Harold John FERRIS
Harold John FERRIS
New South Wales Police Force
Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on 5 July 1937
Cadet # 147
Regd. # ?
Rank: Superintendent 3rd Class
Stations: Newcastle (1979)
Service: From 5 July 1937 to ?
Awards: Queen’s Police Medal ( QPM ) – granted 31 December 1977
National Medal – granted 8 February 1979
Born: 18/07/1920
Died on: 02/09/2004
Cause: ?
Age: 84
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: Belmont, New South Wales.
Buried at: Cremated and ashes spread over Belmont Bay, Lake MacQuarie.
Memorial plaque: Belmont Cemetery, NSW
[alert_yellow]HAROLD is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow] *NEED MORE INFO
Queen’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service NSW Police Force
Harold John Ferris, superintendent 3rd class
On 08/09/1979 a regular festival takes place in Newcastle called the Mattara Festival. On this day a rock concert was put on for the youth. It apparently got out of hand due to the number of youths in attendance, lack of private security, the volume of the music, the ‘inappropriate’ dress of the young females, and the consumption of alcohol. Supt Ferris said that “We could have filled our jails that day”
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