Neville Alan ARCHER
Neville Alan ARCHER
aka Nifty, Mal & Animal
Late of Dubbo area, NSW
New South Wales Police Force
Goulburn Police Academy Class 230A
Regd. # 25011
Rank: Trainee – 10 August 1987 – 29 October 1987
Probationary Constable – appointed 30 October 1987
Constable – appointed 31 January 1989 ( loss of 3 months seniority for unknown reason )
Constable 1st Class – appointed 31 January 1993
Senior Constable – appointed 28 February 1995
Senior Constable – Retirement – 15 January 2010
Stations: Orange ( 31 October 1987 – 31 July 1988 ),
Bathurst ( 1 August 1988 – 17 November 1990 ),
Fingerprints ( 18 November 1990 – 3 June 1995 ),
Wellington – Orana ( 4 June 1995 – 30 June 2000 ),
Orana Drug Unit ( 7 July 2000 – 7 August 2001 ),
Orana ( 8 August 2000 – 7 November 2005 ),
Dubbo ( 8 November 2005 – 15 April 2006 ),
Parkes ( 16 April 2006 – 15 January 2010 ) – Retirement
Service: From 10 August 1987 to 15 January 2010 = 22 years, 5 months, 5 days Service
Age at Retirement: 53 years, 7 months, 17 days
Time in Retirement: 7 years, 8 months, 2 days
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: Tuesday 29 May 1956
Died on: Sunday 17 September 2017
Age: 61 years, 3 months, 19 days
Cause: Degenerative disease ( PSP – Progressive Supranuclear Palsy )
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Funeral date: Wednesday 27 Septemb3er 2017 @ 11am
Funeral location: Uniting Church, 64 Church St, Dubbo
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NEVILLE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
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FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
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May they forever Rest In Peace
Thought I recognised the name in the death notices ??
I went through with him at the academy, there were 5 of us from Orange that went through together. This is the photo taken at our passing out parade. Cropped the other girls out but this is a dashing young Neville with a very young me 30/10/87.
Just letting everyone know that is, and has been involved with the RSL Dubbo Music club, we have lost one of our long time members. Neville Archer, not only was he a great singer but also a wonderful happy person who was great to be around. He will be missed by all the music community. He left us early this morning.
For those who knew Neville “Animal” Archer as a fellow hockey player, a great muso, a brother in blue, a loving family member, King of ‘Dad Jokes’ or even just a fun friend to be around… I invite you all to attend his funeral next Wednesday the 27th of September at Dubbo Uniting Church (Church St) at 11am to remember him for all the good. To give him a wonderful send off, I have organised to head to The Old Bank afterwards to play some tunes and drink some good beer, exactly like Dad would do whenever he got the chance.
Thank you for your support during this hard time 
It is with a touch of sadness that former club player and larger than life character Neville Archer passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning following a battle with a degenerative disease. Rest in peace my good friend, for those club members interested the send off will be in Dubbo with details to follow.
RIP Neville Archer
2017near Lambton, NSW
Thank you to every single person who has helped Dad and/or myself on this journey and even beforehand… i am forever grateful.
I will be sending Dad off with a muso’s jam sesh in Dubbo with date & time TBA.
I love you Dad, fly free xx — with Chuck Wise.
Wellington Times,
Motorcycle Awareness Week
26 October 2012
First published on 20 September 2017.
Updated 3 February 2026
Neville was a great police officer and a beautiful man we worked together at Fingerprints he will be dearly missed may he rest in peace
sorry, to here about Neville, woke up at 4am this morning thinking about him for some reason, guess I was 6 years to late.
I knew him when he lived on the Central Coast, is was Mike to his Mal on adventures together.
My father in law used to call him the “Squire”, another story.
RIP, Mal
Steve
RIP Nev.