|
Date
|
Name
|
Rank
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Reg. No.
|
Age
|
Summary
|
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1 Feb 1952
|
George Howell
|
Constable
|
10323
|
25
|
Shot by offender during car theft investigation
|
|
6 Apr 1952
|
Ronald Albert Creusot
|
Constable
|
10009
|
32
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
17 May 1954
|
Charles Marcus Reeve
|
Constable
|
10236
|
35
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
28 Nov 1954
|
James Norman Brewis
|
First Constable
|
7154
|
51
|
Motor vehicle accident
|
|
16 May 1956
|
William Joseph Harnetty
|
Constable
|
9554
|
36
|
Drowned when boat capsized during rescue attempt of sheep
|
|
9 Aug 1956
|
John Thomas Glen
|
Constable
|
11068
|
27
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
4 Dec 1956
|
Leonard William Rees
|
Constable
|
11483
|
27
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
4 Aug 1957
|
Edward James Dore
|
Constable
|
12068
|
|
Motorcycle accident on 31 July 1957
|
|
13 Nov 1957
|
John Aloysius Brennan
|
First Constable
|
10685
|
30
|
Collided with truck during prisoner transport to Bendigo watch house
|
|
24 Dec 1957
|
Edward Keith Simmons
|
First Constable
|
10988
|
33
|
Motorcycle ran off road and struck fence
|
|
17 May 1959
|
Horace Maxwell Carey
|
Constable
|
12357
|
28
|
Police motorcycle collided with taxi
|
|
5 Jul 1963
|
Graham Stow
|
First Constable
|
13183
|
28
|
Thrown off motorcycle, hitting concrete post whilst pursuing speeding motorist
|
|
3 May 1964
|
Ray Denman
|
First Constable
|
11561
|
38
|
Accidental discharge of shot gun by perpetrator
|
|
29 Jan 1966
|
Malroy John McDonald
|
Constable
|
14419
|
24
|
Hit by vehicle whilst directing traffic around injured dog
|
|
9 Dec 1966
|
Brian Coleman
|
First Constable
|
11245
|
34
|
Fatal cervical injuries
|
|
14 Jan 1967
|
Francis James Mannix
|
First Constable
|
9736
|
-
|
Heart attack whilst attempting to pacify aggravated citizen
|
|
3 Nov 1968
|
Darrel Blythe
|
First Constable
|
13312
|
28
|
Head-on collision when police vehicle hit by vehicle travelling on wrong side of divided highway
|
|
19 Feb 1971
|
Phillip Gordon Fleming
|
Constable
|
15731
|
22
|
Police divisional van ran off road
|
|
17 Apr 1971
|
William George Benbow
|
Constable
|
16081
|
22
|
Wall of partly demolished building collapsed on him whilst attempting to keep bystanders from danger
|
|
9 Oct 1971
|
Robert Lindon Worland
|
Constable
|
15586
|
22
|
Car crash
|
|
25 Apr 1972
|
John Wilham Creber
|
Senior Constable
|
14772
|
28
|
Accidental discharge of firearm by fellow officer whilst pursuing burglary suspect
|
|
8 Jan 1974
|
Charles Norman Curson
|
Senior Constable
|
14406
|
34
|
Throat cut whilst standing at entrance to Flinders Street Railway Station; his murderer was unknown to him but had history of mental disorder
|
|
16 Apr 1974
|
Alan Michael Large
|
Senior Constable
|
15507
|
26
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
2 Feb 1975
|
John Howard Wilson
|
Senior Constable
|
15354
|
26
|
Crashed after swerving police vehicle to avoid another car
|
|
1 Jun 1975
|
Lionel Stanley Baum
|
Sergeant
|
13351
|
38
|
Accidental discharge of own shot gun
|
|
25 Feb 1976
|
John Henry Hodge
|
Detective Sergeant
|
11709
|
42
|
Vehicle ran off road
|
|
3 Mar 1976
|
Kevin John Laube
|
Senior Constable
|
14707
|
31
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
13 Dec 1977
|
Lyndon Waring
|
Detective Senior Constable
|
16076
|
36
|
Collision with another vehicle whilst a passenger in police vehicle
|
|
11 Jul 1978
|
Kenneth John Atkins
|
Senior Constable
|
17514
|
30
|
Fell from motor cycle
|
|
13 Jul 1979
|
Robert John Lane
|
Detective Senior Constable
|
15051
|
32
|
Shot by car theft suspect
|
|
7 Sep 1979
|
Michael John Mitchell
|
Senior Constable
|
17550
|
25
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle whilst escorting wide-load
|
|
11 Aug 1980
|
