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Gordon Leslie Charles MEGAW

Gordon Leslie Charles MEGAW

AKA 

Late of 

 

NSW Police Training College – Penrith  Class #  036 

 

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  6646

 

Service:  From 6 February 1950   to   28 April 1973  = 23 years, 2 months, 22 days Service

 

Rank:  Commenced Training at Penrith Police Academy on Monday 6 February 1950 ( aged 22 years, 7 months, 10 days )( Academy Training 1 month, 21 days )

Probationary Constable- appointed 27 March 1950 ( aged 22 years, 9 months )

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ? 

Detective – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? 

Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( No such rank then )

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 29 April 1967

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ? 

 

Final Rank =  Sergeant ?/Class

 

Stations?, Cobar ( 1955 ), ?, North district ( 1967 ), ?

 

Retirement / Leaving age: = ?

Time in Retirement from Police: ?

 

Awards:  No Find on Australian Honours system

 

 Born:  Monday  27 June 1927 

Died on:  Saturday  28 April 1973

Age:  45 years, 10 months, 1 day

 

Cause?

Event location:   ?

Event date ?

 

Funeral date? ? ?

Funeral location? 

Funeral Parlour: ?

Buried at: Forster Cemetery, St Albans Pce, Forster, NSW

Grave location:  Columbarium B North, Row 1, Plot 15

GPS:  -32.187257  152.521647

32°11’14.1″S   152°31’17.9″E

Columbarium Location:


Gordon Leslie Charles MEGAW. Gordon L. C. MEGAW Beloved Husband of Kathleen Loving Father of Rhonda, Susan, Lynda & Tanya

Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?

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

 

 

 GORDON is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO


 

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May they forever Rest In Peace

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Wife = Kathleen Margaret COUGHLAN

Born 7 April 1929.  Died 28 May 2009  Aged 80

Interned at Tuncurry Cemetery, NSW.  Lawn EP, Row G, Plot 223

BDM – Marriage 19317/1953

Kathleen Margaret MEGAW7 April 1929 - 28 May 2009Wife of GordonMother of Rhonda, Susan, Lynday & Tanya.Nana, Aunt and Sister'Always Smiling'

Kathleen Margaret MEGAW7 April 1929 - 28 May 2009Wife of GordonMother of Rhonda, Susan, Lynday & Tanya.Nana, Aunt and Sister'Always Smiling'

 


 

Western Herald (Bourke, NSW : 1887 – 1970),

Friday 24 June 1955, page 1

COBAR —

An unusual incident occurred at the Regent Theatre, Cobar, recently, when a lady resident, who was enjoying the pictures, was hit with an egg.  She had some knitting which she was doing, when, to her great surprise, she felt a sudden blow on the chest. On investigation she found she had been hit with an egg. Luckily, the yoke did not break, or her beautiful frock and knitting would have been ruined.

The matter was reported to the police, and Constable Megaw questioned a number of boys at the pictures, without finding who threw the egg.

The police were later informed that two eggs were purchased at a nearby shop while the pictures were in process, and as a result, they expect to be able to take appropriate action against the egg thrower.

24 Jun 1955 – COBAR— – Trove

 


 

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001),

Friday 4 January 1974 (No.2), page 49

IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased persons, and pursuant to the Wills, Probate and Administration Act, 1898-1954; the Public Trustee Act, 1913-1960; Testator’s Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 19161954; and Trustee Act, 1925-1942; the Public Trustee hereby gives notice that creditors and others having any claim against or to the estate of any of the undermentioned deceased persons, who died on or about the respective dates hereunder mentioned, and representation of whose estates was obtained by the Public Trustee in the manner and upon the dates hereunder mentioned, are required to send particulars of their claims to the said Public Trustee at his branch hereunder mentioned on or before the 16th day of March, 1974, at the expiration of which time the said Public Trustee will distribute the assets of the respective deceased persons to the respective persons entitled, having regard only to the claims of which he then has notice.

 

Gordon Leslie Charles Megaw, late of Forster, N.S.W., police sergeant, died 28th April, 1973; probate of the will dated 2nd February, 1954, was granted on 17th December, 1973.

04 Jan 1974 – IN the matter of the estates of the undermentioned deceased – Trove


 

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.

 

Cal
 29 January 2021


 

 

 

 




Richard George SAMUELS

Richard George SAMUELS 

AKA  ?
Late of  ?

NSW Redfern OR Penrith Police Academy Class #  ? ? ?

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  6745

 

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 14 August 1950

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 July 1967

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 8 May 1977

Inspector – appointed  28 November 1982

 

Final Rank = Inspector

 

Stations?, Management Review – Optional Retirement

 

ServiceFrom  ? ? pre Aug 1950?  to  ? September 1986 – Optional Retirement =  36+ years Service

 

Awards:   National Medal – granted 8 June 1988 ( former Inspector )

 

Born:   Monday  4 March 1929

Died on:   Thursday  26 February 2009

Age:  79

Cause:   ?

Event location:   ?

Event date:   ?

 

Funeral date:   ? ? ?

Funeral location:   ?

Wake location:  ?

 

Funeral Parlour:  ?

Buried at:   ?

 Memorial located at:   ?

 

Richard George SAMUELS

Richard George SAMUELS

 

RICHARD is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO

 

 Funeral location TBA


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May they forever Rest In Peace


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Cal
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Renae Caroline LANDGRAF – nee SPACKMAN

Renae Caroline LANDGRAF – nee SPACKMAN

Wife to Steve LANDGRAF – NSWPF # 24519

Step Mother to Harris LANDGRAF – NSWPF # ?????

NSW Police Academy – Goulburn Class # ???

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # ?????

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

 

Final Rank:  Senior Constable

 

Stations?, Campsie, Dubbo ( 2005 ) – Death

 

ServiceFrom  ? ? 2001  to  ? May 2009 – death

 

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour ( under wither surname )

 

Born? ? 1977

Died on:  15? May 2009

Cause:  Illness – ?

Age:  31

 

Funeral date:  Thursday 20 May 2009

Funeral location:  St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Dubbo

 

Buried at:  New Dubbo Cemetery, Barden Ave, Manera Hts

Memorial: NSW Police Force Service Memorial Wall, Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills, A32 ( left wall )

Renae LANDGRAF. Renae SPACKMAN

Renae LANDGRAF. Renae SPACKMAN

 

 

RENAE is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO

 

 RENAE IS mentioned on the Sydney Police Centre Memorial Wall, Surry Hills.  A32 ( left wall )

 


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Connor & Harris LANDGRAF speak about their Step Mother ( Renae LANDGRAF ) and walking the Kokoda Track in her Memory.

 


NSW Police Legacy

Next up in our Police Legatee Stories series: NSWPF Probationary Constable Harris Landgraf, who’s been with NSW Police Legacy since the age of just nine years old.

Click through to read: https://www.policelegacynsw.org.au/…/nswpl-stories…/

Harris Landgraf

“So you don’t miss being a plumber, then?” I ask.

“Three metres deep in the ground, covered in someone’s turds? Nah.”

Harris Landgraf is a country boy, embodying the very best of the open, friendly, and occasionally earthy outlook that entails. Approaching the end of his first year as a NSW Police Force Probationary Constable, his cheery demeanour has served him well in his chosen profession. But how did he get to this point? Let’s go back a little.

Like a lot of kids in his situation, the first that Harris knew about NSW Police Legacy was when they became a sudden presence in his life after tragedy. When Harris was just nine, his stepmother, Snr Cst Renea Landgraf, passed away. At her funeral, he had his first real experience of the love and community of the Police Family.

“There were hundreds of cops… Dad’s best mate Bushy took us there in his highway patrol car. The church was just filled with police officers. Hugs all round. It was pretty emotional.” To the young boy, it made a huge impression. “That’s when I knew the police were going to be a big part of my family.”

Harris’s father was also a police officer, but Harris didn’t initially enter the force, signing up at age sixteen to do a plumbing apprenticeship instead. At the encouragement of our Community Support Manager Leisa Doherty, he applied for, and received, the Kerslake Scholarship – an award given to fund technical education. He was thrilled at the support. “You know, being a young fella, you get five grand put into your account and all I wanted was that big drill set!”

His next big involvement with Police Legacy came through doing the Kokoda Trek in 2019. It was a transformative experience. He loved sitting around at the end of the day with all of these people who shared a similar story. “You’ve always got someone in your corner understanding where you’re coming from”

Another person on the trek that year was then-Commissioner Mick Fuller, who was hugely encouraging of Harris’s desire to become a police officer. On returning to Australia, Harris asked for, and was given “huge amounts” of support from Leisa and then-Chair Det Supt Gary Merryweather, who helped him get into the Police Academy. Leisa also put him in touch with Cain Anderson, another Police Legatee, who was going through in the class above him. The Police Family really swung into action.

Since attesting in December last year, he’s had a wide variety of experiences, and he can’t imagine now wanting to do anything else. “It’s more than just a job; it’s a passion,” he says. His Dad, now retired, has been incredibly supportive. “I’m living his dream,” says Harris. Dad calls every few days to hear the stories, and check in with how Harris is coping with it all. Things are very different to when his Dad was on the job, with police counsellors and all kinds of support services available. And Harris often finds himself checking in with his colleagues, helping  them decompress from tough days.

