Jon Leslie HAYES
Jon Leslie HAYES
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Northern Territory Police Academy – Squad # ? ? ?
Northern Territory Police Force
Regd. # 1142
Rank: Commenced Training at N.T. Police Academy on Monday 29 September 1980 ( aged 25 years, 8 months, 5 days )
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Final Rank: = Detective Sergeant
Stations: Darwin, Task Force, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, Alice Springs – Death
Service: From 29 September 1980 to 22 June 1997 = 16 years, 8 months, 24 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = ?
Time in Retirement from Police: 0
Awards: National Medal – granted 6 August 1997 ( Sgt – Posthumously )
Born: Monday 24 January 1955
Died on: Sunday 22 June 1997
Age: 42 years, 4 months, 29 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Depression – Suicide – Hanging
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Event date: Sunday 22 June 1997
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May they forever Rest In Peace
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Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995),
Tuesday 31 January 1984, page 6
NT policeman drowns in car accident
DARWIN: A policeman drowned at the weekend after the patrol car he was travelling in rolled off a wharf at Darwin.
Police said yesterday that Detective Sergeant Ian Bradford, 37, and his partner were patrolling the Old Fort Hill wharf at 11.30pm on Saturday when their patrol car rolled off the edge of the dark pier.
Sergeant Bradford‘s partner, who was driving, struggled back to shore and was treated for shock and lacerations.
Police divers recovered Sergeant Bradford‘s body just after midnight. He is survived by his wife, Dianne, and three children.
Police said a report on the incident had been submitted to the Coroner.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116387544
Detective Sergeant Second Class Ian BRADFORD was a passenger in a CIB vehicle which was patrolling the Darwin wharf area just prior to midnight on the 28 January 1984.
The Wharf was being extended to join up with another section and was incomplete.
The vehicle went over the edge between the two wharves.
The driver, Detective Jon HAYES, managed to get out of the sinking car, and although he dived down several times to try to extricate the passenger, Detective Bradford was knocked unconscious and drowned inside the police vehicle.
There is no doubt that, Jon, being the driver of the police vehicle at the time of the accident at Darwin Wharf, ( in January 1984 ) which resulted in the drowning death of his policing partner, Ian Bradford, weighed very heavily upon the mind of Jon at the time leading up to Jon‘s suicide in 1997.
Even 13 years after the accident, I know that it weighs very heavy upon the mind.
May Jon Forever Rest In Peace.
Cal
30 January 2023
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this person at the time of publication and further information and photos would be appreciated.
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Cal
30 January 2023