back then,” he said.
“We had a lot good young kids involved with football and boxing.”
His next posting in the force was a transfer to Broken Hill for a two-year stint and a step up the promotion ladder.
He admitted it was a case of extremes moving from Harden to a strong industrial town in the far west of the state.
His next posting was to Ivanhoe for a four-year stint.
“It was a good town then,” he said.
He then took a posting at Wilcannia as a senior constable, the first of two five-year stints in the town.
After his first posting at Wilcannia, he and his family moved to Moree where he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and was the “lock-up keeper”.
Another promotion to second class sergeant and a move to Lake Cargelligo followed where he was officer-in-charge for a five-year spell.
A phone call from the then police commissioner put Mr Steer on the path of his greatest policing challenge.
“There was a death in custody in Wilcannia and the commissioner asked me to go back as the officer-in-charge,” Mr Steer said.
“It was the greatest challenge of my career,” he said.
Mr Steer said all of the staff at the Wilcannia station were replaced and his team was made up of young officers in their early 20s without much experience.
“We started from scratch,” he said.
“The advantage for me was I’d been there before but we had to get back to community-based policing.
“Talking to people face-to-face, foot patrols getting involved with the youth and the football club.
“It was daunting for the young police who were aged between 19 and 21 years who hadn’t been around for long.
“It was a different world in Wilcannia.”
After a five-year posting at Wilcannia, Mr Steer was commissioned as an inspector and took a posting in the Upper Hunter at Muswellbrook.
He admitted he found life across the eastern side of the Great Divide less to his liking and before long he and the family moved west when he was promoted to chief inspector and the officer in charge at Walgett. His daughter still lives in Walgett working in child care.
After Walgett he was posted to Dubbo where he worked until retiring after 38 years as a commissioned officer in the NSW police Force.
His efforts during his second posting in Wilcannia earned him an Australian Police Service Medal.
He said in the decade since retirement he was almost “back full time” working in the youth justice system, mentoring and working one-on-one with young people in strife with the law.
“I do a lot of one-on-one mentoring with kids in the Staysafe system,” he said.
“It’s hard for kids today to come to terms with the real world.
“I enjoy working with them.”
Mr Steer said retirement for him was not about just sitting around all day.
“That’s a disaster and you can’t be forever packing a suitcase and moving around. ”
He said it was about finding a balance, and working with young people in trouble was proving fulfilling and rewarding.
editor.liberal@ruralpress.com
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 19 November 1993 (No.127), page 6834
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE SERVICE
Commissioned Officer Appointments
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the undermentioned Commissioned Officer appointments, effective from the date indicated:
Commander, Region Investigative Unit, Police Internal Affairs Branch, Region North — Chief Inspector: Inspector PAUL ROBERT WHITMORE, date of entry on duty.
Patrol Commander, Walgett — Chief Inspector: Inspector RONALD NORMAN STEER, date of entry on duty.
District Staff Officer, Personnel, Central Coast — Inspector: Senior Sergeant PATRICK JAMES KEYS, date of entry on duty.
TERRY GRIFFITHS,
Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 1 May 1992 (No.55), page 3028
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE SERVICE
Commissioned Officer Appointments
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the undermentioned Commissioned Officer appointments, effective from the dates indicated:
Patrol Commander, Petersham — Inspector – Senior Sergeant BRUCE ERIC BELL, date of entry on duty.
Patrol Commander, Muswellbrook — Inspector – Senior Sergeant RONALD NORMAN STEER, date of entry on duty.
TED PICKERING
Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231896179
First published 6 October 2018
Updated 27 June 2025 with Sergeants Course # 69 – Class 2 photo.
Updated 5 August 2025 with Class 107 photo and associated links.
Geoffrey Alan HOLLIS
Geoffrey Alan HOLLIS
AKA HICKORY
Late of ?
NSW Police Academy Class # 113
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 12895[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 11 December 1967
Constable – appointed 11 December 1968
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Detective Senior Constable – appointed 11 December 1976
Detective Sergeant – appointed 8 September 1983
Detective Inspector – Retirement
Final Rank = Detective Inspector & Vietnam Veteran
Stations: ?, Liverpool ( 22 Division ), South West Major Crime Squad – Homicide Unit ( Flemington ),
Service: From ? ? pre Dec 1967? to ? ? ? = ? years Service
[blockquote]
NASHOS
Service name: ARMY – Royal Australian Engineers 17th Construction Squadron 26/4/1966 – 3/3/1967
Service number: 2781492
Rank: Sapper
Date of intake: 26 April 1966
NS Training: ?
Follow Up Training: ?
Basic Training: ?
Next of Kin: ?
Medals: ?
[/blockquote]
Police Awards: National Medal – granted 22 April 1983 ( DetSenCon )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 27 August 1992
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 16 September 1993
Born: 8 May 1945 – Singleton, NSW
Died on: Saturday 22 September 2018
Age: 73
Cause: ?
Event location: Toormina Retirement Village Nursing Home, Sawtell
Event date: Saturday 22 September 2018
Funeral date: Friday 28 September 2018 @ 10am ( Police Remembrance Day )
Funeral location: Mater Christi Chapel, Marian Grove, Toormina, NSW
Wake location: Sawtell RSL, First Ave, Sawtell
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?