As passionate as he is about his newfound career, he is equally passionate about Police Legacy. With the support of his Inspector, he recently organised a tri-state golf day in the region where he’s stationed, bringing together police officers from VIC, SA, and NSW, and raising more than $9,000 for NSW Police Legacy – a phenomenal feat. And apart from the money, he loves that he’s helped to share the story of why this organisation matters. “People say ‘I give money to Legacy each pay, and what do they do?’… but when I tell my story, and what I’ve been through… people say ‘look at what they’ve done!’”

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Harris LANDGRAF with Commissioner Mick FULLER
Harris LANDGRAF with Commissioner Mick FULLER

 

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Leisa DOHERTY, Harris LANDGRAF, Steve LANDGRAF, ?
Leisa DOHERTY, Harris LANDGRAF, Steve LANDGRAF, ?

 

Connor LANDGRAF, Steve LANDGRAF, Harris LANDGRAF, ? LANDGRAF
Connor LANDGRAF, Steve LANDGRAF, Harris LANDGRAF, ? LANDGRAF

NSWPL Stories: Harris Landgraf | NSW Police Legacy

 


 

MAY 21 2009 – 10:19AM

Officers farewell one of their own

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The guard of honour that paid tribute to Senior Constable Renae Landgraf. Hundreds of friends and colleagues gathered to farewell the senior constable at St Brigid’s Catholic Church yesterday.

The drums sounded and police officers saluted as they farewelled one of their own yesterday.

Senior Constable Renae Landgraf, nee Spackman, died as a result of health complications last Friday, at the age of 31.

Her sudden death has rocked Dubbo’s police family and the wider community.

Accompanied by his three sons and baby daughter, Steve Landgraf, an officer himself, was surrounded by hundreds of friends and colleagues as he farewelled his beloved wife yesterday at St Brigid’s Catholic Church.

Speaking on behalf of the family yesterday, Nicole Muir, Jodi George and Carly Stephens painted a beautiful picture of Renae’s life, moving from Western Australia at a young age with her family and residing in Narromine, where she completed her schooling and started work.

In 2001 Renae achieved her dream of being accepted into the Goulburn Police Academy, where she later graduated as probationary constable Renae Spackman.

Renae transferred to Dubbo Police Station in 2005, the same year she married her long-time friend Steve Landgraf, which her family remembers as being the happiest time of her life.

In marrying Steve, Renae welcomed with loving arms his two sons Connor and Harris and then in 2007, Renae was blessed with her first child, Ethan.

In February this year Steve and Renae had their second child, baby girl Mackenzie.

Family members said while Renae’s life was short-lived, she was able to achieve all she had dreamed to achieve and that was to become a police officer, a wife and a mother to a son and a daughter.

As a person, friends and family described Renae as being energetic, loving, fun and ambitious.

She was an extremely dedicated, mother, wife and police officer who worked hard and stuck her neck out for other people.

Superintendent Stan Single read a valedictory at the funeral outlining Renae’s police service and a description of her achievements and commendations.

Renae’s police service follows her father Neil’s army service and the policing career of her husband and role model uncle Peter.

Together with police colleagues a large contingent of nursing and medical staff attended the funeral in support of Renae’s mother, Sandra.

Renae will be remembered by her peers and family for her insistence in having all things right.

Her insistency on right and wrong and her compassion, dedication and work ethic are qualities she has imposed upon a number of junior police she has helped train.

Following the service, one section of Brisbane Street was closed off and Renae’s fellow officers, including drummers marched in front of the hearse as it made its way to the New Dubbo Cemetery for the burial.

Officers on bikes led the procession, and marked police cars transported the family.

anna.yeo@ruralpress.com

https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/848084/officers-farewell-one-of-their-own/


 

National Police Remembrance Day
Tribute to Senior Constable Renae Caroline Landgraf

About this Item
Speakers Fardell Mrs Dawn
Business Condolence, Private Members Statements, PRIV

 

NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY
TRIBUTE TO SENIOR CONSTABLE RENAE CAROLINE LANDGRAF
Page: 18486

Mrs DAWN FARDELL (Dubbo) [6.41 p.m.]: On Tuesday 29 September ( 2009 ) I attended the National Police Remembrance Day service held in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Brisbane Street, Dubbo, at the invitation of Ross Godfrey, Police Chaplain. Similar services were held around New South Wales on that day, which no doubt many other members of this Parliament attended. The Reverend Canon Roger Zohrab, Rector of Holy Trinity Dubbo, carried out the welcome and invocation. Scripture readings and the homily followed by Police Chaplain David Warner, CGS. The solo of Amazing Grace was beautifully sung by David Cooper, RNS Dubbo. Superintendent Stan Single, APM, the Commander of the Orana Local Area Command, addressed the congregation. Police Chaplain David Warner said prayers for the New South Wales police.

Constable Jason Blake, who had not been a member of the police force for very long, read the roll of honour. I will list the names of those members of the New South Wales Police Force deceased during the period 29 September 2008 to 28 September 2009: Sergeant Sean Stephen Lamerton, General Administrative Support Officer Jane Gardiner, Constable Morgan James Hill, Probationary Constable Mason Hammond, Senior Constable Lindsay “Guy” Winkley, Senior Constable Janice Anne Hennessy, Senior Constable Ian West, Constable Gilbert Joseph Roussel and Senior Constable Renae Caroline Landgraf. Renae was one of our own from Dubbo.

Senior Constable Renae Landgraf, nee Spackman, unfortunately lost her life in May this year at the age of 31 as a result of health complications. Her sudden death has rocked the Dubbo police family and wider community. Accompanied by his three sons and baby daughter, Steve Landgraf, an officer himself, was surrounded by hundreds of friends and colleagues as he farewelled his beloved wife at St Brigid’s Catholic Church. In 2001 Renae achieved her dream of being accepted into the Goulburn Police Academy, where she later graduated as Probationary Constable Renae Spackman. Renae transferred to Dubbo Police Station in 2005. In the same year she married her long-time friend Steve, which her family remembers as being the happiest time of her life.

In marrying Steve, Renae welcomed with loving arms his two sons Connor and Harris. In 2007 Renae was blessed with her first child, Ethan. In February this year Steve and Renae had their second child, baby girl Mackenzie. Family members said that, while Renae’s life was short, she was able to achieve all she had dreamed of achieving: becoming a police officer, a wife and a mother to a son and a daughter. Friends and family described Renae as being energetic, loving, fun and ambitious. She was an extremely dedicated mother, wife and police officer who worked hard and stuck her neck out for other people. Superintendent Stan Single read a valedictory at the funeral outlining Renae’s police service and a description of her achievements and commendations. Renae’s police service followed her father Neil’s army service and the policing careers of her husband and role model uncle Peter.

Together with police colleagues, a large contingent of nursing and medical staff attended the funeral in support of Renae’s mother, Sandra. It was a sad and tragic day when Renae passed away. Renae was a vibrant community member. I knew of Renae well and the work she did with the youth in our Dubbo community. Sandra used to attend the National Police Remembrance Day service each year with Renae. She was a true Briton to attend the service on her own this year. It was a tough day for Sandra but hopefully in time it will become easier for her. Renae and Steve’s children Steven, Connor, Harris, Ethan and Mackenzie are in the good hands of their surrounding family and the police force family, as it is known. Our sympathy goes to them all. The National Police Remembrance Day reminds us of the hard work the police perform in our community but it is very tough when it involves one of our own.

https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20091021039




Robert Clifford GARE

 Robert Clifford GARE

AKA  BOB
Late of Sydney

NSW Redfern Police Academy Class #  132

NSW Police Cadet # 2729

New South Wales Police Force

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Rank:  NSW Police Cadet – commenced 5 July 1971

Probationary Constable – appointed 2 April 1973

Constable 1st Class – appointed 2 April 1978

Senior Constable – appointed 2 April 1982

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 15 July 1988 ( Seniority date = 27 April 1988 )

Final Rank = Sergeant 2nd Class

Stations?, Eastwood – 17 Division ( 1971 – 1985 ), Parramatta Beats ( 18 Division ), Emergency Management Instructor, Parramatta PCYC & Police Footy player.

ServiceFrom  5 July 1971  to  ? ? pre May 1999?20 ++?? years Service

Awards:   National Medal – granted 21 August 1989 ( Sgt )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1999 ( Former Sgt )

Born:   3 April 1954

Died on:   Tuesday  10 November 2009

Age:  55

Cause:   Leukaemia

Event location:  Westmead Hospital, NSW

Event date:  Tuesday  10 November 2009

Funeral date:   ? ? ?

Funeral location:   Parramatta

Wake location:  ?

Funeral Parlour:  ?

Buried at:   Cremated

 Memorial located at:   ?

 

Robert Clifford GARE;  Bob GARE; Bob Gare at the National Indoor Cricket titles, Castle Hill, 1992
Bob Gare at the National Indoor Cricket titles, Castle Hill, 1992

 

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Bobby loved the Parramatta Eels, his Police footy and indoor cricket.
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This is a little story that might be of interest to some people out there. When I went through the academy in 1985, a few of our traffic lectures were given by a HWP senior constable whose name escapes me. When he gave us the lecture on drink driving offences he prefaced his talk by saying that most of us joined the police force to fight crime and we saw ourselves out there busting crims and arresting bad guys, but he added that the reality was that for most of us, our first pinch would be a “pissie,” which I guess was a new term to most of us as trainees back then.

