Honour Roll

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Date	Name	Rank	Reg. No.	Age	Summary
30 Dec 1837	Matthew Tomkin	Constable	228	-	Shot with firearm by escaped convict
5 Jun 1842	Rhody Monaghan	Constable	238	-	Beaten (unknown circumstances)
30 Oct 1851	James Hopkins	Constable	173	-	Accidentally trampled by own horse
1 Feb 1852	William Harvey	Corporal	225	-	Shot with firearm
29 May 1852	Michael O'Connor	Acting Corporal	54	-	Drowned while attempting to cross river
5 Aug 1853	Edward Gray	Constable	-	-	Drowned whilst on duty
3 Dec 1853	Daniel Mullaly	Constable	-	-	Fell from horse and dray and crushed by cart's wheel
26 Feb 1854	William Hogan	Constable	-	22	Drowned whilst on duty
3 Aug 1854	Andrew Henderson	Constable	-	-	Thrown from horse and trampled
8 Aug 1854	Robert Lindsay	Constable	-	-	Accidentally shot himself in the arm, resulting in amputation and later death.
2 Jan 1856	Robert Brunton	Constable	-	23	Thrown from horse
7 Jul 1856	David Anderson	Constable	-	26	Drowned whilst on duty
2 Aug 1856	Stephen Bates	Constable	-	24	Drowned whilst crossing a river with horse
16 Oct 1856	John McNally	Sergeant	-	30	Shot whilst attempting to arrest offender
21 Oct 1856	Edward Fallon	Constable	-	28	Drowned crossing a creek whilst on patrol
4 Dec 1856	Edward Thompson	Cadet Mounted Constable	-	24	Shot by bushrangers (Bradley and O'Connor)
1 Feb 1858	Edward Barnett	Constable	537	29	Shot whilst attempting to arrest offender
30 Aug 1858	Robert Logan	Constable	-	38	Thrown from horse whilst on patrol
30 Sep 1858	Philip Cabot	Constable	-	32	Drowned (unknown circumstances)
26 Apr 1859	Walter Rendell	Constable	1104	33	Drowned at Australia Wharf during investigation of pilfering from moored vessel
18 Aug 1859	George Dodds	Sergeant	289	54	Stabbed whilst attempting to arrest offender
12 Nov 1859	Patrick Henry Moylette	Senior Constable	930	32	Disappeared in the bush whilst returning from Britannia Goldfield
29 Jun 1860	Edward Reilly	Constable	1118	27	Thrown from horse whilst on patrol
17 Aug 1860	William Campbell	Constable	223	29	Thrown from horse whilst on patrol
28 Dec 1881	William Irwin	Senior Constable	1659	47	Thrown from horse whilst fetching dray to recover dead body
27 May 1862	Patrick Conarty	Constable	258	27	Fatally injured by falling tree whilst speaking to potential witness in forthcoming trial
4 Apr 1863	Robert Strahan	Constable	1126	29	Drowned whilst fording river after recapturing escaped prisoner
5 Aug 1863	Daniel O'Boyle	Constable	1678	24	Struck with hammer by prisoner on remand
25 Sep 1863	Robert Crofton Taylor	Superintendent	-	34	Accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning his revolver
7 Jun 1864	William Hanson	Constable	574	35	Inquest vedict: absorption of matter into his cut skin when assisting at postmortem
5 Oct 1864	John McElveen	Constable	1647	29	Drowned whilst crossing flooded creek on horseback
