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Kelly Ann FOSTER

Kelly Ann FOSTER  VA

AKA Kel 

Late of  ?

 

NSW Police Training Centre – Goulburn –  Class #  310

 

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  46412

 

RankCommenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Monday 18 January 2010 ( doing 7 months, 9 days at the Academy )

Probationary Constable- appointed 27 August 2010

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ? 

Detective – appointed ? ? ? ( N/A )

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? 

Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank =  Senior Constable 

 

Retirement / Leaving age:?

 

Stations?, Lithgow – Death

Service:  From 18 January 2010   to   Saturday  2 January 2021  =  10 years, 11 months, 15 days Service

 

Awards:  No Find on Australian Honours system

 

Born? ? ?

Died on:  Saturday  2 January 2021

Age:  39

Cause:  Drowned – Off Duty – Rescue attempt in swift water

a Breast Cancer Survivor 

Event location:  Wollangambe Canyon at Mount Wilson, north of the Blue Mountains, NSW

Event date:  Saturday  2 January 2021 – Sunday  3 January 2021

 

Funeral date:   Thursday, 14 January 2021 at 12:30pm

Funeral location:    Hoskins Memorial Uniting Church, 43 Bridge St, Lithgow, NSW

( click here to see Cornona19 Virus Pandemic rules – this will be a limited numbers Funeral )

any Future Wake location:   TBA

any Future Wake date??? TBA

( Due to current Govt. restrictions on ‘Gatherings’ due to Corona19 Virus Pandemic, some families may wish to have a Memorial Service / Wake with friends and family at a later date )

 

Funeral Parlour: ?

Buried at: ?

 

Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?

Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( January 2021 )

Kelly FOSTER: Police identified the 39-year-old woman as serving NSW Police officer, Senior Constable Kelly Foster. Credit: NSW Police
Police identified the 39-year-old woman as serving NSW Police officer, Senior Constable Kelly Foster. Credit: NSW Police

 

 KELLY is mentioned on the National Police Wall of Remembrance

KELLY IS mentioned on the Sydney Police Memorial Wall


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

https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianPolice.com.au/ 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NSWFallenPolice/ 

Australian Police YouTube Channel 


Kelly, prior to joining the ranks of NSWPF was a Teacher.


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Chifley Police District
January 2, 2022 9.03PM
Remembering one of our own – Senior Constable Kelly Ann Foster VA
At a special, private ceremony held today ( Sunday 2 January 2022 ) at Lithgow Police Station, close family and colleagues gathered as a mark of respect, to honour Senior Constable Foster VA, one year after her passing.
In memory of Kelly, Lithgow officers, Leading Senior Constable Michael Barr and Senior Constable Jim McMillan, along with members of Kelly’s family and other colleagues built a special memorial garden.
The memorial would not have been possible without the generosity of donations from the local community also.
The garden was unveiled today by Kelly’s parents Terry and Marilyn, her brother David and sister Leigh.
Lithgow Police, Chief Inspector Chris Sammut said, ” Today’s intimate ceremony between Kelly’s family and Lithgow police staff was beneficial as it formed part of the healing process for family and work colleagues.   The memorial wall and garden will be a lasting tribute to Kelly. It will ensure for decades to come that Kelly’s heroic story will never be forgotten by police and the community whom she so tirelessly served “
Senior Constable Kelly Ann Forster VA, tragically died while attempting to save the life of a fellow canyoner, Jennifer Qi, within the Wollangambe Canyon at Mt Wilson on 2 January 2021.
As a result of her brave actions, Senior Constable Foster was posthumously awarded the Commissioners Valour Award.
She’ll forever remain in our hearts and memories.
(1) Australian Fallen Police | Facebook

Kelly FOSTER
NSW Police Wall of Remembrance, Sydney.

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NSW Police Wall of Remembrance, Sydney. NSW Police Commissioners Baton.

Kelly FOSTER
NSW Police Wall of Remembrance, Sydney. NSW Police Commissioners Baton.

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Memorial Board Honouring Kelly Foster.

