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James Clements Joseph ROYAN

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 James Clements Joseph ROYAN

aka  Jim

( late of Canterbury, NSW )

Uncle to Michael John ROYAN, NSWPF # 10241

 

Penrith Police College Class # 023

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  5896

Uniform number:  3324

Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police College on Monday 6 October 1947 ( aged 22 years, 4 months, 13 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 27 October 1947 ( aged 22 years, 5 months, 4 days )

Constable – appointed 27 October 1948

Constable 1st Class – appointed 27 October 1954

Senior Constable – appointed 27 October 1959

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed  20 September 1964

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 12 November 1971

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1 April 1974

Inspector – appointed 1 December 1978

 

Final Rank – Inspector – retirement

 

Stations:  Balmain ( 8 Division )( GDs )( 10 November 1947 – 18 November 1948 ),

Balmain ( 8 Division )( Traffic )( 19 November 1948 – 8 March 1951 ),

* Traffic Office ( Lecturer )( 9 March 1951 – 17 December 1964 ),

Traffic Office ( Parking Police Supervisor )( 18 December 1964 – 30 April 1974 ),

Traffic Office ( O.I.C. – Parking Patrol )( 1 May 1974 – 1 September 1974 ),

Campsie ( 13 Division )( GDs )( 2 September 1974 – 31 November 1978 ),

Fairfield ( 34 Division )( Assistant Officer )( 1 December 1978 – 31 May 1980 ),

Balmain ( 8 Division )( Assistant Officer )( 1 June 1980 – 1982 ) – Retirement

 

School Lecturing Section, Central Police Station Traffic Office ( 1960’s ) – No. 1 Division  ( rode a police bike with side-car ), Grosvenor St Annexe – Cnr Gloucester & Grosvenor St, Sydney ( 1974 – 1978 ), Inspector at Fairfield ( 34 Division ) Police Station 1978 – 1980,

ServiceFrom  6 October 1947  to  ? ? 1982 = 35+ years Service

 

World War II

Australian Imperial Force  Army

Regiment:                                    2 Corps Provost Co.

Enlisted:                                      29 July 1942 at Castle Hill, NSW, aged 19 years

Service #                                      NX120422 ( A.M.F. # N162244 – Corporal with 2 Corps Provost Co. )

Rank:                                            PRIVATE

Embarkation?

Next of kin:                                Patrick Leo ROYAN ( Father ) – ‘Willow Grove’, Stuarts River,

                                                     via Johns River.

Religion:                                     R.C.

Single / Married:                     SINGLE

Returned to Australia ?

Served between:                      9 April 1942 – 17 July 1946 = 1561 days.

                                                    1354 days in Australia.   202 days overseas. ( their math wasn’t good )

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Awards: Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal – granted 13 May 1971

National Medal – granted 13 November 1984

No other awards, which is obviously wrong, were found on It’s an honour

 

Born:  Saturday 23 May 1923 – Nabiac, NSW

Died on:  Thursday  4 April 2013

Cause?

Age:  87 years, 10 months, 12 days

 

Funeral date:  Wednesday  10 April 2013 @ 10.30am

Funeral location:  Mary Mother of Mercy Chapel, at the Rookwood Catholic Crematorium, Lidcombe, NSW

 

Buried at:  Cremated at Rookwood but Interred

Kemps Creek Catholic Lawn Cemetery on 17 April 2013

Christian portion, Row 75, Plot 2

 

 Memorial at?

James ROYAN 1 - NSWPF - Died 2014

 

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


 Funeral location ?


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


 

Jim – may you forever Rest In Peace.


 

Jim was the Uncle of Michael John ROYAN – also a member of NSWPF.

 


Sgt J. Royan, officer-in-charge of parking patrols and inner city cyclist, looks on as Cpl. McMullen of Holsworthy, halts traffic.

Diane Reid, Inspectors Clerk, with Jim at Fairfield Police Station in 1980. Diane also worked at Merrylands Police Stn.

Diane Reid, Inspectors Clerk, with Jim at Fairfield Police Station in 1980. Diane also worked at Merrylands Police Stn.

DESPITE THE OFFICIAL NSW 1979STUD BOOK‘ HAVING JAMES BIRTHDAY AS 23 MAY 1925, THE FAMILY ASSURE ME THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON 23 MAY 1923 AND DIED IN APRIL 2013 JUST SHORT OF HIS 90th BIRTHDAY.


 

James “Jim” ROYAN

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  • “Our deepest Sympathies To Leslie & Annette and Families at…”
    – William & Bernadette Royan


ROYAN, James Clement.
(Jim).
April 4, 2013
Late of Canterbury.
Loving husband of Neita (deceased). Loving father and father-in-law of Leslie and Michele, Annette and Haig, loving grandfather of Scott, Lisa, Sharon, Brett, Paul (deceased) and Mark. Loving great-grandfather of Cooper, Max, Jackson, Sienna, Cate, David, James, Arisa, Will and Emma.

Loved by all his family, relatives and friends.
Aged 89 years
In Gods loving care.

A Requiem Mass for the Eternal Repose of JIM will be Celebrated within the Mary Mother of Mercy Chapel, at the Rookwood Catholic Crematorium, Lidcombe on Wednesday (April 10, 2013)
commencing at 10.30am.

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Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Apr. 6, 2013

http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=164048336


 

Australian Electoral rolls:

 

1949 – lived in Belmore

1958 – lived in Parkes

1977 – lived in St George


*

From 1906 the Police Traffic Branch operated from Police Headquarters, but in 1917, owing to wide expansion of affairs, the branch moved to offices at the Water Police Court. In 1924 the branch moved to the old model Lodge House at 211 Kent Street, and in 1930 to Phillip House in Phillip Street. A further move was made to Clarence Street Police Station in 1931, and in 1938 the branch returned to Phillip House. In 1948 the branch finally moved to the Police Training Centre at Redfern where it remained until the 1960’s.

Source:  Kevin BANISTER, NSWPF # 16382


 

Updated:  12 January 2024 with Promotion History, Transfer History & Awards.

Cal


 

 

 

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