Raymond James SCORER
Raymond James SCORER
Late of Aberdare, NSW
aka ‘ The Fox ‘
Double Police Fatality
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 11914
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday ? ? ? ( aged
Probationary Constable – appointed 4 April 1966
Constable – appointed 28 July 1967 ( Seniority date was 4 July 1967 )
Senior Constable – 4 July 1975
Stations: ?, Cessnock – Death
Service: From 4 April 1966 to 3 May 1977 = 11 years, 0 months, 29 days Service
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Born: Monday 17 September 1945 in Hamilton, NSW
Died on: Tuesday 3 May 1977
Age: 31 years, 7 months, 16 days
Cause: Motor Vehicle Collision – passenger – Police vehicle – On Duty
Event location: John Renshaw Drive near Buttai, NSW
Event date: Tuesday 3 May 1977
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: Cremated
Grave location: Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, NSW
Section: Loggia 12/4 N/39
Memorial located at: Outside of Cessnock Police Station, NSW
RAY is mentioned on the National Police Wall of Remembrance
Funeral location: TBA
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About 6.50pm on 3 May, 1977 both senior constables were returning from the Beresfield Crematorium following a funeral service for Senior Constable Douglas Eaton who had been murdered on 30 April.
As they were travelling along John Renshaw Drive near Buttai, Senior Constable Thompson swerved to avoid a horse on the road. The vehicle left the roadway and overturned several times. Senior Constable Scorer was killed instantly and Senior Constable Thompson died a short time later in the Royal Newcastle Hospital.
Senior Constable Thompson was born in 1947 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 3 April, 1967. At the time of his death he was stationed at Cessnock.
Senior Constable Scorer was born in Hamilton in 1945 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 14 April, 1966. At the time of his death he was stationed at Cessnock.
Source: Beyond Courage
https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/20759-senior-constables-ray-scorer-and-alan-thompson
Dedicated on the 24 November 2005 and placed outside of Cessnock Police Station.
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Thursday 5 May 1977, page 15
Crash kills two policemen
SYDNEY: Two policemen were fatally injured on Tuesday night in a car crash near Newcastle while returning from the funeral of a colleague who was shot dead on Saturday.
Police said a car carrying five’ policemen from Cessnock, overturned after apparently failing to negotiate a bend near Kurri Kurri.
Those killed were Senior-Constable Raymond Scorer, 31, of Aberdare, and Senior-Constable Alan Thompson, 30, of Cessnock. Each was married, with two children.
They had attended the funeral of Senior-Constable Doug Eaton, who was shot dead at a golf club at the weekend.
The three other policemen are in a satisfactory condition in Cessnock Hospital.
Ray was also a Military Policeman in the CMF/ARES.
Cal
7 July 2024
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