 

18 September 2021:
This morning, Senior Constable Kelly Foster‘s name was placed inside the Commissioner’s Baton, blessed, and carried to the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance.
In a normal year, the baton would be on the road by now, carried by a convoy of motorbike riders in the Wall to Wall – Ride for Remembrance, all travelling towards the National Police Memorial in Canberra with the express purpose of honouring and remembering fallen police mates.
The bikes remain silent today, but the moment loses none of its importance.
COVID has changed everything, but it will never diminish the memories of the fallen.
Kelly Foster‘s name will stay inside the baton until next year, when it will be carried by the Wall to Wall Riders to the Memorial.
We hope it will be the only name carried.
We remember, always.

21 January 2021
From all of us at Chifley Police District, we would like to thank the community for their love and support in relation to the untimely death of Senior Constable Kelly Foster.
As you can appreciate, we are expecting a significant gathering to bid her farewell, and with the current COVID restrictions, not everyone who would like to pay their respects in person will be able to do so.
We are urging members of the public not to attend the church; instead, please demonstrate your community spirit by forming a socially distanced line along either side of Bridge Street (between Mort and Short streets) from 1:30pm tomorrow (Thursday) to view the procession as it leaves the church.
On behalf of Kelly’s family and the broader NSW Police Force family, thank you for your ongoing support.

Chifley Police District – Posts | Facebook

ROAD CLOSURES FOR FUNERAL OF SENIOR CONSTABLE KELLY FOSTER-
THURSDAY 14/1/2021.
CHIFLEY PD
Police advise of a soft road closure of Bridge Street Lithgow at the intersection of Mort Street- the road will be closed all the way to the intersection of Short Street and includes closure of the Church St intersection with Bridge St. Residents will be able to enter and exit by advising Police at the traffic points. Road closed from 6 am until abut 4 pm. The funeral commences at 12.30 pm

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Senior Constable Kelly Foster, aged 39, died following a canyoning incident at Mount Wilson yesterday (Saturday 2 January 2021).

Snr Cst Foster attested on 27 August 2010, after which she commenced duties as a probationary constable at Newtown Local Area Command.

She was confirmed as a constable in May 2012.

In May 2014, Snr Cst Foster joined the State Crime Command working as an intel analyst until May 2020.

She was most recently working at Chifley Police District, stationed at Lithgow Police Station.

NSW Police Acting Commissioner Mal Lanyon has extended his condolences to the Foster family on behalf of the NSW Police Force.
“It’s a very sad time for the NSW Police Force and Kelly’s death is a loss to the whole community,” Acting Commissioner Lanyon said.
“To hear reports that Kelly was trying to help another woman when she died demonstrates her commitment to the community she served and the ability to put the needs of others before her own.
“Kelly was a highly regarded and dedicated officer who will be sorely missed by colleagues across the force.
“Her policing career was put on hold when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, however, her strength to survive this and return to work is another testament to her strength and resilience.
“Above all, Kelly was a kind and loving daughter, sister and partner.”

Snr Cst Foster’s family have requested privacy at this time.

Kelly FOSTER - On top of Australia at Mt Kosciusko
Kelly FOSTER – On top of Australia at Mt Kosciusko

 

An international student, 24, was among a group swimming on inflatable lilos at the popular Wollangambe Canyon (pictured) when she was sucked into the whirlpool. Her body was recovered on Sunday, along with Senior Constable Foster's
An international student, 24, was among a group swimming on inflatable lilos at the popular Wollangambe Canyon (pictured) when she was sucked into the whirlpool. Her body was recovered on Sunday, along with Senior Constable Foster’s

 

The couple bonded over their mutual love of adventuring and regularly went camping, hiking and on mountain bike rides throughout Australia
The couple bonded over their mutual love of adventuring and regularly went camping, hiking and on mountain bike rides throughout Australia

 

Senior Constable Kelly Foster (left) drowned while trying to save an international student who became stuck in raging waters in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Saturday. Senior Constable Foster had trekked to the picturesque spot with her boyfriend Gavin Morom (right)
Senior Constable Kelly Foster (left) drowned while trying to save an international student who became stuck in raging waters in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, on Saturday. Senior Constable Foster had trekked to the picturesque spot with her boyfriend Gavin Morom (right)

 