I went to Eastwood (17 Division) from the academy ( Redfern ), where I did my six-week field training with an old senior constable called Max Blundell. Max taught me a lot of useful stuff, but as things turned out it was towards the end of my buddy training and we had not yet been called on to make an arrest. We were out in 17/1 on a day shift and we were sent by VKG to a location at West Ryde, where two men had been seen in a 1969 Holden sedan, counting a large amount of coined money and acting suspiciously.

We were backed up by a second car with another veteran senior constable named Bob Gare, (whom I found out recently is sadly now deceased), and a constable named Karen Vesper, and when we arrived we found the car. Inside there were two men as described and we spoke to them, and Max told me to get their names and details in my notebook. One guy gave his correct name of Tony Henry Winoweicki, (I guess you wouldn’t make up a name like that), but the second guy told me his name was Charles Smith. Being an eager, young probationer, I asked him if Smith was spelt the usual way, (just trying to be thorough, like I’d been taught!), and he said, “Spell it any way you like,” which I took to mean, “We both know I’ve given you a bodgy name but that’s all I’m going to give you so be satisfied with that.” The back seat of the Kingswood was almost full of coins in bags, and we arrested them and took them back to the station. This was my first pinch, but of course we had to hand them over to the detectives, who took over, interviewed them, and followed it up from there. The detectives found that they were both had lengthy histories, and in addition to breaking into a registered club earlier that day, they both had outstanding warrants, plus the guy who told me his name was Charles Smith was actually Richard Owen Lynott, who was wanted for escaping from Maitland Gaol.

We all got a good policemanship report from the boss, Inspector Ron Stephens, over that arrest, and considering it was my first ever pinch, I was always kind of pleased with the fact that it was a couple of good crims, and not a pissie. I have to admit it was more a matter of being in the right place than exceptional police work, (plus two geniuses doing a bust and then counting the proceeds in a car in a public place). A few years back I saw an article in the Sunday paper about some of the old identities in the Sydney criminal world, and Lynott got a mention. I remember thinking, “Hey, he was my first arrest.”

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Bob Gare was a senior constable at Eastwood, (17 Division), when I started my probation there in 1985. I did a lot of shifts with him back then, on the car and in the station, after I finished my buddy training, and this is the first I have heard of his passing. He was dry-witted and funny, but professional and knowledgeable where it counted. I am very sorry to learn about this.
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Michael James ISLES

 Michael James ISLES

aka  Mick ISLES

Queensland Police Force

Regd. #   2753

Rank:  Senior Sergeant

 

Stations?, Warwick, Allora, Cloncurry, O.I.C. – Ayr – Missing On Duty

 

ServiceFrom  ? ? ?  to  Wednesday  23 September 2009 ( Missing whilst On Duty since this date ) = 35+ years Service

 

Awards:  National Medal – granted 2 December 1994 ( Sgt )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 5 May 2000 ( SnrSgt )

Queensland Police Service Lantern Award for his interactions with the youth population in Cloncurry, Qld

 

Born?

Died on?

Age:  58

Cause:  PTSD – Suicide – Missing whilst On Duty. Body never recovered ( 3 Dec 2022 )

 

Funeral date?

Funeral location?

Buried at?

 Memorial Service at:  Burdekin PCYC, Ayr, Qld on 5 November 2011 @ 10.30am

 [alert_red]MICK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_red]  * BUT SHOULD BE

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Queensland Police Senior Sergeant Mick Isles signed on duty on the morning of Wednesday 23 September 2009, went to work in uniform and has never signed off. We are awaiting response from Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart to adding Senior Sergeant Mick Isles to the Police Honours Roll and officially acknowledging his (Mick’s) signing off. How can that be unreasonable?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1877418772495439/?fref=nf

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2 Jan 2017 – Isles to Queensland Police Commissioner: addressing criteria under Queensland Police Honour Roll Policy, responding to AC O’Regan correspondence

 

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Steven Isles

A trait of my father’s, an honourable trait through his commitment, belief and passion in people was more-or-less to always look for the good in people, even when I was a child and assaulted by an adult, my father convinced me to look for the good in the assailant, as there was obviously greater reason to why he was like that, an upbringing or similar. I found myself doing precisely that eventually, after the anger had moved on, I looked to for the good in this individual and many years later made peace in speaking with him and seeing that he had grown and changed and was no longer the same person.

As life has progressed even with some of the trials, especially more recently, I have found myself retreating a little over the last couple of years and trying to remove myself from stressful situations.

I guess, now I am finding there needs to be some happy medium and in an ideal world, my father’s trait would be admirable however in a world where many through generations have strayed from strong morals and treating your neighbour as you, yourself, would like to be treated.

For me both physically and mentally, I have softened over recent years in my zest, interest and drive for life. This in part has seen me too readily trust in individuals and some have resulted in individuals using the apparent lack of energy and zest as an avenue to access a perceived vulnerability and to take advantage.

For mine, in approaching 2017, simply applying much of life experience and the honourable person my father was, I can only aim to regain touch with the inner mongrel I had to find to navigate some of the situations that were thrown my and my family’s way.

This coming year, in order the finalize some matters close to my heart that have come so far, I will dance with the devil while maintaining strong morals however only extend a hand of trust, respect or offer of friendship where it is over time earned.

May those close and many that have shared some of this journey with me be able to toast achievements even beyond boundaries that have been set by individuals and bureaucracy.

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29 Dec2016 – Isles to Queensland Police Union President Ian Leavers

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Daily Mail Australia

‘Weather beaten’ man spotted at remote Queensland creek may be police sergeant Mick Isles missing for five years

  • Reports of a man resembling a missing North Queensland policeman 
  • Senior Sgt Mick Isles of Ayr has been missing since 2009
  • A couple saw a ‘weather beaten man’ resembling Isles at a remote creek
  • Sgt Isles vanished from his home and has never been found despite extensive searches
  • A ‘reluctant’ coroner declared Isles dead at a 2012 inquest 

A couple who spotted a ‘weather beaten man’ at a remote creek in northern Queensland have contacted police saying they believe he may be missing Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, who disappeared in mysterious circumstances five years ago.

Graziers, Bill and Elizabeth Tudehope were on a remote road at Landers Creek on the Burdekin River near Millaroo last Sunday when they saw the man who was of the same age and height as the missing police officer, the Townsville Bulletin reported.

Sgt Isles has not been seen since September 23, 2009 after leaving his home in the far northern Queensland town of Ayr for a workshop 80km north in Townsville. He never arrived.

Six days later, his police issue Toyota Aurion was found at Eight Mile Creek, 170km south. The latest sighting of Sgt Isles is at a location between Ayr and Eight Mile Creek.

Following his disappearance, police conducted extensive searches for the 58-year-old, using trackers, the stock squad and the State Emergency Service.

Apart from one alleged sighting by a truck driver soon after his disappearance, Sgt Isles has never been seen again until now.

At the time of his disappearance, Sgt Isles was on only his third day back at work after a lengthy period of sick leave following a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation which had exonerated him of drug trafficking and money laundering allegations.

His wife, Fiona, reported her husband’s failure to return home after finding an undated note on the last page of a used notebook.

The note read, ‘This is nobody’s fault but mine. I feel old and have lost the will to do anything. I feel a failure and a loser, particularly to my family whom I love so much’. The note was signed ‘Mick + Dad’.

A shot gun and ammunition were found to be missing from the Isle’s family home.

Officers found a police uniform shirt stuffed under the front passenger seat of Sgt isles’ abandoned car and in the boot, along with a hessian bag, was a blanket and a box of ammunition that was missing 16 cartridges, a pair of uniform pants and a belt.

The car keys were on the front driver’s side floor of the vehicle and a set of senior sergeant epaulettes had been placed in the centre drink console.

At a 2012 inquest, Queensland State Coroner Michael Barnes found Senior Sergeant Michael Isles ‘intentionally took his own life‘ on the day he was reported missing. Mr Barnes said: ‘I sincerely regret the distress this will cause his family’.

The Townsville Bulletin reported that on Monday northern Queensland police have sent a team of detectives to the Burdekin river area to interview the couple who made the report.

Mr and Mrs Tudehope said they saw a man walking along a sugar cane train track mid-morning last Sunday and they asked him if he wanted a lift.

‘He wasn’t interested in talking to me and didn’t want any help,’ Mr Tudehope said.

They contacted Sgt isles son Steven, who travelled to the couples’ property and then contacted police.

 

 

 

 

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Memorial for missing officer

Jeremy Sollars | 21st October 2011

THE life of former Warwick and Allora police officer Mick Isles will be remembered at a special memorial service to be held in north Queensland next weekend, his family has announced.

Senior Sergeant Isles – who has been missing since September 2009 – was a popular figure in the region during his service here, which ended in 1989.

Mystery still surrounds his disappearance and his family suspect foul play, but the Queensland Coroner last month issued an interim death certificate ahead of an inquest set down for next March.

