Richard John GERSBACH

09/09/2015

Richard John GERSBACH

New South Wales Police Force

AKA RICK

Late of ?

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 8569[/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 29 October 1956

Senior Constable – appointed 29 October 1966

Detective – appointed ? ? ?

Detective Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 31 March 1973

Detective Chief Inspector – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank: Detective Chief Inspector

Stations: ?, C.I.B. – Surry Hills, O.I.C. – Fairfield Detectives ( 34 Division ), 8 Division – Sgt 2/c – 1980 ), Arson Squad ( 1984 )

Service: From ? ? pre Oct 1956? to ? ? ? = ? years Service

Awards: No find on It’s An Honour

Born: Saturday 13 May 1933

Died on: Tuesday 3 November 1998

Cause: ?

Age: 65

Funeral date: ?

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington St, Minchinbury, NSW

[alert_yellow]RICK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow] *NEED MORE INFO

FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON THIS MAN, HIS CAREER AND DEATH.

Death of Richard John “Rick” Gersbach,

Former Detective Chief Inspector NSW Police Force,

aged 65 years,

reported in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Father of Rodney, Jason and Brett (dec’d) “Patriach of the Gersbach family”.

Registered number 8569,

born 13.5.1933,

joined the NSW Police 29th October, 1956.

Rick was in charge of the NSW Arson Squad in 1984 and investigated the Family Court Bombings and murders.