Barry Joseph O'Donoghue
|
Senior Constable
|
16987
|
27
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
9 Sep 1980
|
Leslie George Townsend
|
Senior Constable
|
17320
|
27
|
Lost control of motorcycle
|
|
29 Oct 1981
|
John Vincs
|
Constable
|
20404
|
23
|
Police motorcycle collided with motor vehicle
|
|
27 Nov 1981
|
Walter Richard Hewitt
|
Constable
|
22598
|
19
|
Collision with police divisional van whilst pursuing speeding motor cyclists
|
|
27 Nov 1981
|
Shaun Gerard Moynihan
|
Constable
|
22420
|
19
|
In same incident as Constable Walter Richard Hewitt
|
|
1 Mar 1982
|
Stephen Edward Henry
|
Senior Constable
|
18003
|
26
|
Shot by escapee from psychiatric hospital who had already committed many serious offences
|
|
19 Apr 1982
|
Harry Cygan
|
Constable
|
19672
|
27
|
Ran through oil slick on motorcycle, causing collision with oncoming vehicle, whilst performing wide-load escort duty
|
|
16 Mar 1983
|
Clare Frances Bourke
|
Constable
|
23083
|
23
|
Accidental discharge with firearm by colleague
|
|
22 Jun 1983
|
Lindsay James Forsythe
|
Senior Constable
|
15981
|
33
|
Shot by colleague who lured him to unoccupied house for pre-meditated murder
|
|
17 Aug 1985
|
Arthur John Kokkin
|
Sergeant
|
17714
|
32
|
Fatally injured when struck by vehicle
|
|
20 April 1986
|
Angela Rose Taylor
|
Constable
|
24274
|
21
|
Car bomb detonated in front of Russell Street Police complex
|
|
27 Sep 1986
|
Maurice Daniel Moore
|
Senior Constable
|
22471
|
34
|
Shot by offender
|
|
5 Apr 1987
|
Neil Francis Clinch
|
Constable
|
24654
|
22
|
Shot whilst tackling an offender
|
|
14 May 1987
|
Peter Ross Smith
|
Senior Constable
|
19373
|
32
|
Motorcycle ran off road and hit tree
|
|
9 Sep 1987
|
Russell James Thompson
|
Sergeant
|
14833
|
44
|
Struck by vehicle whilst conducting routine vehicle check
|
|
12 Oct 1988
|
Damien Jeffrey Eyre
|
Probationary Constable
|
26483
|
20
|
Ambushed and shot by offenders who had deliberately lured police to abandoned car for pre-meditated murders
|
|
12 Oct 1988
|
Steven John Tynan
|
Constable
|
25080
|
22
|
Ambushed and shot by offenders who had deliberately lured police to abandoned car for pre-meditated murders
|
|
17 Nov 1988
|
Christopher Cameron Malone
|
Senior Constable
|
21999
|
29
|
Police vehicle hit by train at railway level crossing
|
|
9 Apr 1989
|
Richard Noel Dufty
|
Senior Constable
|
14392
|
55
|
Hit by motor vehicle whilst directing traffic
|
|
5 Aug 1989
|
Alan Geoffrey Dickens
|
Inspector
|
15108
|
45
|
Died in head-on collision between his police vehicle and another vehicle
|
|
12 Nov 1989
|
Trevor John Given
|
Constable
|
26577
|
25
|
Collision whilst transporting donor heart for life-saving operation
|
|
9 Jun 1991
|
Andrew Robert McFarlane
|
Constable
|
25660
|
24
|
Vehicle ran off the road and hit tree
|
|
3 Feb 1994
|
Grant Frederick McPhie
|
Sergeant
|
17489
|
46
|
Motor vehicle accident whilst in pursuit of a motor cyclist
|
|
13 Aug 1994
|
Ian James Crilly
|
Senior Constable
|
20290
|
37
|
Motor vehicle accident
|
|
9 Jan 1995
|
Douglas Raymond Mathers
|
Detective Senior Constable
|
15860
|
45
|
Motor vehicle collision
|
|
10 May 1997
|
Timothy Richard Lewczuk
|
Senior Constable
|
27626
|
30
|
Vehicle crashed into his parked police vehicle, throwing him off bridge and onto highway below
|
|
16 Aug 1998
|
Rodney James Miller
|
Senior Constable
|
29276
|
35
|
Shot by offenders whilst investigating series of armed robberies
|
|
16 Aug 1998
|
Gary Michael Silk
|
Sergeant
|
24685
|
34
|
Shot by offenders whilst investigating series of armed robberies
|
|
26 Dec 1998
|
Simon De Winne
|
Senior Constable
|
27590
|
29
|
Police vehicle crashed into tree
|
|
22 Jun 1999
|
Edward Leslie Hubbard
|
Detective Senior Constable
|
28905
|
-
|
Suffered cardiac arrest in Police Academy whilst participating in pre-selection training for Special Operations Group
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