Mark Ian POSTMA
New South Wales Police Force
Constable
Illness
Ashfield
Died 23 February, 1987
On 23 February, 1987 Constable Postma completed his rostered shift and attended a club where he engaged in a physical fitness workout. Shortly afterwards he entered the bar area of the club and consumed a few glasses of orange juice. He then collapsed. Other police assisted Constable Postma until the arrival of an ambulance which conveyed him to the Canterbury District Hospital. He was found to be dead on arrival.
The constable was born in 1964 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 9 April, 1984. At the time of his death he was attached to the Ashfield Highway Patrol.
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