Snr Sgt Isles (pictured) was on duty and driving from Ayr to Townsville for training when he vanished, but his family still hold out hope his remains at least will be found, if not the people they believe may be responsible for his death.

Son Steven Isles yesterday released details of the memorial service to the Daily News, saying he and his mother and sisters had been deeply moved by the support they had received from locals who remembered their beloved Mick.

“We still think at times that by some magic he might walk through the door tomorrow,” an emotional Steven said.

“But we are realists and we have little choice other than to accept the coroner’s ruling, but it’s an interim and an open ruling and we don’t yet know what may come out of the inquest.”

Mr Isles said the death certificate meant his mother, Fiona, could finalise matters relating to the estate after being forced lean on her children for financial support.

The Isles family has been critical of the hierarchy of Queensland Police, which they say failed to fully investigate Mick’s disappearance and repeatedly gave them the cold shoulder and little respect.

Snr Sgt Isles was police officer-in-charge at Ayr and was reported missing on October 2, 2009. Five days later his police-issued Toyota Aurion was found on a rough track near Ravenswood, 120km southwest of Townsville.

Steven Isles believes that people involved in his disappearance drove the vehicle there as a diversion.

Snr Sgt Isles had been cleared of corruption allegations the previous July and had been struggling to deal with the aftermath, but Steven Isles said his father had shown no signs of being suicidal in the days before his disappearance.

The memorial service will be held at the Burdekin PCYC in Ayr on November 5, at 10.30am.

http://www.warwickdailynews.com.au/news/memorial-service-for-missing-police-officer/1145260/

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13 April, 2011 4:22PM AEST

Burdekin PCYC facility named after missing policeman

Part of the new Ayr PCYC building has been named after missing officer Mick Isles. His wife Fiona Isles says the dedication is an honour but feels the family have been let down by the QPS.

The family of missing Burdekin police officer Mick Isles has spoken out at the opening of a new PCYC facility in Ayr today.

The PCYC’s function room has been named after the Senior Sergeant who disappeared in September 2009.

Mick Isles’ wife Fiona feels proud that the work of her husband has been recognised by the community and believes he would have been humbled by the honour.

“Mick would be very proud in fact he’s such a humble person he’d be standing there saying ‘there must be someone more deserving than me’ he’d be that sort of guy”.

Senior Sergeant Isles was last seen driving an unmarked police car, his clothes and the vehicle were later found at a property in Ravenswood, south of Townsville.

Looking back on the past 18 months Mrs Isles feels she was let down by the police service and says the family was not offered any help or counselling until her son insisted they provide it.

“It was rather pathetic They did do it only because he forced their hand.

My family weren’t offered any sort of counselling, my daughters whatever, they had to go looking for their own”.

Eighteen months on the family of Senior Sergeant Isles remain hopeful that he will be found.

“Our family would never give up hope. We keep looking we keep looking, I keep going out to the spot where he disappeared and hope there’s something that may materialise” says Mrs Isles.

A pre-inquest hearing into the case will be held later this year.

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/04/13/3190657.htm

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Search resumes for missing policeman Mick Isles

JOHN ANDERSEN | October 2nd, 2010

A SEARCH by police of rugged bushland where missing policeman Senior Sergeant Mick Isles‘ abandoned car was found has failed to find any trace of the man last seen alive on September 23 last year.

Police wound up the two-day search around noon yesterday. A police spokesperson said the search focused on an area about two kilometres out from where Sen-Sgt Isles‘ unbadged, police-issued Toyota Aurion was found at the end of a little-used bush track at a spot called Eight Mile Creek on Hillsborough Station.

This week’s search involved police cadets, veteran officers and the horseback mounted stock investigation squad from Charters Towers.

A police spokesperson said the search for Sen-Sgt Isles would be ongoing.

“The QPS will never stop looking for Sen-Sgt Isles. The QPS is also helping the coroner with his investigation. As this investigation is ongoing, further searches may be conducted in the future,” she said.

The spokeswoman said the Forward Commander for the search was assisted by 10 police officers from general duties and specialist areas, and 28 police recruits from the North Queensland Academy.

The two-day search was conducted in hot and trying conditions. One police officer told the Townsville Bulletin that conditions for recruits and officers walking the hilly countryside on foot were extremely hot.

“They’ll be pretty knocked up,” she said.

“This was a routine search which had originally been planned for July.

“We had some rain back then and it threw things out a bit, so we’re here now seeing if we can find anything,” she said.

Sen-Sgt Isles‘ car was found at Hillsborough Station on September 28, five days after he was last seen alive. Nothing has been heard of him since.

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Sacked cop claims victimisation

The Sydney Morning Herald

Evan Schwarten
September 10, 2010 – 11:20AM

AAP

A sacked Northern Territory cop has launched action against two police forces, claiming he’s been victimised since the apparent suicide of his father.

Steven Isles, a constable with NT police since 2003, has lodged an unfair dismissal claim with Fair Work Australia over his sacking by NT Police Commissioner John McRoberts in July.

Mr Isles was on sick leave for almost three years before his dismissal following a dispute with superiors over police procedures.

However, he said he was ready and willing to come back to work in 2008 but NT police refused a request to institute a return-to-work program, similar to those offered in other jurisdictions, to support him during the transition.

Mr Isles has also made a formal complaint to Queensland’s Crime and Misconduct Commission, alleging he’s been targeted and slandered by senior police since speaking out over the treatment of his father, Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, who disappeared in north Queensland last September.

He alleges senior officers in Queensland and the NT colluded to discredit him in both jurisdictions in order to pave the way for his dismissal.

This included officers making unsubstantiated claims he was suffering from a mental illness and spreading rumours of his involvement in his father’s death, he alleges.

“I personally have been victimised and targeted and the subject of slanderous action taken by senior staff and personnel,” Steven Isles told AAP.

A CMC spokeswoman confirmed a complaint had been received on August 31 and was currently under assessment.

Both NT and Queensland police declined to comment on the matters.

Sen Sgt Isles went missing three days after returning to work at Ayr police station, south of Townsville, following a year-long absence while he was under investigation over allegations of corruption.

His vehicle was found abandoned in bushland west of Townsville but his body has not been located and Queensland’s coroner is investigating the apparent suicide.

Steven Isles has been critical of his father’s treatment, including the length of time it took to clear him of the allegations and the lack of support from within QPS.

He claims senior police responded to his stand by spreading rumours and false allegations about him.

In March this year the QPS notified Mr Isles his weapons licence would be revoked after several officers filed affidavits stating they believed he was suffering from a mental illness and that he’d made threats to knee-cap Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson.

The loss of the weapons licence would have been grounds for his dismissal in the NT.

However, Queensland’s Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month reinstated the licence after police were unable to produce sufficient evidence to support the claims.

Mr Isles then voluntarily surrendered his weapons licence.

http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-national/sacked-cop-claims-victimisation-20100910-1541t.html

 

 

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The Workers Compensation Act of 1987 and 1998 clearly states that an action by an employer that is unreasonable is an offence.

An Investigation that is dragged out for three years is clearly unreasonable when they are supposed to be completed in 90 days. The Ombudsman can give an extension, but it also must be reasonable. Murders are usually solved within three months. If any of us as investigators take too long to complete a matter, then we face serious managerial actions so why not the investigators of internal matters?

Has there ever been a 173 or 181 issued to an investigator of an internal matter that has failed or not been successful? I’ll bet not, but then again old Reg has been wrong before. Fact is allegations can hurt a person, but more so hurt a good honest hard working officer because of the pride that comes with sound integrity. To be put through such an ordeal for such a long period with such a minor and disproportionate outcome, is plain disgusting and I hope in the end an enquiry into the matter of the good Sergeant reveals this.

This sort of delay in an internal investigation, also does damage to the family unit, especially the wife who like for most of us has to endure watching their husbands become withdrawn and gutted even after the allegations are proven untrue.

https://www.australianpolice.com.au/tbl

 

 

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Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee : Report No. 81 – A report on a review by the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Commissioner of the actions and holdings of the Crime and Misconduct Commission in relation to the investigation of Senior Sergeant Michael Isles. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/committees/documents/PCMC/reports/PCMC81.pdf approx. 246KB

It would be an interesting read for those of you without an investigators background and I recommend it to anyone with a genuine interest in this matter. For those of you not bothered to read the report here is the full wording of the conclusion, on page 29 of the report.

