Denis Robert WARE
Denis Robert WARE
AKA Denis WARE
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NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – 1st Employment: Class # 086A
2nd Employment: Class # 104
New South Wales Police Force
Rejoinee
( 1st Employment ) Regd. # 98** – 99**
1st Class to ever be Sworn In whilst wearing Summer Uniform. Also had the shortest Initial Training of 1 month. Sworn In on Monday. Started work at their stations on Tuesday.
( 2nd Employment ) Regd. # 11542
Rank ( 1st Employment ): Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 27 February 1961 ( aged 23 years, 3 months, 6 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 27 March 1961 ( aged
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank ( 1st Employment ): = ?
Stations ( 1st Employment ): ?, – Resignation
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police ( 1st Employment ): From: 27 February 1961 to ? ? ? = ? years,
Service ( From Training Date ) period ( 1st Employment ): From 27 February 1961 to ? ? ? = ? years, Service
Retirement / Leaving age ( 1st Employment ): = ?
Time in Retirement from Police ( 1st Employment ): ?
Rank ( 2nd Employment ): Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 16 August 1965 ( aged 27 years, 8 months, 26 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable – appointed 17 October 1965
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( YES )
Final Rank ( 2nd Employment ): = Detective Constable 1st Class
Stations ( 2nd Employment ): ?, Cronulla ( Detectives ) – Death
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police ( 2nd Employment ): From: 16 August 1965 to 2 October 1970 = 5 years, 1 month, 16 days
Service ( From Training Date ) period ( 2nd Employment ): From 16 August 1965 to 2 October 1970 = 5 years, 1 month, 16 days Service
Grand total of Time Employed with NSWPF over 2 Employment periods: ? ? ?
Retirement / Leaving age ( 2nd Employment ): = 32 years, 10 months, 11 days
Time in Retirement from Police ( 2nd Employment ): 0
Awards: No Find on the Australian Honours system
Born: Sunday 21 November 1937
Died on: Friday 2 October 1970
Age: 32 years, 10 months, 11 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Accidentally Shot – by another – Friendly fire
Event location: Loftus Oval, Farnell Ave, Sutherland, NSW
Event / Diagnosis date: Friday 2 October 1970
Funeral date: Wednesday 7 October 1970
Funeral location: Woronora Cemetery, Linden St, Sutherland, NSW
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Buried at: Woronora Cemetery, 121 Linden St, Sutherland, NSW
Grave Location: Section: RC Plaque Lawn Row: 3 Plot: 0339
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Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( November 2024 )
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On 2 October, 1970 Detective Constable Ware was part of a specially formed squad attempting to apprehend an armed and dangerous rapist who had been operating in the Sutherland area.
A decoy car was set up at Loftus Oval with a number of police both inside it and surrounding it in the darkness. During the stakeout one of the police could not be contacted on his portable radio and when the decoy vehicle left the oval for a short time Detective Ware went to find out what had happened.
As he neared the man with the faulty radio he was mistaken for the rapist and shot. Detective Ware had not answered when challenged and almost walked over the man on the ground. Visibility and conditions were extremely poor at the time. The detective constable was conveyed to the Sutherland District Hospital where he died a short time later.
The constable was born in 1937 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 16 August, 1965.
Source: Beyond Courage
From the 3 October 1970 until 12 October 1970, Detective Constable 1st Class Jan. ( John ) STANIOCH ( # 11333 ) was on loan to the “Revesby Rapist Task Force” to replace Detective Denis WARE.
Denis initially joined the NSW Police Force on 27 February 1961 and after Resigning, re-joined again on the 16 August 1965.
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Tuesday 6 October 1970, page 13
Detective killing: police are silent
SYDNEY, Monday. — A high-level inquiry into the fatal shooting of a young detective continued today, but senior officers refused to say what progress had been made.
Detective Constable Denis Robert Ware, 24, a special duties officer, of Sutherland police station, was shot dead during a “stake-out” last Friday night.
It is believed Detective Ware was shot by another detective who had seen movement in the bushes, where Ware was hiding.
Surrounding ‘decoy’ car
The police were surrounding a “decoy” car in bush land in an attempt to catch a rapist who has recently attacked courting couples in the area.
A young policeman and a policewoman sat in the decoy car pretending to be lovers.
A CIB riot squad detective with an automatic pump-action shotgun crouched behind them in the back seat.
Within minutes of the shooting Police Commissioner Allan had ordered CIB Superintendent Lendrum to the scene to start an immediate investigation.
Today the investigation was still continuing under Detective Inspector W. G. Clyne.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110464411
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Wednesday 7 October 1970, page 12
Funeral of shot policeman held
SYDNEY, Tuesday.
Detective Constable Denis Robert Ware was buried at Woronora Cemetery today.
Detective Ware died last Friday night during a police attempt to catch a rapist at Loftus in a lover’s lane, known as “Mad Mile”.
A police officer fired three shots, one of which hit Detective Ware in the chest.
A departmental inquiry is under way and a coroner’s court hearing is to be conducted.
The Police Commissioner, Mr Allan, the Metropolitan Superintendent, Mr. E. Lynch, and the chief of the CIB, Detective Superintendent R. Lendrum, were among those at the funeral.
Many of Detective Ware’s police friends and private friends attended.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110464614
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Cal
Updated 27 November 2024