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Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), Saturday 6 January 1990, page 2
IN BRIEF
SYDNEY: Homicide detectives said last night they were satisfied there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of two 14-year-old boys found at the bottom of a hollow bridge pilon near Picton, south-west of Sydney.
Detective Sergeant Geoff Hollis said homicide would hand over investigations for the coroner to Camden police after post mortem examinations today found the boys’ injuries were consistent with a fall.
The bodies of Jamie Egner and Matthew Kelly, both of Pheasant’s Nest near Picton, were found on Wednesday morning by a Department of Main Roads employee.


Barry John HOMAN
Barry John HOMAN
Late of ?
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 41393
Rank: Senior Constable
Final Rank = Senior Constable
Stations: ?, Tuggerah Lakes Police District – Death
Service: From ? ? ? to 13 September 2018 = ? years Service
Awards: No Find on It’s An Honour
Born: ? ? ?
Died on: Thursday 13 September 2018 during the morning
Age: 52
Cause: cancer
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Thursday 20 September 2018 at noon
Funeral location: Ryhope Cemetery, 405 Cessnock Rd, Ryhope, NSW
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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John Thomas MOONEY
John Thomas MOONEY
AKA BOPPER
Son of Jack MOONEY – an old boss at Auburn back in the day, NSWPF # ???? ( Possibly 4900 )
Brother to Brian Henry MOONEY, NSWPF # 16960
Late of ?
NSW Police Cadet # 1831
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 11384
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 9 March 1965
Constable – appointed 9 March 1966
Senior Constable – appointed 9 March 1974
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 22 February 1987
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 21 March 1981
Final Rank = Senior Sergeant
Stations: ?, Major Crime Squad – Newcastle – Retirement
Service: From 13 May 1963 to 6 June 2003 = 40 years, 0 months, 24 days Service
Age at Retirement: 57 years, 2 months, 28 days
Time in Retirement: 15 years, 3 months, 2 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 April 1981
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 17 March 1989
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 25 June 1999
Born: Saturday 9 March 1946
Died on: Saturday 8 September 2018
Age: 72 years, 5 months, 30 days
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Thursday 13 September 2018 @ 2pm
Funeral location: St Joseph’s, 34 Kenrick St, The Junction ( Merewether )
Wake location: Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?