Mr Morom (right) had posted about his trek with Senior Constable Foster (left) on adventurers social media app Strava on Saturday. The policewoman only recently returned to the job after overcoming breast cancer
Mr Morom (right) had posted about his trek with Senior Constable Foster (left) on adventurers social media app Strava on Saturday. The policewoman only recently returned to the job after overcoming breast cancer

 

Gavin & Kelly - Cedar Creek
Gavin & Kelly – Cedar Creek

 

Emergency services rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised about 2.30pm on Saturday, but poor weather conditions meant a search had to be called off about 6pm. When it resumed on Sunday the bodies of the two women were located by NSW Police divers
Emergency services rushed to the scene after the alarm was raised about 2.30pm on Saturday, but poor weather conditions meant a search had to be called off about 6pm. When it resumed on Sunday the bodies of the two women were located by NSW Police divers

 

Eight other members of the group who the international student was with were uninjured
Eight other members of the group who the international student was with were uninjured

 

It's believed both women were canyoning in water only that can only be reached after hours of hiking through rough terrain
It’s believed both women were canyoning in water only that can only be reached after hours of hiking through rough terrain


Missing canyoners found after sucked into whirlpool in Blue Mountains including NSW police officer

 

There has been a sad end in the search for two missing canyoners after they were sucked into a whirlpool in regional NSW.

The women had not been seen since disappearing beneath the water’s surface on Saturday in Wollangambe Canyon at Mount Wilson, north of the Blue Mountains.

But on Sunday, police divers joined the search and located two bodies around midday.

Police identified the 39-year-old woman as serving NSW Police officer, Senior Constable Kelly Foster, who has most recently been stationed at Lithgow Police Station.

The other woman is believed to be an international student, aged 24, from Chiswick.

She is yet to be formally identified and police are waiting for confirmation that family members are notified.

Witnesses told police the younger woman fell off her inflatable lilo and it was swept into the whirlpool.

Snr Cst Foster was also swept out when she tried to rescue her.

The other members of the group were uninjured.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

Missing canyoners found after sucked into whirlpool in Blue Mountains including NSW police officer | 7NEWS.com.au


 

Port Hacking High School pays tribute to Senior Constable Kelly Foster

The Port Hacking High School community is saddened by the tragic news that former student, NSW Police Senior Constable Kelly Foster, who lost her life in a tragic canyoning accident over the weekend.

Senior Constable Foster, 39, died following a canyoning incident at Mount Wilson on Saturday.

“Kelly graduated in 1999 and according to her peers was very smart, kind, had an easy going nature and always put others before herself,” a statement on the Port Hacking High School Facebook site said today.

“We send our deepest condolences to Kelly’s family and friends at this time.”


 

 

 

 

 




David John KOEN

David John KOEN

AKA Dave KOEN

Late of Lake Macquarie & Central Coast, NSW

 

NSW Goulburn Police Academy PREP Class # 267

New South Wales Police Force

 

Regd. # 31182

 

Rank:  Commenced Training at Goulburn Academy on Sunday 18 August 1996 ( aged

Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 14 February 1997 ( aged

Constable – appointed ???

Detective – appointed ???

Constable 1st Class – appointed ???

Senior Constable – appointed ???

 

Final Rank = Senior Constable ( Retired )

 

Stations?, Police Prosecutors Court Unit ( PPCU ) – Sydney & Hornsby

 

Service:  From 18 August 1996  to 4 September 2002 ( Retired ) =  ? years Service

 

Awards: No Find on Australian Honours

 

Born:  Tuesday 6 March 1973

Died on: Monday  16 September 2019 about 9am

Age:  46 years, 6 months, 10 days

Cause:  Depression – Suicide – jumped from rocks

 

Event location: ?, Soldiers Beach, Norah Head, NSW

Event date: Monday  16 September 2019 about 9am

 

Funeral date: TBA

Funeral locationTBA

 

Wake location: TBA

Funeral Parlour: TBA

 

Buried at: TBA

Memorial located at: TBA

 

 

DAVE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO ( 2022 )

DAVID IS Mentioned on the NSW Police Service Memorial Wall, Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills as of 2022


Funeral location: TBA


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


 

25 October 2022

This afternoon, in a quiet and deeply-felt ceremony at the Sydney Police Centre, another thirteen names were added, and the memories of another thirteen dedicated NSW Police Force employees were honoured, at the NSW Police Force Service Memorial:
Detective Senior Constable Vaughan Anthony Hau
Detective Senior Constable Gregory Joseph Jensen
Senior Sergeant John Kelly
Senior Constable David John Koen (Ret’d)
Constable Joseph Lees
Senior Constable Matthew Joseph Rees
Senior Constable Caroline Roberts

 


 

Nothing further is currently known about this man or his career – other than what is mentioned above.