CONCLUSION

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My review of the actions and holdings of the CMC in relation to the investigation of Sen Sgt Isles revealed that, in regards to the concerns raised by Mr Steven Isles, Senior Sergeant Michael Isles and Mr Terry O’Gorman, the investigation was conducted appropriately but not in a timely manner.
My conclusions in relation to the major issues of concern identified in Mr O’Gorman’s letter to the Committee of 18 May 2009 are as follows:
As to whether there was a proper basis for the issue of a search warrant against Sen Sgt Isles – the CMC received information which suggested that an unidentified Queensland Transport or QPS officer had issued driver’s licences to associates of the principal target for $4000 per licence. The CMC made appropriate enquiries before seeking the search warrants from the Magistrate. Those enquiries established that all testing and issuing of driver’s licences in the area was conducted by
QPS officers at the Ayr Police Station. The CMC ascertained that four of the principal target’s associates had obtained HR licence upgrades in the relatively recent past and that those tests had been conducted and the four licences upgraded by Sen Sgt Isles.
The CMC considered that comments made by the principal target suggested that the person of interest may have been involved as the conduit for the communication and flow of funds and information between the principal target and the subject police officer. Telephone billing and call charge records established a high frequency of telephone contact between the person of interest and Snr Sgt Isles and a fair amount of contact between the person of interest and the principal target.
I do not consider the CMC’s actions in seeking search warrants based upon this information, to be inappropriate. In my view the CMC did consider all relevant and available facts and materials before seeking the search warrants from the Magistrate.
Certain matters which might be regarded as adverse to the issuing of the warrants sought were disclosed in the applications for the search warrants. Other matters were not disclosed in the applications for the search warrants but I do not consider it to have been inappropriate that these matters were not disclosed.
As to concerns about the public manner of the execution of the search warrant – I have concluded that Snr Sgt Isles was not detained in an extremely public manner. It was in his own office at the Ayr Police Station that Sen Sgt Isles was detained and the warrant executed upon him.
The search warrant was not executed at a time and manner where unnecessary embarrassment was occasioned to Senior Sergeant Isles. If anything, it appears that steps were taken to avoid causing unnecessary embarrassment to Sen Sgt Isles. Further, in my view it would not have been operationally appropriate for the CMC to delay executing the search warrants on Snr Sgt Isles.
As to concerns about the return of property seized at the time of the execution of the warrants – the CMC obtained an Order in Relation to Thing Seized under the provisions of section 696 of the PPRA permitting the property to be retained. Therefore, notwithstanding the initial indications by CMC officers that the mobile telephone would be returned within three or four working days, in light of the order obtained by the CMC and Sen Sgt Isles’s written consent to the CMC keeping the property until the conclusion of any investigation or proceeding involving the property, it is difficult to conclude that the CMC’s retention of the telephone was inappropriate.

Conclusion
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The CMC’s retention of the mobile telephone for a further eight days after 29 April 2009 when Sen Sgt Isles was advised that the investigation regarding matters concerning him had been completed, may be regarded as inappropriate.
I have concluded that the CMC’s investigation of Snr Sgt Isles was not conducted in a timely manner. The time it took to prepare the draft investigation report, make the determination as to whether there was evidence capable of supporting any action in respect of Snr Sgt Isles, and to advise him of that decision, was excessive.
Steven Isles, in his letter to the Committee of 1 April 2009 advises that the continued and tardy investigation at the hands of the CMC has and continues to have a very marked impact on the health of my father, Michael Isles, mother, Fiona Isles, and also a number of other family members who were present at the time of executing the search warrant and the like.
It is not surprising that an unduly protracted investigation of allegations as serious as these would have such an effect.
Mr O’Gorman’s letter refers to previous complaints concerning the time taken over such investigations involving serving police officers. The CMC is well aware of such criticisms in the past and should have made a greater effort to complete this investigation within a reasonable time frame.
However it should be noted that I have no adverse comments in terms of the quality of the investigation itself it was appropriately thorough and professionally carried out with suitable recognition of the seriousness of the allegations against Sen Sgt Isles and the QPS more generally.

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Petition calls for resignation of Qld police commissioner

Updated

The son of a missing police officer has launched a petition calling for the resignation of Queensland’s police commissioner Bob Atkinson.

Senior Sergeant Mick Isles has not been seen since September when he went missing from Ayr in north Queensland.

Steven Isles believes his father was bullied by the Queensland Police Service and says an overhaul is needed.

“I’m actually in the process of starting a 5,000 kilometre trip throughout Queensland, rallying for support to move a no-confidence motion in commissioner Atkinson’s continued service as the chief executive officer of the Queensland Police Service,” he said.

The ABC has approached the Commissioner’s office for comment.

The Police Union is not commenting.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-01-04/petition-calls-for-resignation-of-qld-police/1197016?site=local

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Family of missing police officer Mick Isles turns to witchdoctor

news.com.au   1 November 2009

AFTER exhausting all conventional options, the family of Mick Isles has turned to an Aboriginal tracker and self-professed witchdoctor to find the missing Queensland police officer.

Arnhem Land-based tracker and witchdoctor Victor Huddleston and his son Victor Nathaniel Huddleston have arrived in Queensland and tomorrow will begin searching bushland around Ravenswood, where Senior Sergeant Isles‘ abandoned car was found in late September.

An exhaustive search involving police, army and SES personnel was launched shortly after Snr Sgt Isles‘ disappearance on September 23 but failed to find any trace of the missing policeman.

However, Mr Huddleston believes he and his son will find Snr Sgt Isles within two or three days, even though any footprints left by him a month ago will have disappeared.

“I will know where he is because I will see his spirit,” Mr Huddleston told AAP.

Mr Huddleston has been involved in a number of searches in the Northern Territory and says he has never failed to find the person he’s looking for.

“When I get close to the place I will see the clear picture,”he said.

“It always works, whenever I am serious about it.”

Senior Sergeant Isles‘ son Steven travelled to Mr Huddleston’s community last week to seek his help after learning of his reputation through a police contact in the Northern Territory.

He said having spent time with Mr Huddleston in his community at Ngukurr in Arnhem Land, he was confident in the witchdoctor’s abilities.

“We have no expectations, but we are approaching with open arms,” he said.

“We’re here to establish whatever we can, to identify what has happened and potentially even finding my father, if he is there to be found.”

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Search for missing policeman Mick Isles scaled back

By David Barbeler

AAP  News.com.au

October 05, 2009 08:20am

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THE search for a missing senior police officer in north Queensland has moved into a scaled down third phase, with police to visit property owners in the Ravenswood area.

Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, 58, who is stationed at Ayr in north Queensland, was last seen leaving his home in an unmarked police car at 7.30am (AEST) on September 23.

The car was found near Ravenswood several days later, but an extensive air and ground search, which included 45 Australian Defence Force Personnel, has not been able to locate him in the past 12 days.

A police media spokeswoman said, contrary to some media reports, police were not suspending their search but instead were focusing their attention on property owners.

“Police will visit all neighbouring stations in the area, providing property owners and workers with pictures of Sen Sgt Isles and checking all water holes and water courses for signs of unexplained human activity,” the spokeswoman said.

Yesterday, police said temperatures in excess of 30 degrees Celsius in rocky terrain with lots of steep inclines and gorges had left many searchers exhausted and had had an effect on numbers.
The matter is now in the hands of the state coroner.

Acting Commissioner Ian Stewart said the state coroner had become involved along with the northern coroner and they were now directing the investigation.

Sen Sgt Isles‘ son Steven Isles, a police officer in the Northern Territory, said the family was deeply worried about his father’s welfare.

“Our family is obviously quite distraught. We wake up every morning hoping we are going to hear some good news,” Mr Isles said.

He said his father suffered from severe depression brought on by a delay in the joint Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) and police investigation into allegations made against him.

The CMC investigated Sen Sgt Isles over allegations of receiving payments for improperly issuing driver’s licences and money laundering.

The investigation exonerated Sen Sgt Isles on September 18, but took more than a year.

“The delay in the joint CMC and police investigation certainly impacted on my father,” Mr Isles said.

A Facebook site called Help Find Mick Isles, set up by the family, has attracted the support of more than 4700 well wishers.

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Coroner directing search for missing policeman

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The investigation into the disappearance of a North Queensland policeman is now in the hands of the state coroner.

Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, 58, left his home at Ayr, south of Townsville, to attend a police training session on September 23.

His unmarked police car was found near Ravenswood several days later, but an extensive air and ground search has not been able to locate him.

Police and SES volunteers will continue scouring the area today and will review search efforts this afternoon.

Acting Commissioner Ian Stewart says police are no longer in charge.

“The state coroner has become involved [with] the northern coroner and they are now directing the investigation,” Acting Commissioner Stewart said.

The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says it has investigated allegations against the missing officer but they could not be substantiated.

Police Minister Neil Roberts says he will not comment on reports the officer’s family is pursuing legal action after he was cleared by the CMC.

“I can understand the family is going through a very traumatic time at the moment and I don’t want to make any comment on any proposed legal action or not,” Mr Roberts said.

“In the end, individuals have a right to pursue whatever action they feel is appropriate.

“At the moment though, the Queensland Police Service is obviously very concerned, just as the family is, for the welfare of Sergeant Isles, and a lot of resources and effort is going into trying to locate him.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-04/coroner-directing-search-for-missing-policeman/1090024

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Isles family to sue State Government

Townsville Bulletin

EMILY MACDONALD

October 2nd, 2009

THE family of missing Ayr police officer Senior Sergeant Mick Isles has set up a trust fund to finance a legal fight.

Sen-Sgt Isles disappeared on Wednesday last week, just two days after he returned to work following an exhausting nine month Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation from which he was cleared.

The move comes as police phase out the search and rescue component of their response and instead launch a missing person investigation.

Police have also confirmed they are investigating why Sen-Sgt Isles disappearance wasn’t reported when he failed to turn up at a planned training session in Townsville.