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Brett Ronald FERGUSON
Brett Ronald FERGUSON
Late of Goulburn
AKA Fergo
New South Wales Police Force – Security Guard at Academy
Regd. # 95345825
Employed as: Security Officer
Final Rank = Security Officer
Brother to Scott FERGUSON, NSWPF # 27084
Brother-In-Law to Tanya FERGUSON, NSWPF # 32214
Stations: Goulburn Police Academy – was ‘part time’ before becoming ‘full time’ in 1995
Service: From 27 November 1995 to 6 September 2018 = 23+ years Service
Awards: NSWP Medallion – 10 years
Born: Monday 8 January 1962
Died on: Thursday 6 September 2018
Age: 56 years, 6 months, 29 days
Cause: Cancer and Heart attack
Event location: NSW Goulburn Police Academy
Event date: Thursday 6 September 2018
Funeral date: Wednesday 12 September 2018 @ 11.30am
Funeral location: St Michaels’ Chapel, NSW Police Academy
Wake location: Southern Star Inn, Reynolds St, Goulburn
Funeral Parlour: Bob Rudd Funerals, Goulburn, NSW
Buried at: Goulburn Lawn Cemetery
Sydney Rd, North Goulburn, NSW
Plot: Section 11, Grave # 027
GPS: -34.7442800, 149.7541200
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Memorial located at: ?


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Brett Ronald FERGUSON – Funeral pamphlet
BRETT IS Mentioned on the Sydney Police Centre Wall of Remembrance.
Left Wall, plaque D21
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Following the funeral service the cortege will proceed to the Lawn Cemetery Goulburn for Interment.

Published in Goulburn Post on Sept. 10, 2018

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Laurie Kenneth ANDREWS
Laurie Kenneth ANDREWS
Late of Coffs Harbour
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class 120
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 13873[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 15 September 1969
Senior Constable – appointed 15 October 1978
Sergeant – appointed 3 January 1987
Final Rank = ?
Stations: ?, Wellington ( mid – late 1970’s ), Mounted Police, Tamworth,
Service: From ? ? pre Sept 1969? to ? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 2 August 1947
Died on: Saturday 1 September 2018
Age: 71
Cause: “possible” Heart attack & information is that he may have also contracted a virus
Event location: Rome, Italy ( whilst on a cruising holiday )
Event date: Saturday 1 September 2018
Funeral date: Friday 21 September 2018 @ 1pm
Funeral location: Hogbin Drive Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Dve, Coffs Harbour
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Coramba Rd, Karangi
Memorial located at: ?