Dave leaves behind a wife with kids.

As further information becomes known – I will update this Memorial Post.

 

 

Cal

25 Sept 2019


 

https://youtu.be/kj6XM0iyAD4


 

In October 2022 – Davids name was attached to the Police Service Memorial Wall, SPC, Surry Hills.

 

Cal

27 October 2022


 




Alexander J. MUIR

Alexander J. MUIR

aka  Alex

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #   ?

Rank:  Inspector – death

Stations?, Katoomba, Lismore, Wagga Wagga, ( Regent St – 2 Division ) – death

ServiceFrom  ? ? ?  to  ? August 1939 = ? years Service

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Born? ? ?

Died on:  Sunday  13 August 1939

Age:  59

Event location:  Entrance to Brisbane Water, Hawkesbury River, Woy Woy

Cause:  Drowning

Funeral date:  Tuesday  15 August 1939

Funeral location:  St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Macquarie St, Sydney

Buried at:  Cremated at the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium, and interred at Rookwood cemetery ( other articles mention the ashes being interred at Botany Cemetery )

 Memorial at?

 

the Sydney Morning Herald Wed 16 August 1939 p18Mounted and foot police led the funeral cortege of Inspector A. C. Muir, who was bured with full police honours at the Eastern Suburbs crematorium yesterday. Inspector Muir was drowned in Brisbane Water on Sunday.
the Sydney Morning Herald Wed 16 August 1939 p18 Mounted and foot police led the funeral cortege of Inspector A. C. Muir, who was buried with full police honours at the Eastern Suburbs crematorium yesterday. Inspector Muir was drowned in Brisbane Water on Sunday.

 

 

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Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Wednesday 16 August 1939, page 16


FUNERAL OF INSPECTOR MUIR.

The late Inspector A J Muir who was to have taken up duty at Regent Street Police Station but who was drowned at Brisbane Waters near Woy Woy on Sunday while fishing, was given a police funeral yesterday.

After a service at St Stephens Church Macquarie Street which was attended by the Commissioner of Police, Mr W. J. McKay, and most of the police officers stationed in Sydney, the cortege moved to the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium.

Headed by the police band, mounted police and the police motor cycle squad about 80 members of all ranks marched with the cortege from the church to Stanley Street.

Many residents of Katoomba, where the late Inspector Muir was for many years in charge of the police station came to Sydney to attend the funeral.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article17605957.txt

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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 – 1954), Wednesday 16 August 1939, page 8


MANY AT FUNERAL OF INSPECTOR

SYDNEY. Tuesday.

Policemen from many country centres attended the funeral today of the late Inspector Alexander Muir, who was drowned at Gosford last Sunday.

The cortege, headed by a police band, passed in dignified procession through the city streets, and was followed by many civilians anxious to pay their respects to a well-known police identity.

The Commissioner of Police (Mr. McKay) and the assistant Metropolitan Superintendent (Mr. Collings) were members of the funeral cortege.

CHURCH SERVICE

The Rev. A. J. Parker, formerly of Lismore, and a lifelong friend of the deceased, who officiated at the church service at St. Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, paid a high tribute to the qualities and character of the late Inspector Muir.

He was a man who was always willing to give a helping hand to those in need,” declared the Rev. Parker.

Inspector Muir was a church elder at Lismore for a considerable time.

The remains were cremated at the Eastern Suburbs Crematorium, and interred at Rookwood cemetery.

The chief mourners were his widow, Mrs. Madge Muir, son, Alister, and daughters, Mrs. Ruth Campbell and Misses Jean and Biddie Muir, daughters.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article98583912.txt

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Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser (NSW : 1886 – 1942), Friday 18 August 1939, page 2


Police Inspector Muir, 59, who was drowned when a 16ft. launch overturned at the entrance to Brisbane Water on Sunday night, was formerly stationed at Lismore, and was on two months’ leave when the tragic occurrence took place. The widow, one son and three daughters survive.

