Vincent Anthony SILVESTRO 

Vincent Anthony Thomas SILVESTRO  

AKA Vinny SILVESTRO, Vince SILVESTRO, Vincent SILVESTRO  

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NSW Goulburn Police Academy –  Class #  218   

Passed Out in Goulburn City and were given the ‘Keys to the City’  

New South Wales Police Force    

Regd. #   22641   

Rank:  Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 2 February 1986  ( aged   34 years,   1 months,   11 days )    

Probationary Constable – appointed Wednesday 23 April 1986  ( aged   34 years,   4 months,   1 days )    

Constable – appointed 23 April 1987  

Constable 1st Class – appointed   ? ? ?  

Detective – appointed   ? ? ?    

Senior Constable – appointed   ? ? ?    

Final Rank: = Senior Constable 

Stations:    ?, Bankstown ( 19 Division )( GDs )( Beat Police ), Campsie ( Licencing ) – Crime Prevention Officer – Retirement  

Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 2 February 1986      to   16 April 2013    =   27 years,  2 months,  14 days Service    

Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police:  From:  2 February 1986   to    16 April 2013   =   27 years,  2 months,  14 days Service    

Retirement / Leaving age: =     61 years,   3 months,   25 days    

Time in Retirement from Police:    12 years,   1 months,   29 days    

Awards:  National Medal – granted 28 May 1999 ( SenCon )  

 Born:  Saturday 22 December 1951  

Died on:   Saturday 14 J une 2025  

Age:   73 years,   5 months,   23 days  

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Funeral date:  Thursday 26 June 2025 @ 11am  

Funeral location:  the Chapel, Orange Funerals, 1 Cameron Pce, Orange, NSW

the Central West Police District will provide an Official Police Guard of Honour   

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Buried at: Buried.  Orange Lawn Cemetery, 135 Byng St, Orange, NSW  

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Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( June 2025 )    

VINCE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED    

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May they forever Rest In Peace

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So when I started in 1999 as an ECLO, this man Vince Silvestro took me under his wing and for almost ten years we were joined at the hip.

He was the Crime Prevention Officer and back then the entire community knew this man.

Today I received that call, that he passed away on the weekend.

He was the funniest person I had ever met, he cared for community and had spent his career at Bankstown followed by Campsie.

Political Correctness wasn’t his thing and I think that’s what I loved about him, we would walk Haldon Street every single day, especially when Lakemba Police Station was still operational.

We got to know the community prior to any social media and had to do it all the good old fashioned way.

We used to get into trouble because we would say it how it is and these days you can’t breathe without offending someone, so we would get called into the Commanders Office and he would say “Shut the door” and we would face the music and I can assure you, we were innocent every time.

Then one day Sir calls us in and we shut the door automatically and sat down and the Commander says, “why did you close the door” And Vince looks at me and then says to Sir, “We don’t know how to talk to you with the door open”

Then one day he is in full uniform and a couple stop their car look at him and says “excuse me, do you know where the Police Station is ?

He looks his uniform up and down looks at the couple and says, “Does it look like i work at the railways ?

His photo was on one of the walls at the Police Academy and we would have students back in the day of work experience and he would make a point of walking the students to the photo, would point at it and say “that’s when they were after quality”

Thank you for being my Angel, when the relationship between police and community was at an all time low, but you inspired me to change all that and because of you my brother, your legacy will always live on.

Rest in peace Vinny and I will forever be grateful for everything you did for me and how you opened up so many doors for me, you enriched me just by being you and that is a quality that no longer exists.

Luv ya always Senior Constable Vince Silvestro.

This photo was years after he retired.

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Cal
17 June 2025 

18 June 2025 – updated with date of death and calculations.