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VALE LAURIE ANDREWS – A MAGPIE GREAT
by Peter (Parra) Montgomery
Received sad news on the weekend of the sudden death of former much loved Hay-ite Laurie Andrews.
Laurie passed away in Italy on September 1 while on holidays with his partner Annette and friends.
He had celebrated his 71st birthday just a few weeks before, and had been in good health up until his sudden death.
Laurie was a great mate to all who knew him. He was particularly close to his Rugby League mates with the Hay Magpies, and was a regular attendee of functions to do with the Magpies Club, especially involving the 1967 premiership team of which he was a prominent member.
Laurie travelled to Hay in October 2017 to attend the Magpies Presentation Night, and was a chief organsier of the 1967 Premiership Re-union held in Coffs Harbour late last year.
Laurie was an outstanding horseman, and represented Australian in TentPegging, He became involved in TentPegging while he was a member of the Mounted Police in Sydney.
The Australian State Mounted Police also adopted Tentpegging as a demonstration of their skill and horsemanship, participating in demonstrations and competitions at Royal Shows.
The sport got its first international recognition when the Olympic Council of Asia accepted Tentpegging as an official event in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games. Since then countries have been hosting International Events. 1994 saw the establishment of a World Tentpegging Organization, “International Equestrian Tentpegging Association”. International events are becoming more frequent with growth of the sport in countries such as South Africa, Namibia, India, Pakistan, Israel, Great Britain, Netherlands, USA, Canada, and New Zealand.
Just reading through my ‘archives’ and came across this story I wrote about Laurie and George – two great mates – two brothers who gave 100% effort to the Hay Magpies Club during the mid-late sixties…
Players of the Past – George and Laurie Andrews
During the mid to late sixties a pair of brothers, George and Laurie Andrews from a strong Aussie Rules background made their way to Hay, and almost immediately became an integral part of the Hay Magpies.
They were employed by the late Jack Carver at Toogimbie Station, and soon linked up with Jack’s sons, Phillip and Ray.
Phil and Ray were both playing with the Magpies, and it wasn’t long before the Andrews brothers joined them in the ranks
Although they were Victorians they adapted to Rugby League like ducks to water.
Not only were they tough and un-comprising players, they were also good blokes.
Both George and Laurie have remained firm friends with all their team mates since the sixties and enjoy nothing better than catching up at reunions.
Since he sold his Water Truck in Tamworth and retired George has been a regular visitor to Hay, to catch up with his son (Laurie) daughter (Roslyn) and his grand children
On the field, George and Laurie were different style of players. George, was more a Blue Collar type player. A forward who loved mixing it with the tough players of his era in Group 17.
The game, in those heady days of the sixties, was much more physical, and not as ‘fitness orientated’ as it is now.
Training consisted of a game of touch, laps of the Oval, exercising, and ball handling. High shots, stiff arm tackling and rough house tactics were the order of the day. The ‘survival of the fittest‘.
The tougher the game the more George liked it.
Both the Andrews boys were involved in successive Grand Final appearances for Hay – 1966 and 1967
Laurie was a backline player with silky skills, and tough defence.
He was comfortable at home in the centres or or the wing, and was one of the first blokes picked each week.
Laurie left Hay to join the Mounted Police, and by the time he retired from the Police Force had risen to the position of Licencing Sergeant of the Tamworth District.
George and Laurie were blokes who played huge roles in the strong development of the Magpies Club, both as a successful organisation, and a Club to be respected on the paddock.
Both were players who gave 100% effort. Blokes who helped dig the well others are drinking from now.
Rest in Peace Laurie. You were a great mate and loved by all who knew you. Sincere condolences to Annette your extended family.
Laurie was father of Leila, Lachlan and Alisha Andrews, Step father to Joanne & Shaun Harrison, Kate & Dave Horsley and Rebecca Howat
Adored Poppy Loz to Ali, Nick, Gabbi and Caprice.
Loving brother to George, Judith, Robert and Graham
Members of the Magpies Class of 1967 will remember your mateship with much fondness, and your memory will live on, particularly in the close-knit group of friends.
“Once a Magpie, Always a Magpie” Laurie, a star of the class of 1966, 1967, 1968 Hay Magpies…and a bloody good mate to all who knew him.
Laurence Kenneth Andrews
Passed away suddenly while holidaying in Rome, Italy on 1st September 2018.
Loving partner of Annette Arthur,
Cherished father of Leila, Lachlan and Alisha Andrews, Step father to Joanne & Shaun Harrison, Kate & Dave Horsley and Rebecca Howat
Adored Poppy Loz to Ali, Nick, Gabbi and Caprice.
Loving brother to George, Judith, Robert and Graham.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Laurie’s funeral Service to be held in the Chapel of Coffs Harbour Crematorium & Memorial Gardens, Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour on Friday 21st September 2018, commencing at 1.00 pm, thence for interment in the Coffs Harbour Lawn Cemetery, Karangi.
Mervyn Walter BUSH
Mervyn Walter BUSH
AKA Merv
Late of Southport, Qld
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 8393[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 1 May 1956
Senior Constable – appointed 1 May 1967
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 2 September 1972
Final Rank = ?
Stations: ?
Service: From ? ? pre May 1956? to ? ? ? = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: 1 April 1928
Died on: Monday 3 September 2018
Age: 90
Cause: ?
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Funeral date: Tuesday 11 September 2018 @ 11am
Funeral location: Federation Chapel, A Gentle Touch Funerals, 73 Railway St, Mudgeeraba, Qld
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: A Gentle Touch Funerals, 73 Railway St, Mudgeeraba, Qld
Buried at: ?
Memorial located at: ?
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