Son Steve Isles would not elaborate on the exact nature of the legal action, but said his father was suffering depression at the time of his disappearance as a result of the events which had played out over the past year.

”It’s a trust fund which has been established for legal action which is pending,” he said.

”It’s certainly a fund which has been established in the pursuit of justice which the family feels will prevail no matter what the outcome of the search.

”The fund has been established due to the overwhelming requests from the public.

”The family has been humbled and warmed by the compassion of people who have come forward and will do so much in our time of need.”

* ISLES TOOK A GUN WITH HIM
* SOLDIERS JOIN SEARCH FOR MICK ISLES
* AYR COP CLEARED OVER MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS

Mr Isles said the family was grateful for the support of those conducting the search, including the police service.

”They are our best hope of getting him home safe at the moment,” Mr Isles said.

However, he urged all organisations to review their procedures when dealing with an employee suffering from a mental illness.

Sen-Sgt Isles left Ayr to attend a training course in Townsville on the Wednesday morning, but it wasn’t until 7pm that evening that his wife, Fiona, raised the alarm despite his non-attendance at the course.

”It is certainly alarming when the police make arrangements for that person to attend training and no one follows up on seeing where that person is or touching base to make sure if they are okay,” Mr Isles said.

Northern Police Region operations co-ordinator Chief Superintendent Mike Keating said the circumstances surrounding Sen-Sgt Isles‘ disappearance would be fully investigated.

”That’s part of the inquiry that we have to go through,” he said. ”The full circumstances of when he left Ayr, where he was going to and discovering where he went to and why he didn’t get to where he was expected to be. So that clearly will be a matter of some interest in that investigation.”

Supt Keating said police were still hoping for the safe return of their colleague but were preparing for the potential of a coronial investigation.

An extra 40 people will be tasked to the search and rescue efforts at Ravenswood today where the car driven by Sen-Sgt Isle’s was found abandoned on Monday.

The 100-strong team will search the less likely areas in the 63km square radius from where the vehicle was found but in the absence of further evidence, efforts will be scaled back in that particular area.

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From community pillar to recluse: missing cop’s downward spiral

Two weeks before his father vanished, Steven Isles travelled from his home in the Northern Territory to the family home in Ayr.

A fellow policeman, Steven knew his dad, Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, was suffering.

Senior Sergeant Mick Isles (centre) with former state Police Minister Judy Spence and Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson.
Senior Sergeant Mick Isles (centre) with former state Police Minister Judy Spence and Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson.

For 13 long months Senior Sergeant Isles, a seasoned general duties officer and pillar of the local north Queensland community, had carried a terrible shame.

Mistakenly caught up in a corruption inquiry linked to drug trafficking and the fraudulent issue of driver’s licenses, he had not recovered from the humiliation of being arrested in front of members of his local Lions Club.

A 35-year veteran of the force, he had been planting trees in July last year when senior police acting on behalf of the Crime and Misconduct Commission detained him for questioning. His house and his workplace were also raided.

He was officially cleared on September 18, but family say few in the town or the confines of Ayr police station ever believed he had done anything wrong in the first place.

And yet the damage was done, Steven Isles said yesterday, eight days after Senior Sergeant Isles, 58, removed his uniform, dumped his police car and took off into rugged bush 80 kilometres from home.

“Over the past 10 months I’ve watched him age in the face five years. He became reclusive, he was too embarrassed to show his face in public,” Steven Isles said.

“My father is a very proud, very strong, very humble man. He did not ever want to be the centre of attention.

“It was like taking a senior public servant or a politician and arresting them at a press conference. Everyone is entitled to a presumption of innocence.

“Even after he was cleared people would come up to him in the street to congratulate him and he hated that. He would say to me, ‘Why are people congratulating me? I didn’t do anything.’

“I have no doubt the police process and the CMC process is behind these recent developments.”

The family, represented by outspoken civil libertarian Terry O’Gorman, is taking legal action against the CMC and has set up a fighting trust – The Justice Fund.

Wife Fiona, daughters Lisa, 31, Nicole, 24, and son Steven, 29, have traversed the state with Senior Sergeant Isles during his lengthy police career serving in Brisbane, the Darling Downs, Cloncurry, Bowen and the Gulf of Carpentaria.

He had returned to work after a period of stress leave just two days before he vanished.

On September 23, as Sydney awoke to an eerie red sky and dust storms tracked north towards Brisbane, Senior Sergeant Isles pulled out of the driveway of his Young Street house about 7.30am in a silver police-issue Toyota Aurion sedan.

Having just returned to the job, he was being retrained in defensive skills and had been due to attend a course at Townsville police station that morning.

Instead, he drove 80 kilometres in the opposite direction, to the remote Hillsborough cattle station.

His car was found abandoned – ignition keys on the passenger side floor – about half a kilometre off a dirt track six days later. His uniform had been removed, leaving him in just a singlet and boots, and investigators say he was carrying no mobile phone.

“Certainly there were no signs that something like this was about to unfold,” Steven Isles said.

“He had had a difficult time but he was not someone who would ask for help.

“He was two years from retirement. I think the way [the CMC investigation was handled] bewildered him but this is completely out of character for him.”

Police on Wednesday called in the army and State Emergency Service to help scour 63 square kilometres of bushland near to where Senior Sergeant Isles‘ car was found.

Northern Region Chief Superintendent Michael Keating said if no new information came to light today, it was likely the land search would be suspended and police would move into “an investigation phase with the view to providing a report for the coroner.”

That is not something Steven Isles or his family is ready to consider. A Facebook page set up by Nicole Isles this week imploring people to “please keep your eyes peeled for my dad” has attracted 3200 members and growing.

“We are absolutely lost but we will not give up hope. We are doing everything we can,” Steven Isles said.

“Members of the community have come to us with dreams they’ve had. We’ve consulted a clairvoyant. We are open to absolutely anything at this point, anything that will lead us to our father.

“He could be disoriented, he’s probably hungry and sunburnt… [but]I would certainly hope he might feel compelled to find someone close by to bring him to a place of safety.

“Once he’s found, getting him better can take as long as it needs to.”

Senior Sergeant Isles is about 180 centimetres tall, of a medium build, with brown wavy hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

If you or someone you know needs help with depression, contact SANE Australia on 1800 187 263.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/from-community-pillar-to-recluse-missing-cops-downward-spiral-20091001-gf4h

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Possible sighting of missing police officer

AAP September 28, 2009 08:15pm

A MAN matching the description of a missing Queensland policeman has been sighted near Townsville.

Police have appealed for more information after members of the public reported seeing a man dressed in civilian clothing and matching the description of Senior Sergeant Mick Isles walking along the highway near Toonpan, about 30km south of Townsville.

Grave fears have been held for Snr Sgt Isles since he went missing last Wednesday.

Snr Sgt Isles is stationed at Ayr, in north Queensland, and was last seen leaving his home in an unmarked police car at 7.30am on Wednesday.

Officers located the silver Toyota Aurion sedan at a remote property near Ravenswood.

The man sighted on the highway is described as caucasian in appearance, aged in his late 50s, approximately 178cm tall, with greying hair.

He was wearing a short sleeved checked shirt, grey dress shorts with a thin black belt, white socks and black shoes.

He was also carrying a small carry bag.

Police have asked members of the public to remain vigilant for any sightings of any person along the Flinders Highway and in the Toonpan area that may fit the description of Snr Sgt Isles.

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least that when they find Isles, they will charge him with Illegal Use of a Motor Vehicle.

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Police locate car driven by missing officer

28 September 2009  News.com.au

POLICE have found a car believed to have been driven by a missing police officer.

Grave fears are held for Senior Sergeant Mick Isles who has been missing since early Wednesday.

Snr Sgt Isles is stationed at Ayr, in north Queensland, and was last seen leaving his home in an unmarked police car at 7.30am on Wednesday.

A police spokesman said officers had located the silver Toyota Aurion sedan, with Queensland registration number 060KVD, at a remote property near Ravenswood.

The owners of the property called police this morning after locating the vehicle.

Police have arrived at the scene, and an aerial and ground search is underway.

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There has been similar investigations run here in NSW where a bodgey complaint gets lodged for what ever reason and then warrants are obtained to dig up something and then when nothing is found they go down the managerial path and find that the person who was alleged with a serious criminal offence is now only guilty of not signing a diary. It stinks and has been going on for years, destroying careers of very highly regarded officers. Most of all as in this case the family also get hurt, but I am sure, like here in NSW the QLP Senior Executive have not given a rats about the wife and kids.

Royds does this story sound familiar with one of your close mates????

I hope an pray that the good Sergeant has just decided to take some time out as he has a family who will be left in pain forever should something terrible happen.

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What you say is so true but to not invite the Senior Sergeant to the opening of his own Police Station is about as low as you can go.

QPS management should hang their head in shame as something like this is all it takes to tip someone over the edge and destroy a long career and a family.

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Police sources said Sen-Sgt Isles left a note in a downstairs safe thanking his wife and their three children for their support and for standing by him.

 

 

 

https://www.australianpolice.com.au/tbl

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Sen-Sgt Mick Isles son pleads for information

September 25th, 2009

LATEST:   THE son of Burdekin police officer Senior Sergeant Mick Isles has delivered a tearful plea for information about his missing father.