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Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW : 1893 – 1953), Friday 18 August 1939, page 2


INSPECTOR MUIR DROWNED

Police Inspector Muir, who had only left Wagga on Friday last, was drowned, and two companions, Archibald C. Fowler, of Katoomba, and Leslie Roy Whatley, of Woy Woy, were rescued after a sixteen foot launch had overturned on the bar at the entrance to Brisbane Water early on Sunday night.

The party had been on a fishing excursion and rough weather caused the launch to capsize. The men clung to the overturned launch, but Inspector Muir was washed upwards of 100 yards away by a strong current.

Inspector Muir, who was on two months’ leave, was staying at Ettalong before beginning duty in Sydney. He had been transferred from Wagga, where be bad been a very popular officer.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article130470876.txt

 

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Northern Herald (Cairns, Qld. : 1913 – 1939), Saturday 19 August 1939, page 35


TRAGEDY ON BAR.

FATAL FISHING TRIP. SYDNEY, August 14.

Inspector Muir, of Regent-street Station, was drowned in Brisbane Water when a 16ft launch capsized in the heavy surf on Sunday. Muir was spending a holiday at Woy Woy, and, with two other men, Leslie Whaley and A. Fowler, spent the day fishing.

They were returning to Woy Woy and while crossing the sand bar were caught in a heavy swell. The surf broke over the boat and while the men were bailing out a wave overturned the boat. Whaley and Fowler clung to the upturned boat, but Muir decided to try to swim ashore, using the pine flooring board to assist him, but an hour later the plight of Whaley and Fowler was noticed and a ferry picked them up.

Muir was found 100 yards from the overturned launch unconscious. Attempts to restore animation were unsuccessful.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article150817186.txt

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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 – 1954), Monday 14 August 1939, page 1


DROWNED

Police Inspector SYDNEY, Monday

Police Inspector Muir was drowned at Woy Woy during the week end. He was spending a short holiday in that neighborhood before taking up an important position at Regent Street Station, Sydney.

Deceased formerly had control of Katoomba, Lismore and Wagga districts. He left Wagga last week for his new position in Sydney.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article162221989.txt

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John NORTON

John NORTON

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank:  Constable

Stations: Lock Up Keeper, Hay, NSW

Service:  From  to  5 December 1860

Awards?

Born? 1825

Died on:  5 December 1860

Cause:  Drowned

Age:  35

Funeral date?

Funeral location?

Buried at:  Hay

 

[alert_blue]   JOHN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_blue] * NOT JOB RELATED

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The Lockup-keeper at Lang’s Crossing-Place, Norton, about ten days ago whilst not in very sober state, left his quarters at night with a candle in his hand and has not been heard of since. It is imagined he may have walked into the Murrumbidgee. (Sydney Morning Herald, 25 December 1860)

The body of Police Constable Norton was found in the river after the Albury had passed up, the disturbance caused by the paddlewheels probably caused the body to be freed from submerged snags. (SMH, 8 January 1861)

http://users.tpg.com.au/hayhist/deaths.html

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The Argus ( Melbourne )                        Wednesday  26 December 1860                     page 7 of 8

SUICIDE AT HAY. – On Wednesday, the 12th inst., the body of John Norton was found floating on the Murrumbidgee, opposite the crossing yards at Hay. It was very much decomposed, so much so as almost to preclude identification, yet many swore to it as his body. A watch and ring were discovered on the person, and recognised as Norton’s.

A magisterial inquiry was held by the police magistrate, when the facts detailed in my communication of the 11th inst. were elicited. The conclusion arrived at was, ” that the deceased, while in a state of temporary insanity, produced by excessive indulgence in ardent spirits, committed suicide by drowning himself.”

Norton was of a very respectable family in Ireland, and had not been in the colony more than three years. – Southern Courier, Dec. 21.

 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5696062?searchTerm=constable%20john%20norton&searchLimits=l-decade=186#pstart202734




Jonathan PATON

Jonathan PATON

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?

Rank:  ?     – Resigned

Stations:  Queanbeyan

Service:  From  to  ? 1999

Awards:  ?

Born:  ?

