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Australian Police

The Thin Blue Line – Australian Police

1990CauseCrematedDeceased PoliceDepressionFormer PoliceFuneralGenderIllnessIncompleteMaleNoNSWOf Church serviceOf graveOrgan FailurePhotosPTSDRelative in 'the job'StateWall of RemembranceWWIIYear

William James MacFARLANE

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William James MacFARLANE

aka  Bill

late of MacKay

Survived by younger brother Robert MacFARLANE – NSWPF # ???? – Retired

 

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #   78xx

 

Rank:  Detective Sergeant 3rd Class ( Resigned )

 

Stations?, Wagga Wagga, 6 Division ( Nth Sydney ),  7 Division ( Redfern ),  25 Division Detectives ( Chatswood ),  Vice Squad,  Pillage Squad, Kings Cross Detectives.  May also have been a Police Diver?

Later joined Corrective Services around 1980’s & worked at Malabar, Katingal, Parramatta, Bathurst.

 

ServiceFrom  6 December 1954  to 14 November 1970 ( Resigned )  = 15+ years Service

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Korean War

Australian Imperial Force

Regiment?

Enlisted:                                      30 April 1953

Service #                                     N39408

Rank?

Embarkation?

Next of kin?

Religion?

Single / Married?

Returned to Australia ?

Finished:                                    9 June 1955

Bill didn’t see any War, as such, and was signed up with the Army for mandatory service.  His father was also in the Army during WWII and was one of the Rats of Tabrook.

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Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

 

Born:  7 November 1934

Died on:  25 January 1990

Age:  55

Cause:  Severe PTSD.  Accident – internal rupture of the ?

 

Funeral date?

Funeral location?

 

Buried at:  Cremated at Rockhampton with Ashes interred at Tewantin Cemetery, Cooroy Noosa Rd, Noosa Heads, Qld

 Memorial at?

 

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


 Funeral location ?


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

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal


May they forever Rest In Peace


Weary Police searchers lining up for refreshments at a canteen established in the area.
Weary Police searchers lining up for refreshments at a canteen established in the area.

Dad and other Police at Mascot airport<br /> Protecting Frankie Avalon.
Dad and other Police at Mascot airport
Protecting Frankie Avalon.

 

Dad in the side car .
NSW Police Force

 

Dad left , and his fellow plain clothes Police Officers. Detective Sergeant 3rd class.<br /> Photos and information from Carolyn Logan - daughter of Bill ( 24 Jan 2017 )
Dad left , and his fellow plain clothes Police Officers. Detective Sergeant 3rd class.
Photos and information from Carolyn Logan – daughter of Bill ( 24 Jan 2017 )

 

 

 

 

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