Police hold grave fears for the safety of 58-year-old Sen-Sgt Isles after he disappeared two days ago.

The former officer-in-charge of Ayr Police Station was recently cleared following a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation.

He was last seen leaving his Graham St home about 7.30am Wednesday.

Son Steve Isles, a police officer in the North Territory, choked back tears as he spoke to the media in Ayr this afternoon.

He said he had spent the past fortnight with his parents in Ayr to help his father cope with depression.

Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson travelled to Ayr today to support Sen-Sgt Isles‘ family, fellow police officers and staff.

Sen-Sgt Isles was last seen driving a police service vehicle, an unmarked 2009 model silver Toyota Aurion sedan, with Queensland registration number 060 KVD (pictured below).

He is of caucasian appearance, about 180cm tall, with a thin build, brown hair and hazel eyes.

Police do not believe Sen-Sgt Isles is a danger to the public but urge against approaching the vehicle.

Anyone who may have seen the vehicle or has any information relating to Snr-Sgt Isles location should contact Townsville Police on 4759 9777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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DANIEL HURST
September 25, 2009 – 2:12PM

A senior sergeant who vanished in north Queensland two days ago had only returned to work this week, having taken stress-related leave during a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation.

Senior Sergeant Mick Isles, who is based in Ayr, near Townsville, was last seen driving away from his home in a police service vehicle on Wednesday morning.

He was reported missing the same day.

His disappearance comes two months after the CMC cleared him of allegations he received payments for drivers’ licences improperly issued at the Ayr police station.

brisbanetimes.com.au understands Senior Sergeant Isles had just returned to work on Monday. It is believed he signed out the police car on Wednesday morning to go to training in Townsville.

A police statement said the force held “grave concerns for his welfare”.

“We do not believe Senior Sergeant Isles is a danger to the public; however, we urge the public to not approach the vehicle, but to contact police immediately if they see the vehicle, or have any information relating to Senior Sergeant Isles‘ location,” the police statement said.

Senior Sergeant Isles has been a police officer for 35 years, having served as officer-in-charge of various stations including at Ayr, according to a Townsville Bulletin report.

He has previously won a Queensland Police Service Lantern Award for his interactions with the youth population in Cloncurry.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers described the officer as well respected.

“He is a very highly regarded officer,” he said through a spokesman.

“We feel for his family who are enduring a terrible time while he is missing.”

People are urged to be on the lookout for an unmarked 2009 silver Toyota Aurion sedan with ( Qld ) registration plate number 060KVD.

Senior Sergeant Isles is about 180cm tall, of a medium build, with brown hair, hazel eyes and a Caucasian appearance.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/missing-cop-had-just-returned-to-work-20090925-g5n8.html

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I would just like to thank the QPS and the CMC for their unprofessional, victimising, deplorable, and degrading treatment of my husband, myself and my family. With only two years to go in the service, Mick held the QPS in high esteem for the past 35 years, but you have successfully changed all of that. Thank you for wrecking our lives. I take heart in `What goes round, comes round’. We are so very fortunate to have had the most remarkable PUBLIC support.
Posted by: Fiona Isles of Ayr 12:20pm Monday 11th May 2009

Now I question the usefulness and effectiveness of (1) the hierarchy of the QPS and (2) the integrity of our so called watch dog, the CMC. This is contrived rubbish – whose ego was at stake here? I worked with this officer in many community matters and have not found anyone more honest or dedicated to his job and to improving the lot for Qld. I am disgusted. I have lost faith in the Qld police, who have barely considered this man’s years of exemplary service and the CMC who have run with gossip to enact such dire consequences. Shame on you all. …and you sit in the seats of justice!
Posted by: R B Stewart – prefer unpublished of Central Queensland 09:27pm Saturday 9th May 2009

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/05/09/52695_news.html

 

 

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May 9th, 2009

Senior-Sergeant Mick Isles has been cleared by the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC), however the fight to clear his name has just begun.

For nine gruelling months, Sen-Sgt Isles has been the subject of a CMC investigation into the suspected improper use of a number of drivers’ licences.

The long-serving officer, who is currently on voluntary sick leave, was never officially stood down from policing duties.

The CMC yesterday confirmed its investigation was unable to substantiate an allegation that Sen-Sgt Isles had corruptly received payments for drivers’ licences improperly issued at Ayr Police Station.

However, the authority said it had referred evidence of `serious maladministration of the Ayr police station, including issues of drivers’ licences’ to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) for further investigation.

CMC spokeswoman Karen Crook said Sen-Sgt Isles was advised of the outcome of its investigation last week, however the Lantern Award-winning police officer only received a letter from the public watchdog on Wednesday “ the same day Ayr Police Station was officially opened by Police Minister Neil Roberts and Deputy Commissioner Kathy Rynders.

Sen-Sgt Isles had not been invited to the ceremony.

Brisbane-based solicitor and Australian Council for Civil Liberties president Terry O’Gorman is acting on behalf of the Isles family to make an official complaint about Sen-Sgt Isles‘ treatment through Queensland’s Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee (PCMC).

Mr O’Gorman told the Townsville Bulletin he was prepared to take the matter even further, if needed.

He said it appeared an unjustified search warrant had been taken out against Sen-Sgt Isles.

“It was carelessly taken out. In any event, on the face of it, as it appears to us, it was unjustified and we want the PCMC to inquire into the circumstances that led to this search warrant being taken out,” Mr O’Gorman said.

“I’m not saying that he should have received any preferential treatment above anyone else, but I am saying that when the CMC are involved in taking out a search warrant, they should exercise “ whether it’s a police officer or anybody else “ much greater care and ensure the facts on which they take out a search warrant are significantly verified, or in effect they can stand a royal commission.”

Sen-Sgt Isles was not able to comment yesterday due to legal issues. However his son Steve Isles, who serves as a police officer in the Northern Territory, said the manner in which his father had been treated was `deplorable’.

“As far as the investigation’s concerned, it’s good to finally see some justice in bureaucracy,” Mr Isles said.

“This goes some way towards vindicating my father of serious criminal allegations, but it does nothing to remove a lot of the mud that will still stick.”

Mr O’Gorman said the CMC needed to answer why it took it so long to complete its investigation.

The watchdog has blamed the delay on the fact Sen-Sgt Isles was on extended sick leave and he had refused to communicate with them – an allegation strongly denied by the Isles family.

“If you are a police officer and your life is effectively put on hold, it’s just unacceptable. On the face of it, this clearance could have been given five, six or seven months ago,” Mr O’Gorman said.

QPS Deputy Commissioner Rynders this week said Sen-Sgt Isles had not been invited to the official opening of his station due to a `miscommunication’ between him and the regional office.

Mr O’Gorman said they must have known his client had been cleared by the CMC well before the station was opened, as the letter sent to Sen-Sgt Isles was dated April 29.

“It just emphasises the slight in not inviting him was not a mere oversight. It was clearly more than that.”

In a short statement from QPS yesterday, a spokeswoman said police would proceed with issues raised by the CMC.

Mr O’Gorman said it added insult to injury for Sen-Sgt Isles.

“All that’s come out of this is a terse statement that there’s no evidence, but then cop this for your troubles “ we’re now going to look at you because your paperwork may not be up to scratch.”

Sen-Sgt Isles, who has been a police officer for 35 years, was nominated for the Townsville Bulletin’s North Queensland Police Officer of the Year award last year.

Sen-Sgt Isles has been in charge of several police stations since 1985. He was also awarded a Queensland Police Service Lantern Award, for youth action commitment in Cloncurry.

www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/05/09/52695_news.html

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Ronald HYSTEK

Ronald HYSTEK

aka  Wing Nut

New South Wales Police Force

NSW Police Academy – Redfern Class # 149

Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on 4 February 1974

Cadet # 3001

Regd. #  17209

Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commenced 4 February 1974 ( aged 16 years, 10 months, 14 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 21 March 1976 ( aged 19 years, 0 months, 0 days )

Constable – appointed 21 March 1977

Senior Constable – Discharged H.O.D.

 

Stations?, Bankstown, Liverpool GD’s – ( 22 Division ) 1976,  Central ( 1 Division ) late 1970’s,

Albury 1980 -1981,  

Tumbarumba 1981 -1985

  Bowral 1985 – 1995

Campbelltown 1995 – 2002

Discharged 2002 ( H.O.D. )

 

ServiceFrom 4 February 1974  to  ? May 2002 = 28 years Service

 

Awards: National Medal – granted 28 May 1990 ( SenCon )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 24 March 2000 ( SenCon )

NSW Police Medal – granted ? ? ?

 

Born:  Thursday  21 March 1957

Died on:  Friday  3 April 2009

Cause: Cancer of the stomach

Age: 52 yrs  13 days

 

Funeral date:  Thursday  9 April 2009

Funeral location: Uniting Church, Bowral

 

Buried at: Cremated, ashes taken.

 Memorial at?

Ron was instrumental in starting the push bike

safety program in the Southern Highlands in the late 1980’s

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


 

FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal


 

May you forever Rest In Peace Ron.


 

I think Ron used to play in the Carlton Football Premiership for Campbelltown around 1985.

Ron used to also Trade under Ron Hystek Home Handyman in the Southern Highlands, NSW.


