RODNEY ATHOL HOULT
RODNEY ATHOL HOULT
AKA ROD HOULT, RODNEY HOULTY, HOULTY, HOLTY
* Nickname: ?
Late of ?
Relations in ‘the job’ ?
“possible” relation in ‘the job‘: ?
NSW Police Training Centre – Redfern – Class # 129
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 14990
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 1 November 1971 ( aged 26 years, 6 months, 6 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 13 December 1971 ( aged 26 years, 7 months, 17 days )
Constable – appointed 13 December 1972
Appears in the 1975 ‘Stud Book’ but not the 1977 issue
Final Rank: = Constable
Stations: ? , Enfield ( 9 Division ) – Retirement
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 1 November 1971 to 23 November 1975 = 4 years, 0 months, 22 days Service
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 1 November 1971 to 23 November 1975 = 4 years, 0 months, 22 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 30 years, 6 months, 28 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 49 years, 5 months, 25 days
Service name: Royal Australian Navy
Service number: R59443
Rank: Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic
Branch: Marine Engineering
Unit Name: Start End
| HMAS Vendetta | 20 Sep 1965 | 03 Oct 1965 |
| HMAS Vendetta | 25 May 1966 | 11 Jun 1966 |
| HMAS Sydney | 21 May 1968 | 13 Jun 1968 |
| HMAS Sydney | 13 Nov 1968 | 28 Nov 1968 |
| HMAS Sydney | 08 Feb 1969 | 25 Feb 1969 |
| HMAS Sydney | 08 May 1969 | 30 May 1969 |
| HMAS Sydney | 17 Nov 1969 | 05 Dec 1969 |
| HMAS Sydney | 16 Feb 1970 | 05 Mar 1970 |
| HMAS Sydney | 21 Oct 1970 | 12 Nov 1970 |
| HMAS Sydney | 15 Feb 1971 | 04 Mar 1971 |
| HMAS Sydney | 26 Mar 1971 | 08 Apr 1971 |
| HMAS Sydney | 13 May 1971 | 01 Jun 1971 |
| HMAS Sydney | 20 Sep 1971 | 16 Oct 1971 |
Date of birth: 26 April 1945
Place of birth: Tenterfield, NSW
Date of intake: ?
Date of exit: ?
Total Days: ?
NS Training: ?
National Service: ?
Follow Up Training: ?
Basic Training: ?
Next of Kin: ?
Medals: None for display
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system
Born: Thursday 26 April 1945
Died on: Sunday 18 May 2025
Age: 80 years, 0 months, 22 days
Organ Donor: No – age restrictive
Cause: ?
Event location: ?
Event / Diagnosis date: ?
Funeral date: Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 11am
Funeral location: the Chapel, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden Valley Way, Leppington, NSW
All friends and former colleagues are invited to attend
Liverpool City P.A.C. will provide an Official Police Guard of Honour
LIVE STREAM ?
Wake location: ?
Wake date: ???
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: ?
Grave Location: Section: Row: ? Plot: ?
Grave GPS: ?, ?
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( May 2025 )
ROD is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal
May they forever Rest In Peace
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Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973),
Thursday 23 February 1961 (No.19), page 724
APPOINTMENTS; RETIREMENTS AND DISMISSALS.
THE following appointments, retirements and dismissals are notified by the Public Service Board:—
APPOINTMENTS
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Prime Minister’s Department.
Department of the Treasury
Taxation Branch.
Clerical Assistant, Grade 1, Fourth Division—……, Rodney Athol Hoult,…….
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241004453
Prior to joining the Navy, Rod worked at the Department of Treasury within the Taxation Branch.
He then joined the Navy and then the NSWPF.
After his 4 years Service with NSWPF he joined the NSW Public Service as a Terminal and Communications Operator as of the 7 July 1976.
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),
Friday 7 January 1977 (No.3 (SUPPLEMENT)), page 47
SPECIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE “PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, 1902”
APPOINTMENTS ON PROBATION
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council and upon the recommendation of the Public Service Board, has approved of the appointment on probation of the following, with effect from the dates shown:
Premier’s Department
Police Department
Janet Lorraine Cowan, Clerical Assistant, 16th August, 1976. Wendy Anne Harper, Clerical Assistant, 12th August, 1976.
Rodney Athol Hoult, Terminal and Communications Operator, 7th July, 1976.
Victoria Ann Lewis, Clerical Assistant, 26th March, 1976. Jennifer Margot Loosemore, Typist, 1st January, 1976.
Kathleen Averil Moran, Clerical Assistant, 1st April, 1976. Betty Parkes, Clerical Assistant, 1st November, 1976.
Dorothy Rose Robinson, Clerical Assistant, 18th February, 1976.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220121140
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
26 May 2025