Died:  15 December 1999

Cause:  Suicide – drowning – Queanbeyan River

Age: ?

Funeral date:  24 December 1999

Funeral location:  ?

Buried at:  ?

 

[alert_yellow]Johnathon is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]

Jonathan Paton worked at Queanbeyan Police Station and resigned from the police about six weeks before he died.
He was deeply disturbed ( emotionally ) and started hearing voices. 

He committed suicide by drowning himself in the Queanbeyan River on the 15 December 1999.
His funeral was held on Christmas Eve that year.
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS MAN.



John SMITH

John SMITH

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  ?

Rank:  Trooper

Stations? , Araluen

ServiceFrom  ?  to  10 February 1860

Awards?

Born? ? ?

Died on:  10 February 1860

Cause:  Drowned

Event location:  Crown Flat, Araluen

Age:  ?

Funeral date ?

Funeral location ?

Buried at: Unmarked grave at Araluen Catholic Cemetery

Trooper SMITH lies in an unmarked grave at Araluen Catholic Cemetery.
Trooper SMITH lies in an unmarked grave at Araluen Catholic Cemetery.

[alert_yellow]JOHN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]

 

The trooper was drowned in severe floods at Araluen in February, 1860. The Sydney Morning Herald of Monday 20 February, 1860 graphically reported the floods, advising of “Losses to life and property, the extent of which are yet not known, from a subject of a dark page in the annals of Braidwood and surrounding districts.” It went on to describe the sad death of Trooper Smith.

 

….The next calamity to human life occurred at the police camp. Trooper Smith, who had lately joined the force, was endeavouring to escape to Mr. Sweeney’s house, when the current carried him off, and his corpse was discovered when the water subsided; it was entirely buried in the sand, part of the arm projecting.  Several bodies not known have been recovered, and it is anticipated that at least seventeen human beings have lost their lives in the Araluen flood. ……..

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13036792?searchTerm=trooper%20john%20smith&searchLimits=l-decade=186|||l-year=1860

At the time of his death the trooper was stationed at Araluen. No further details are known as yet.

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The Goulburn Herald ( NSW )  Saturday  18 February 1860  p 2 of 4

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One of the Troopers of the Southern Patrol, a fine young man named John Smith, was drowned while endeavouring to cross from the police camp to the Cornstalk Inn.  In fact the destruction is general and conceivably great. …..

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/103400139?searchTerm=trooper%20john%20smith&searchLimits=l-decade=186|||l-year=1860|||l-month=2#reloadOnBack

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The Empire ( Sydney )  Monday  20 February 1860  p 3 of 8

……. At the Police Camp the water rushed in, and one of the troopers named Smith, whilst making his way from there to Sweeney’s public house, was carried away by the rushing torrent and met with a watery grave : his body, together with the bodies of two Chinamen, have been recovered. ……

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64097583?searchTerm=trooper%20john%20smith&searchLimits=l-decade=186|||l-year=1860|||l-month=2

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Matthew James EVERINGHAM

Matthew James EVERINGHAM

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ????

Rank:  District Constable – appointed ? ? 1816

Stations: ?, Portland Head ( Hawkesbury area )

Service:   From  ?  ?  1816    to 25 December 1817 = 1 year Service

Awards

Born: 12 July 1768   London, Middlesex, England

Died on:  25 December 1817

Cause:  Drowned

Event location:  Hawkesbury River

Age:  48

Funeral date

Funeral location

Buried at:  ( St John’s Cemetery ) Wilberforce Cemetery, Old Sackville Rd, Wilberforce, NSW

( approx. 600 mts east of the Putty Rd )

Grave Location:  right section, Row 7, Plot 20

Sacred to the memory of Matthew James Everingham who departed this life 25th of Dec. 1817 aged 48 years.<br /> Farewell vain world I have had anough of thee and am carless what thou canst say of me. they smiles i curt not non thy frowns i fear beneath this and my head Liesquit heal.

 

MATTHEW is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance


 

The Sydney Gazette dated 3 January, 1818 reported that “On Friday last Mr. Matthew Everingham, settler and district constable at Portland Head, fell overboard from a Hawkesbury boat, and was unfortunately drowned. On the finding of the body an Inquest was convened, who returned a Verdict Accidental Death. He leaves a large family to deplore his premature destiny.”

