William James DENTON
William James DENTON
New South Wales Police Force
Service # 1707
Regd. # 1133
Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 2 June 1921
Constable – appointed 2 June 1922
Constable 1st Class – appointed 1 July 1932
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 13 July 1939
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed 13 May 1946
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 26 August 1949
Inspector 3rd Class – appointed 9 October 1952
Inspector 2nd Class – appointed on 9 October 1954
Inspector 2nd Class – Retired 1 August 1957
Stations: Police Academy ( Depot ) until 2 June 1921
No 1 Division, Central, A District from 29 July 1921
Helensburgh from 23 March 1922
No 1 Division, Central, A District from 21 December 1922
No 4 Division – Traffic ( either George St North, Millers Point or Phillip St, A District from 1 January 1933
No 2 Division – Regent St – General Duties from 1 April 1940
No 3 Division – Darlinghurst – Traffic – from 16 April 1941
No 15 Division – General Duties – Maroubra – from 31 January 1944
No 4 Division – General Duties – George St North, Millers Point or Phillip St – from 14 November 1949
No 3 Division – General Duties – Darlinghurst – from 20 August 1951
No 15 Division – General Duties – Maroubra – from 12 February 1952
No 20 Division – Police HQ – Training ( Temporary ) – from 9 July 1952
No 15 Division – General Duties – Maroubra – from 29 October 1952
No 7 Division – Redfern – Assistant Officer – from 4 December 1952
N0 7 Division – Redfern – OIC – from 3 September 1954
Retired 1 August 1957
Service: From ? ? pre June 1921 to 1 August 1957 = 36+ years Service
Awards: Commendation in 1938
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal – awarded 2 February 1957
Born: 2 August 1897
Died on: 11 March 1971
Age: 73
Cause: Cardiac issues
Funeral date: ? ? 1971
Funeral location: ? in Sydney CBD
Buried at: Cremated at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park then Ashes taken to Macquarie Park, Ryde, NSW where his ashes lay.
Vaughan Catholic Lawn, Row 52, Grave 0011
Memorial at: ?
[alert_yellow]WILLIAM is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow] *NEED MORE INFO
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Funeral location: ?
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FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal
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May they forever Rest In Peace
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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 12 November 1954 (No.185), page 3429
The promotion Of Inspector 3rd Class William James Denton to the rank of Inspector 2nd Class,— on and from the 9th October, 1954.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article220240871.txt
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Truth (Sydney, NSW : 1894 – 1954), Sunday 25 April 1954, page 2
Police swoop on Mascot
A squad of Commonwealth Security men and police swooped on the overseas passengers’ terminal at Mascot airport last night 40 minutes before the Qantas airliner left for London.
It is presumed they were tipped off that Russian Embassy members, or the missing Tass agency correspondent, Mr. Antonov, and his wife, might be leaving — but there was no sign of the Russians. Police Inspector Denton, followed by a Crown Sergeant, walked across the waiting room, followed by Security men, who followed in pairs. The Security men took up positions at the rail and gate leading on to the tarmac, and the inspector walked alone to the plane’s gangway and spoke with two constables and an air ways official.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article172057825.txt
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Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), Friday 21 November 1952 (No.250), page 4174
APPOINTMENTS.
Premier’s Department
HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved of the appointment of Sergeant 1st Class William James Denton to the rank of Inspector 3rd Class, on and from the 14th October, 1952.
J. J. CAHILL, Premier. Department pf the Attorney-General and of Justice.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article220011986.txt
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So very proud to be your grand daughter , still miss you pop , i remember our days when we stayed for holidays love always maureen xx