Peter Brenden YEO
Peter Brenden YEO
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 10542
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 25 February 1963 ( aged 19 years, 9 months, 12 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed 25 February 1968
Senior Constable – appointed 25 February 1972
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 December 1978
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 23 June 1985
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 3 April 1987
Detective Inspector – appointed 18 January 1989 – retired
Stations: ‘R’ District ( 1968 ), ?, Central Detectives 1980’s as a Sgt ( 1 Division – ‘A’ District ), Inspector, District Staff Officer—Intelligence, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Griffith – Orana District – retirement
Service: From ? ? pre February 1963 to 15 June 1995 = 32 years, 3 months, 21 days Service
Time in Retirement: 21 years, 3 months, 2 days
Age at Retirement: 52 years, 1 month, 2 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 20 January 1981 ( Det SenSgt )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 17 March 1989 ( Det SenSgt )
Born: Thursday 13 May 1943 in Dubbo, NSW
Died on: Saturday 17 September 2016
Cause: Illness
Age: 73 years, 4 months, 4 days
Funeral date: Monday 26 September 2016 @ 11am
Funeral location: Carthage’s Cathedral, 6 Leycester Street, Lismore, NSW
Buried at: ?
Memorial at: ?
PETER is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
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May you forever Rest In Peace
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 3 February 1989 (No.18), page 784
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE
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:
Chief Superintendent, Commander, Operational Support Section and Task Force 1, Drug Enforcement Agency
Superintendent William Raymond Donaldson, date of entry on duty.
Chief Superintendent, Commander, Internal Police Security Branch
Detective Inspector Mervyn William Schloeffel, date of entry on duty.
Superintendent, Commander, Task Force 4, Drug Enforcement Agency
Detective Chief Inspector Donald Bruce Stephens, date of entry on duty.
Superintendent, Commander, Communications Operations Section, Communications and Transport Branch
Inspector Richard Leonard Shaw, date of entry on duty.
Superintendent, Region Staff Officer—Community Based Policing, South West
Inspector Dennis Martin Gilligan, date of entry on duty.
Superintendent, Commander, Task Force 2, Drug Enforcement Agency
Detective Sergeant Alastair MacDonald Milroy, date of entry on duty.
Superintendent, Commander, Task Force 3, Drug Enforcement Agency
Detective Sergeant Rodney Graham Harvey, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, North Sydney Inspector William Albert McIntosh, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, Blacktown Inspector Kenneth David Thrift, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, Central Inspector Ronald Gregory McDonald, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Commander, Promotions Section Inspector James Devereux Croke, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Commander, Physical Evidence Section Inspector Henry Ernest Delaforce, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, Inverell Inspector Neville Hugh Bent, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, Goulburn Inspector James Graham Adams, date of entry on duty.
Chief Inspector, Patrol Commander, The Rocks Inspector John Thomas Hayes, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Investigator, Police Internal Affairs Branch
Brian Patrick Banks, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Investigator, Police Internal Affairs Branch
Senior Sergeant Donald Colin Edward Grace, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Commander, District Traffic Enforcement, Parramatta
Senior Sergeant Alan William Granland, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Patrol Commander, Dapto
Senior Sergeant Robert Lynton Burrage, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Investigator, Police Internal Affairs Branch
Detective Senior Sergeant Daniel Peter Dillon, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, District Staff Officer—Intelligence, Dubbo
Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Brendan Yeo, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Investigator, Police Internal Affairs Branch
Detective Sergeant Robert Bruce Inkster, date of entry on duty.
Inspector, Investigator, Police Internal Affairs Branch
Detective Sergeant John Patrick Glasheen, date of entry on duty.
TED PICKERING,
(9389) Minister for Police and Emergency Services.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article231511867.txt
12 February 1979 – 30 Sergeants Course # 1, Class 4 of 1979
12 February 1979 – 30 March 1979
Back Row ( L – R )
Ron TYGH, Les KNOX, Les GERSBACK, Bill GALVIN, Peter YEO # 10542, Barry WHARTON, Franz SCHMIDT # 10540, Phil CAMPBELL
Middle Row
Dennis BALLARD, John O’HAGAN# 10524, Syd AXAM # 9931, Graham FOWLER #10557, John BROWN, Barry CAMPBELL, Frank RYAN, Jim ARKLEY
Front Row
Wally ARMSTRONG, Terry NICOLL ( Inst. ) # 8777, Brian MILWARD ( Inst. ), Kevin JOHNSON ( Inst. ) # 7887, Bruce GOULD ( Director ) # 7677, Mick RIGG, Bob PHELPS.
First published on 19 September 2016.
Updated 13 February 2026 with class photo.
Inspector Peter Yeo was a good man and offered me support through a difficult period when to do so (offer me support) was not looked upon kindly. I have never forgotten his kindness. RIP Mr Yeo.
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