19 Mar 1867	Justin McCarthy	Constable	1981	34	Thrown from horse whilst escorting prisoner
20 Nov 1868	Thomas Wood Hull	Sergeant	577	29	Shot by disgruntled constable who had been dismissed for persistent drunkenness and blamed colleagues for job loss
19 Aug 1869	Edward Leonard	Sergeant	691	42	Died from double pneumonia
8 Sep 1870	William Kennedy	Constable	1720	34	Fell from horse and drowned on a flooded road
27 Oct 1870	John Joseph McNamara	Constable	2253	27	Drowned in flooded creek
6 Jun 1871	James Deacon	Constable	270	48	Died when horse with dray bolted, causing dray's wheel to pass over his back
11 Nov 1871	John Alexander Duff	Constable	2364	25	Thrown from horse whilst on patrol
28 May 1872	Patrick Francis Curtin	Constable	1564	38	Thrown from wagonette
15 Jun 1882	Patrick Barrett	Constable	2773	34	Hit by train on his way to serve summons
31 July 1876	James Herlihy	Constable	2489	30	Thrown from horse
23 Mar 1877	Thomas Collins	Constable	2533	24	Fell from horse whilst on patrol; unlit obstruction left on the roadway contributed to accident
26 Oct 1878	Michael Kennedy	Sergeant	2009	36	Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringybark Creek)
26 Oct 1878	Thomas Lonigan	Constable	2423	36	Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringybark Creek)
26 Oct 1878	Michael Scanlan	Constable	2118	34	Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringybark Creek)
12 Jun 1880	Leonard Fawssett	Sergeant 1st Class	410	57	Broke leg as a result of a stagecoach accident and eventually required an amputation; gangrene set in
7 Jun 1880	Patrick Mallavey	Constable	2885	28	Drowned whilst performing wharf patrol along Yarra Bank; later deduced he tripped in hole in wharf planking and fell into water
18 Jan 1881	David Digby	Constable	362	-	Washed to sea when attempting to return to shore, after guarding stranded ship
23 Feb 1881	James Porter	Sergeant 1st Class	1885	45	Fell down flight of steps at Richmond Depot and fatally injured
6 Jan 1886	Thomas Ryan	Constable	1098	59	Disappeared whilst checking local Chinese camp in White Hills
27 Nov 1887	William Thomas Clarke	Constable	3203	-	Died from injuries inflicted by prisoner during conveyance
18 Feb 1888	James Maguire	Constable	2907	32	Died from English Cholera
15 Oct 1888	Daniel James Courtney	Constable	3982	23	Hit by train whilst on patrol
13 Mar 1892	Arthur William Brown	Constable	-	32	Struck unexpectedly in mouth by another man; fractured skull resulted from fall
24 Mar 1893	James Paul Slattery	Constable	4260	28	Hit by train en route to Magistrate
25 Sep 1893	Thomas Holt	Senior Constable	2775	45	Thrown from horse; died from injuries
14 Feb 1894	John Joseph Glynn	Constable	2942	46	Fell from horse
10 Aug 1895	Olaf Henry Hoyem	Constable	3744	32	Fell from horse
28 Dec 1897	Josiah Rowley	Constable	4647	25	Drowned under weight of horse at King's Billabong