 

Constable Everingham was still news well over a century after his death. The Barrier Miner of 4 June, 1929 reported the following story.

 

Matthew James Everingham arrived in Sydney on the ship Scarborough in 1788. In 1791 he was married at Parramatta to Elizabeth Rhymes by the Rev. Samuel Marsden. In the same year he was granted 50 acres of land, then described as “at the Ponds two miles N.E. of Parramatta“.  Later he settled on the Hawkesbury River, on the farm afterwards known as Andrew Everingham’s Farm. He also became the owner of land at “Richmond Hills“, believed to be now in the Kurrajong district. He was appointed and remained district constable till his death in 1817. In that year he was drowned in the Hawkesbury River and was buried at Wilberforce, where his grave can still be seen.

 

At the time of his death the constable was stationed at Portland Head (Hawkesbury).

 

Matthew James EVERINGHAM
Photos by cpple7 on 8 January 2016

Matthew James EVERINGHAM & Elizabeth REMES

Matthew James EVERINGHAM & Elizabeth REMES

Matthew James EVERINGHAM & Elizabeth REMES
Wife to Matthew Everingham

Matthew James EVERINGHAM & Elizabeth REMES

 

 


 

NSW BDM = Marriage:  125/1791 V1791125 3A &  125/1791 V1791125 147A

NSW BDM = Death:         3920/1817 V18173920

 


 

EVERINGHAM, MATTHEW JAMES (1769-1817), settler, was convicted in London on 7 July 1784 and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Shortly before his conviction he was employed as a ‘servant‘ by an attorney of the Middle Temple, hence the subsequent references to him as ‘attorney’s clerk‘. Allegedly ‘in great distress’ he had obtained two books by false pretences from the servant of another attorney, and these he had offered for sale.

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette, NSW. Friday 5 February 1932 page 6 of 12
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Windsor and Richmond Gazette NSW Friday 21 June 1929 Page 11 of 16
Windsor and Richmond Gazette NSW
Friday 21 June 1929
Page 11 of 16

 

 

 


 

Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1954),

Friday 23 August 1929, page 7

THE EVERINGHAM FORTUNE?.

NEWCASTLE CLAIMANT

NEWCASTLE has produced a claimant for the Everingham millions in Mr. Ernest Edward Chaseling, who declares that he is a direct descendant of Matthew James Everingham.

He says that his grandmother, Ann Everingham, was a daughter of Matthew. She married John Chaseling in 1818, and his father, Joshua Watford Chaseling, was a son of that union. Mr. Chaseling has two brothers and two sisters.

Matthew Everingham, history tells, was drowned in the Hawkesbury River before he could leave for England to claim £200,000. That was in the early part of last century. Interest on the money has accumulated until the sum of eleven million pounds is said to be now awaiting its rightful claimant.

Mr. John Chaseling, son of Thomas Chaseling I., who married Miss Ann Everingham, one of the three daughters of pioneer Matthew J. Everingham (obit. 1817), is interred, as also is his wife, Mrs. Ann Everingham Chaseling, in the private vault of Matthew James Everingham II., which is situated at ‘Knight’s Retreat Farm,’ near Sackville, on land specially set aside by the will of second Matthew James Everingham as a burial place for any of the Everinghams in descent, or kindred. — “MARMINGA.”

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Everingham, Matthew James (1769–1817)

by A. J. Gray

Matthew James Everingham (1769-1817), settler, was convicted in London on 7 July 1784 and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Shortly before his conviction he was employed as a ‘servant’ by an attorney of the Middle Temple, hence the subsequent references to him as ‘attorney’s clerk’. Allegedly ‘in great distress’ he had obtained two books by false pretences from the servant of another attorney, and these he had offered for sale.