Final farewell for loved policeman

MORE than 300 people gathered at Bowral’s Uniting Church last Thursday to remember Highlands policeman Ron Hystek, who recently lost his fight with stomach cancer.

Bowral police honoured the 28-year veteran of the force, who spent a decade walking the beat in Bowral, with a guard of honour.

Following the service Ron’s eldest son Wayne and wife Julie drove the casket on a home-made trailer with a Ulysses motorcycle group escort to Mittagong Showground before the casket was transferred to a hearse.

Senior Constable Hystek joined NSW Police in 1974; he was stationed at Bowral from 1985 to 1995 before transferring to Campbelltown until his discharge in 2002 on medical grounds.

He was awarded the National Medal and the NSW Police Medal.

Wayne Hystek said his father touched a lot of people and the family was “blown away” by the turnout to the service.

Ron Hystek started the Where’s Wally Ron charity to raise funds for cancer and arthritis research after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in May 2007.

For the full story see the Southern Highland News, Wednesday, April 15

http://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/1062442/final-farewell-for-loved-policeman/


Ulysses Motor Cycle escort of the coffin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Sydney Morning Herald     Tuesday  10 August 1999   p2

After a shooting incident in 1993, Senior Constable Ronald Hystek refused to wear a firearm or carry handcuffs. He has also had his police driving certification withdrawn for nodding off at the wheel. The 25-year veteran, who has not been fully operational since the shooting, claims the Police Service has discriminated against him over promotions. Constable Hystek has taken the service to the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal, where he wants seven days he took off work last year………

have his medical expenses paid by the Police Service. Constable Hystek won a previous decision before the tribunal over hurt-on-duty leave claims for time he took off in 1994. That leave, he said, was due to stress caused by a faulty departmental investigation into the shooting, for which he was deemed negligent. He had opened fire on the vehicle as it sped through an intersection near Bowral during a pursuit. The hearing continues.


 




Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES

 Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. #  5086[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 4 March 1946

Inspector – appointed 7 March 1976

Stations?

ServiceFrom  ?pre 4 March 1946  to  ? ? ?

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World War II

Australian Imperial Force   Army

Regiment?

Enlisted:                                            30 April 1941

Enlistment location:                Clarence Town, NSW

Place of Enlistment:                 Paddington, NSW

Service #                                            NX5674

Rank:                                                    Corporal

Embarkation?

Next of kin:                                      Ruben YATES

Religion?

Single / Married?

Returned to Australia ?

Date of Discharge:                     30 December 1945

Posting at Discharge:              2/3 Pioneer Battalion

Honours & Gallantry:             None for display

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Awards? – nil found

Born:  11 June 1921

Died on:  19 December 2009

Cause?

Age:  88

Funeral date?

Funeral location?

Buried at?

 Memorial at?

 


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Mervyn is recorded in the 1979 NSW Police ‘Stud Book‘ as M.L.T. YATES, Born 11 June 1921 and having been appointed as a Probationary Constable on the 4 March 1946 which would have made him 24 at that time.

Various websites have him recorded at Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES – born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW, with his occupation as Police Constable.  http://natalie.witt.name/genealogy/family_wade.php?indi=@I3854@

His parents being Reuben George YATES & Florence Marion BAIRSTOW.

He is reported to have married Norma Ella COLLINS on the 14 February 1948 at St Johns Church, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

NSW BDM = 5885/1948   Mervyn Leonard Thomas YATES weds Norma Ella COLLINS

Looking into the World War II Veterans, he appears as Mervyn Leonard YATES, born 11 June 1919 at Gunnedah, NSW.




Gilbert Joseph ROUSSEL

Gilbert Joseph ROUSSEL

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. #  43110[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Constable

Goulburn Academy class:  ADPP 28

StationsHurstville LAC – death

ServiceFrom  ? pre 28 August 2007 ( Attestation date )  to  6 August 2009 = 2 years Service

Awards?

Born:  28 February 1973

Died on:  6 August 2009

Cause:  Suicide – Service firearm

Event location:  Kangaroo Valley

Age:  36

Funeral date:  Monday  17 August 2009

Funeral location:  St Luke’s Church, Revesby

Buried at:  Woronora Cemetery

Portion DD Plq,  Row  Rem Plq,  Plot 0006

Memorial: NSW Police force Service Memorial Wall, Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills, F5 ( right wall )

 

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May you forever Rest In Peace.

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Geoffrey WILLIAMSON

Geoffrey WILLIAMSON

aka  Blinky Bill

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. # 5237[/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 13 May 1946

Inspector

Stations?, Fairfield, 34 Division,  O.I.C. – Parramatta District

ServiceFrom  ?pre 13 May 1946  to  ? ? ?

Awards?

Born:  10 July 1923 in Sydney, NSW

Died on:  17 September 2009 at Longueville Private Hospital

Cause?

Age:  86

Funeral date:  Thursday  24 September 2009 @ 10.30am

Funeral location:  St Charles Catholic Church, Cnr Charles & Victoria Rd, Ryde, NSW

Buried at?


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

 

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It is with the deepest regret that we wish to advise the peaceful passing of Geoff Williamson, former Olympian and Leichhardt’s Vice President, passed away peacefully in Longueville Private Hospital late yesterday the 17th September ( 2009 ) aged 86 years.

Geoffrey joined Leichhardt Rowing Club as a coxswain before the Second World War.

After active War service, Geoff returned to Rowing as an oarsman and became part of Professor Frank Cotton’s contribution to Sports Science in the 1950’s.

Apart from many State Championship wins, Geoff represented New South Wales in the Kings Cup in 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956.

He represented Australia in the Olympic Men’s Eight in 1952 (Helsinki) and 1956 (Melbourne) in the Coxed Four. Geoff also represented Australia in the Eights at the Vancouver Empire Games in 1954.

He continued to be a strong supporter of Club rowing and will be fondly remembered as a much respected Life member and Vice President of the Leichhardt Rowing Club.

His career as a Police Officer saw him move through the ranks to “Officer in Charge of the Parramatta District until his retirement many years ago.

Always the gentleman, Geoff worked continuously for Leichhardt Rowing Club and will be sadly missed.

The funeral for Geoff will take place at 10.30am on Thursday, 24th September at St Charles Catholic Church, Corner Charles and Victoria Road Ryde.

The funeral notice will be in the papers on 22nd September.

May Geoff rest in peace

Rowing NSW

http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/files/09-10/VALE%20Geoff%20Williamson.pdf

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Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)

Affiliations: Murray Bridge Rowing Club, Murray Bridge (AUS) / Leichhardt Rowing Club, Leichhardt (AUS)

Biography

Geoff Williamson had the following podium finishes at major championships:

3rd in the 1952 Olympics Eighths;

1st in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Coxed Fours,

3rd in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Coxless Pairs (with [David Anderson]).

Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)

Results

 
Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1952 Summer 29 Helsinki Rowing Men’s Coxed Eights Australia AUS 3 Bronze
1956 Summer 33 Melbourne Rowing Men’s Coxless Fours Australia AUS 4 h2 r3/4

Men’s Coxless Fours

Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit T
1956 Summer 33 Melbourne Rowing Australia AUS Semi-Finals Heat Two 8:22.4
1956 Summer 33 Melbourne Rowing Australia AUS Round One Repêchage Heat Three 8:10.4
1956 Summer 33 Melbourne Rowing Australia AUS Round One Heat One 6:52.7

Men’s Coxed Eights

Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit T
1952 Summer 29 Helsinki Rowing Australia AUS Final Round 6:33.1
1952 Summer 29 Helsinki Rowing Australia AUS Semi-Finals Repêchage Heat One 6:09.6
1952 Summer 29 Helsinki Rowing Australia AUS Semi-Finals Heat Two 6:44.5
1952 Summer 29 Helsinki Rowing Australia AUS Round One Heat One 6:07.2

 

http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/geoff-williamson-1.html

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Peter Ronald LINCOLN

Peter Ronald LINCOLN

 New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 11598

Rank:  Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on

Probationary Constable – appointed 16 August 1965

Constable – appointed

Constable 1st Class – appointed

Senior Constable – appointed

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 28 July 1981

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed

 

Sergeant 2nd Class – Retired

Stations:  Warilla HWP, Wollongong HWP, Wollongong GD’s

Service:  From  to  ?

Awards:  National Medal – granted 15 April 1981 ( SenCon )

1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 28 May 1992 ( Sgt )

2nd Clasp to National medal – granted 4 September 2001 ( Sgt )

Born:  Saturday  18 May 1946

Died on:  Tuesday 14 April 2009

Cause:  Heart attack

Age:  62 years, 10 months, 27 days

Funeral date:  Wednesday  22 April 2009

Funeral location:  Wesley Uniting Church, Crown St Mall, Wollongong

Buried at:  Cremated

Sergeant Peter Lincoln
Sergeant Peter Lincoln

 

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


 Funeral location


 Peter Lincoln – Funeral pamphlet


Peter Lincoln giving a Send Off speech to Mark Luchetti & Eric Renes on 10 February 1989
Peter Lincoln giving a Send Off speech to Mark Luchetti # 16913  & Eric Renes # 19791 on 10 February 1989