1900-49 Honour Roll

This Honour Roll is a list for the period between 1900 and 1949.

Date	Name	Rank	Reg. No.	Age	Summary
1 Jan 1902	Timothy John Murphy	Constable	4932	23	Contracted typhoid fever
18 May 1902	Charles Elwood Hornibrook	Constable	4124	39	Fell from horse
12 Oct 1902	Richard Johnston	Constable	4356	36	Shot by offender
5 Jan 1906	Henry Charles Blair	Constable	5005	30	Died of meningitis and typhoid fever contracted by drinking contaminated water on patrol
15 Mar 1907	Hugh Lennox	Constable	3726	43	Fell from horse
19 Jun 1908	Hugh Kennedy	Constable	4711	37	Rode into back of unlit plough whilst on patrol and later developed peritonitis
17 Jul 1909	Francis Bruckner	Constable	3866	45	Hit by train
6 May 1910	William Arthur Lunny	Mounted Constable	5367	24	Thrown from horse
4 Jan 1911	Charles Hothem Jones	Constable	3748	49	Struck on head during rescue attempt of prisoner he was escorting
10 Jan 1911	John Sanford Collins	Constable	5118	29	Ulceration of the bowels - result of having been kicked in stomach whilst attempting arrest four and a half years prior
8 Dec 1911	James Ogilvie	Constable	3934	52	Sustained fatal injuries during motor vehicle accident
8 Dec 1911	Harold Riddle	Constable	4810	38	Sustained fatal injuries during motor vehicle accident
6 April 1912	Edmund Crimmin	Constable	5668	28	Fell from horse
1 Oct 1915	David Edward McGrath	Constable	4819	42	Shot by offender during investigation
24 Oct 1916	John Tennant	Senior Constable	3802	55	Motor vehicle accident
25 Nov 1916	Angus McInnes	Constable	5785	33	Fell from horse
20 Mar 1920	George Henry Taylor	Constable	5669	35	Shot whilst attempting to arrest offender
9 Jan 1921	William Michael Sharrock	Constable	4956	48	Drowned when motor launch sank in river near Warnambool; posthumously awarded Valor Badge for helping save lives of others as vessel sank
3 May 1922	Edward O'Neill	Constable	6512	35	Fell from horse and later died of septic meningitis caused by a fracture to his skull
3 Sep 1923	Joseph Delaney	Constable	6389	28	Shot by burglary suspect
12 Jul 1925	Victor Nelson	Constable	5525	-	Died from attack of erysipelas combined with blood poisoning
24 Dec 1925	James Clare	Constable	7727	24	Stabbed in fracas involving two young men
1 Oct 1926	Arthur Roy Currie	Constable	6886	26	Motor vehicle accident
9 Jun 1928	Owen Harrison Maggs	Constable	7686	27	Motor vehicle collision; travelling as passenger in police motorcycle
27 Jun 1929	Donald Gordon Duncan	Constable	7960	28	Motorcycle collided with truck
14 Feb 1931	William John Vincent Roberts	Constable	8334	27	Motor vehicle collision
5 Jan 1935	Clyde James Smith	Constable	7913	33	Fatally injured after accidental discharge of firearm by colleague
30 Apr 1935	John Henry Robins	Constable	8689	26	Motor vehicle collision; travelling as passenger in police motorcycle
1 Feb 1937	Leonard Cardell Rymer	Constable	8650	27	Motorcycle overturned
12 Jan 1938	Bertram Clifford Robinson	Constable	9210	23	Fell whilst cleaning third floor window at Gaming Squad offices on fatigue duty
4 Apr 1938	Victor Ernest Bateman	Constable	8686	23	Struck pole whilst riding police motorcycle attempting to avoid earlier collision caused by speeding motorist
30 Jun 1939	William Frederick Cawthorn	First Constable	8131	34	Struck by passing vehicle
1 Mar 1943	Frederick Edward Jones	Senior Constable	7297	42	Shot in Richmond by passenger in passing taxi cab
2 Jan 1948	Maxwell Herbert Koop	Constable	9688	27	Sustained fatal injuries when motorcycle ran off road
21 Oct 1948	Garth Elvin Atkin	Constable	9991	27	Collided with truck whilst riding police motorcycle

1950-99 Honour Roll

This Honour Roll is a list for the period between 1950 and 1999.

Date	Name	Rank	Reg. No.	Age	Summary
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
21 Jul 1952	George William Carter	First Constable	9297	37	Motorcycle collided with 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	Shortly after 1 am Wednesday 16 March 1983, Constable Clare Bourke was fatally shot by a round from an off duty officer's revolver at the Sunshine Police Station.
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

2000 - current Honour Roll

This Honour Roll is a list from 2000 onwards.

Date	Name	Rank	Reg. no.	Age	Summary
20 May 2000	Mark Anthony Bateman	Senior Constable	30810	30	Motor vehicle accident
20 May 2000	Fiona Frances Robinson	Senior Constable	30507	31	Motor vehicle accident
15 Feb 2002	Kenneth McNeil	Constable	18081	47	Died from natural causes
11 Dec 2004	James Leslie Dunscombe	Senior Constable	23016	54	Collapsed while on duty
24 Apr 2005	Anthony Clarke	Senior Constable	30108	37	Shot with own revolver when pulling up motorist - possibly for random breath test; several hours earlier he had issued speeding ticket to same motorist
26 Apr 2005	Rennie Page	Senior Constable	30621	39	Struck by passing motorist
16 Aug 2006	Ann Brimblecombe	Senior Constable	21796	48	Motor vehicle accident
24 Dec 2011	David John Hobden	Senior Constable	23192	48	In 1990 he was travelling on his motor cycle and was involved in an accident with another vehicle. Medical evidence indicates that injuries sustained in the road accident contributed to his premature death.
7 September 2018	Keith Patterson	Leading Senior Constable	25315	63	Passed away from organ failure caused by an infection received while escorting an offender
14 September 2018	Victor Kostiuk	Detective Senior Sergeant	22036	59	Struck by a vehicle while participating in the Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance

Reviewed 03 September 2019

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