Donald Edwin WARD
Donald Edwin WARD
AKA Don WARD
* Nickname: ?
Late of Temora, NSW
Relations in ‘the job’:
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NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 090
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 10307
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday ? ? ?
Probationary Constable- appointed 5 March 1962 ( aged 27 years, 11 months, 17 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed 1 April 1967
Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )
Senior Constable – appointed 1 April 1971
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 3 July 1978
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 31 December 1984
Final Rank: = Sergeant 2nd Class
Stations: ?, Griffith, Narrandera, Bourke, Ariah Park ( 12 May 1967 ), ?, ‘R’ District ( 1968 ), ?, Central Police Stn ( 1 Division ) – Retirement.
Don also worked, for a number of years, at Camp MacKay – Kurrajong.
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: ? pre March 1962? ? to 16 March 1989 = 27 years,
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From ? pre March 1962? ? to 16 March 1989 = ? years, Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 55 years, 0 months, 0 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 35 years, 1 month, 15 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 6 November 1980 ( Sgt )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 2 November 1988 ( Sgt )
2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 2 November 1988 ( Sgt )
Born: Friday 16 March 1934
Died on: Wednesday 1 May 2024
Age: 90 years, 1 month, 15 days
Organ Donor: No – age prohibitive
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Friday 10 May 2024 @ 10am
Funeral location: Salvation Army Citadel, Victoria St, Temora, NSW
Temora Police will provided an Official Police Guard of Honour
LIVE STREAM – There will be NO Live Streaming of this Service
Wake location: ???
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: Temora & Bland District Funeral Services,
Buried at: ?
Grave Location: Section: Row: ? Plot: ?
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( April 2024 )
DON is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
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May they forever Rest In Peace
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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 12 May 1967 (No.49), page 1603
NARRABURRA SHIRE COUNCIL.—Notice is hereby given that Constable Donald Edwin Ward, stationed at Ariah Park, has been duly appointed as Inspector under the Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act, 1902 1957, for that part of the Ariah Park Police Patrol within the Narraburra Shire.
STANLEY D. HYDE,
Shire Clerk,
Shire Office,
Temora,
31st March, 1967.
2109—-$1.60
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Cal
8 May 2024
Sgt Don Ward, I had the pleasure of working with Don for a number of years at Camp MacKay, Kurrajong. I cannot supply dates but he was on the motorbikes in his early service in Sydney he also served at Griffith, Narrandera and Bourke, finishing his se…