Roy Francis De Coque
Roy Francis De Coque
New South Wales Police Force
[alert_yellow]Regd. # 18403[/alert_yellow]
[alert_yellow]Academy # 92534[/alert_yellow]
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 11 December 1978
Sergeant – suicide
Stations: Police Mounted Unit, Redfern
Service: From ? ? ? pre 11 December 1978 to 9 October 1996 = approximately 17+ years Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 2 February 1995
Born: 3 October 1952 ( http://www.interment.net/data/aus/qld/cooloola/cooloola_coast/cooloola.htm )
Died: 9 October 1996 ( https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/castlebrookmemorialpark/roy-francis-de-coque/21605 )
Age: 44
Cause: Illness – Suicide by firearm ( Service Revolver ) in Change Room of Mounted Unit, Redfern
On Duty / Off Duty?
Funeral: ? date
Funeral location: Castlebrook Lawn Cemetery,
Old Windsor Rd, Rouse Hill, NSW.
Grave site: Cremated at Castlebrook and Ashes collected by family.
Memorial location: Cooloola Coast Cemetery, Rainbow Beach Road, Cooloola Cove, Qld.
FURTHER INFORMATION IS SOUGHT ABOUT THIS DEATH.
[alert_red]Roy is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
A Day to Remember ( 1983 )
48 minute documentary Written by Michael Daley, Produced by Bruce Buchanan and Production company is ABC.
SYNOPSIS:
Anzac Day, 1983, from dawn to dusk. The coverage includes the Women Against Rape demonstration, and personalities involved are Sir James Rowland, Governor of NSW; the men of the Australian Army’s 8th Division; Gallipoli survivor Charles Bingham; Paul Smith, RSL Chief Marshall of the march; a Legacy family; and Roy de Coque of the NSW Police Academy, with his horse, Dandy.
GENRE:
Cultures – Australian, War
http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/detail.aspx?tid=9733
Roy liked Triumph motorcycle and he also enjoyed Blues Music.
