William Keith DOWTON
William Keith DOWTON
AKA Keith
Late of Dubbo
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 110
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 12463
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 20 February 1967 ( aged 23 years, 5 months, 12 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 3 April 1967 ( aged 23 years, 6 months, 26 days )
Constable – appointed 3 April 1968
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 3 April 1976
In the 1989 Stud Book he was still a SenCon
Final Rank = Detective Senior Constable?
Stations: ?, ‘possibly’ Bowral Detectives, Dubbo, Orana Command – Retirement
Retirement / Leaving age: = 57 years, 11 months, 29 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 17 years, 9 months, 8 days
Service: From 20 February 1967 to 6 September 2001 = 34 years, 6 months, 17 days Service
Awards: National Medal – granted 22 April 1983 ( Detective SenCon )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 30 April 1993 ( SenCon )
Born: Wednesday 8 September 1943
Died on: Friday 14 June 2019
Age: 75 years, 9 months, 6 days
Cause: Mesothelioma – undiagnosed
Event location: ?
Event date: Friday 14 June 2019
Funeral date: Friday 21 June 2019 @ 11.30am
Funeral location: ( Graveside funeral ) Nevertire Cemetery, Oxley Hwy, Nevertire, NSW
Wake location: ?
Funeral Parlour: Abbey Funeral Home – 6881 8988
Buried at: Nevertire Cemetery, Warren Rd, Nevertire, NSW
Memorial located at: ?
KEITH 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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My brother Keith Dowton formerly of Nevertire passed away on the 14/6/19.Keith grew up in Nevertire son of Keith and Kitty Dowton and his 6 brothers and 2 sisters.Attended Nevertire Public School then Warren Central.
Worked on the telephone exchange in Warren before joining the Police force in 1967 and retiring in 2001 .
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973), Thursday 9 July 1964 (No.60), page 2767
AS NOTIFIED BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT
New South Wales.
Postman, Fourth Division — William Keith DOWTON,………………
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241033399/26000429#
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (National : 1901 – 1973), Thursday 15 October 1959 (No.63), page 3653
AS NOTIFIED BY THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S
DEPARTMENT.
New South Wales.
Junior Postal Officer, Fourth Division— ……. William Keith DOWTON, …
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/240887078