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Lindsay James FORSYTHE

Lindsay James FORSYTHE  Victoria Police Force Regd. #   15981 Rank:  Senior Constable Stations:  ?, Essendon, Ascot Vale Crime Car Squad, OIC – Maldon Police Station Service:  From  ? ? ?  to  22 June 1983 = ? years Service Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour – however – Awarded the Victoria Police Star ( posthumously )…

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Robert John LANE

Robert John LANE Victoria Police Force Squad 7/65 Regd. #   15051 Rank:  Detective Senior Constable Stations:  ?, Carlton, Russell Street HQ,  Swan Hill CIB – death Service:  From  ? ? 1965?  to  13 July 1979 = 14? years Service Awards:  Victoria Police Star medal – granted, to Val, 2006 Born:  12 December 1946 at Kerang,…

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Brett Andrew IRWIN

Brett Andrew IRWIN  Queensland Police Force Qld Police Academy Class Group 317 Regd. #   20316 Rank:  Constable Stations:  Ferny Grove Police Station and Fortitude Valley Police Station Service:  From  ? December 2005  to  18 July 2007 = 1 years Service Awards:  ? Not known on It’s An Honour Born:  30 January 1974 Died on:  18 July…

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George HOWELL

 George HOWELL  KPFSM ( Howell is the second, Victorian Policeman, to be awarded the KPFSM ) Victoria Police Force Regd. #  10323 Rank:  Constable Stations:  ?, East Malvern, Caulfield – death Service:  From  ? May 1948 to  1 February 1952 = 3+ years Service Awards:  Queen’s Police Medal, as mentioned in all of these articles,…

Murray John GARDEN
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Murray John GARDEN

Murray John GARDEN aka   Joe Joined NSW Police Force via NSW Police Cadet system on Monday 2 February 1976 Cadet #  3221 Redfern Police Academy Class  157 New South Wales Police Force Regd. #  17762 Rank: NSW Police Cadet – commence 2 February 1976 ( aged 17 years, 2 months, 9 days ) Probationary Constable…

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David Christopher BOURKE

David Christopher BOURKE Queensland Police Force Regd. #  ? Rank:  Constable Stations:  ? Service:  From  ?  to  ?   [blockquote] David Christopher BOURKE   Regimental number 1310 Place of birth Irvinestown, Ireland Place of birth Fermanagh, Ireland Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Labourer Address Police Station, South Brisbane, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 26…

Angela Rose TAYLOR
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Angela Rose TAYLOR

Angela Rose TAYLOR Victoria Police Force [blockquote]The FIRST female Police Officer, in Australia, to be killed ‘ On Duty ‘[/blockquote] Regd. #  24274   Rank:  Constable   Stations:  ?, Melbourne City Watch-House   Service:  From  ?  to  20 April 1986   Awards:  National Police Service medal – granted 2016 & handed to her parents on…

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Geoffrey Leigh BOWEN

Geoffrey Leigh BOWEN Western Australia Police Force on secondment to National Crime Authority, Adelaide, S.A. Regd. # ? Rank:  Detective Sergeant Stations:  ?, Geralton, C.I.B., Drug Squad – W.A., National Crime Authority – Adelaide – death Service:  From  30 August 1976  to  2 March 1994 = 17+ years Service Awards:  National Medal – granted 28…

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Killed just for doing their jobs

Killed just for doing their jobs: The heroic police who put their lives on the line – only to be ambushed in lonely alleys and hacked to death with machetes by angry young men National Police Remembrance Day will honour 757 police killed on duty Ceremonies across the nation and the south Pacific will respect…

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Perils of the Police – 1903 article

From the New Zealand National Library Archives – PERILS OF THE POLICE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11010, 28 July 1903, Page 7 * Taking their Lives in their Hands Long List of Fatalities. The execution of Digby Grand and Henry Jones in Sydney the other day for the murder of Constable Long at Auburn…