He arrived in the First Fleet transport Scarborough and was employed by Assistant Commissary Zachariah Clark. On 13 March 1791 Everingham married Elizabeth Rymes of London, who had arrived in the Neptune on 28 June 1790 and in July he settled on a 50-acre (20 ha) grant near Parramatta. In December Watkin Tench noted that ‘the Attorney’s Clerk’ appeared to find the cultivation of his own land ‘not half so easy a task as he formerly found that of stringing together volumes of tautology to encumber or convey that of his neighbours’; but for once Tench was unjust. Far from being ‘out of his province’ Everingham succeeded as a settler. In 1800 he signed the address to Governor John Hunter setting out ‘the grievous and intolerable burdens’ under which the settlers at the Field of Mars had long laboured; soon afterwards he disposed of his grant to Andrew Hume and like many of the early grantees moved to the Hawkesbury where farming prospects were better. By 1803 he was well established at Portland Head, but in 1804 his home and farm buildings were burned by natives and he, his wife and servant were speared, though happily their wounds were not fatal. In 1816 he acquired 130 acres (53 ha) at Richmond Hill, and became a district constable. A year later, on 25 December 1817, he was accidentally drowned in the Hawkesbury. In a memorial to the colonial secretary in 1825 his widow claimed, apparently without financial result, that he had died while in the execution of his constabulary duties.

Everingham was survived by five sons and four daughters, and was buried in St John’s cemetery, Wilberforce. His career was not spectacular, but over a long period he discharged his duties faithfully and worked steadily as a pioneering settler.

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Matthew married Elizabeth Rimes on 13 March 1791 and from that union they had 11 children.
1. Mary (23 December 1791–24 January 1792)
2. Sarah Elizabeth (9 June 1793–29 March 1874)
3. Matthew James (10 May 1795–22 November 1884)
4. William (6 August 1797–6 September 1859)
5. George (9 December 1799–15 April 1881)
6. Ann (7 November 1802–19 March 1849)
7. Elizabeth (10 June 1805–24 June 1879)
8. John Rymes (October, 1806–?)
9. James (25 December 1809–25 July 1895)
10. Maria (6 August 1811–24 February 1835)
11. John (20 July 1814–29 May 1875)

Matthew passed away Hawkesbury River, New South Wales

Matthew James Everingham (1768-1817), settler, was born in London on 25? July 1768, son of Joseph Everingham and his wife Mary.

He was convicted in London on 7 July 1784 and sentenced to transportation for seven years.

Shortly before his conviction he was employed as a ‘servant’ by an attorney of the Middle Temple, hence the subsequent references to him as ‘attorney’s clerk’. Allegedly ‘in great distress’ he had obtained two books by false pretences from the servant of another attorney, and these he had offered for sale.

He arrived in the First Fleet transport Scarborough and was employed by Assistant Commissary Zachariah Clark.

On 13 March 1791 Everingham married Elizabeth Rymes of London, who had arrived in the Neptune on 28 June 1790 and in July he settled on a 50-acre (20 ha) grant near Parramatta.

In December Watkin Tench noted that ‘the Attorney’s Clerk’ appeared to find the cultivation of his own land ‘not half so easy a task as he formerly found that of stringing together volumes of tautology to encumber or convey that of his neighbours’; but for once Tench was unjust.

Far from being ‘out of his province’ Everingham succeeded as a settler.

In 1800 he signed the address to Governor John Hunter setting out ‘the grievous and intolerable burdens’ under which the settlers at the Field of Mars had long laboured; soon afterwards he disposed of his grant to Andrew Hume and like many of the early grantees moved to the Hawkesbury where farming prospects were better.

By 1803 he was well established at Portland Head, but in 1804 his home and farm buildings were burned by natives and he, his wife and servant were speared, though happily their wounds were not fatal.

In 1816 he acquired 130 acres (53 ha) at Richmond Hill, and became a district constable.

A year later, on 25 December 1817, he was accidentally drowned in the Hawkesbury.

In a memorial to the colonial secretary in 1825 his widow claimed, apparently without financial result, that he had died while in the execution of his constabulary duties.

Everingham was survived by five sons and four daughters, and was buried in St John’s cemetery, Wilberforce.

His career was not spectacular, but over a long period he discharged his duties faithfully and worked steadily as a pioneering settler.

Birth
12? July 1768
London, Middlesex, England
Death
25 December 1817
Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death
drowned
Cultural Heritage
English
Religious Influence
Anglican
Passenger Ship
Scarborough (1788)
Occupation
convict
emancipist
farmer
police officer
Key Events
First Fleet (1788)
settler/indigenous contact

by A. J. Gray
From the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, 1966

 

 

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