SAD FACT
The average age of death of all known former AFP members
who have passed away since 1979. Years of age:
UNKNOWN
The following former members have passed away, and we do not have any details of date of death or their age. If you have any information please contact us so we can update our records:
- CHRISTIE, Carl Victor
- GOULD, Terrance Ronald
- HODGES, Arthur George
- MAUGHAN, Richard
- SALTER, Peter
- THOMPSON, Kenneth William
Our thanks to Ian Torrance (AFPFMA member) & Bob Stephenson for their research.
We remember our fallen colleagues who have passed away. We remember the following AFP Veterans who have passed away since 1979. We say goodbye to those members who have served, and we say thank you for your service. R.I.P. Our sincerest condolences to family and friends, both blood and blue.
This Month’s Tributes
| Date | Type | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 02-12-2010 | Died on this day | Ronald Edwin LEWIS aged 33 |
| 02-12-2016 | Died on this day | John Bagnall BURROWS BM aged 91 |
| 03-12-2017 | Died on this day | Owen Keith HINSPETER aged 65 |
| 04-12-1987 | Died on this day | Ronald Leslie WHITTICK aged 47 |
| 04-12-2016 | Died on this day | Mark William JENSEN aged 65 |
| 06-12-2017 | Died on this day | Edward Norman BLAIR aged 87 |
| 07-12-2018 | Died on this day | Alan John Sing aged 73 |
| 08-12-1979 | Died on this day | Albert Clothier |
| 08-12-2015 | Died on this day | Terence (Terry) O'NEILL aged 78 |
| 08-12-2016 | Died on this day | Michael Richard SHANNON Aged 74 |
| 09-12-1991 | Died on this day | Vivienne Mary BROWN (WATSON) aged 33 |
| 09-12-2018 | Died on this day | Samantha Jane BAGLIN aged 44 |
| 10-12-1979 | Died on this day | Reginald John VANDENBERGH aged 57 |
| 11-12-2004 | Died on this day | Peter Edward PHILLIPS aged 58 |
| 12-12-2009 | Died on this day | Lloyd Garry SCHMIDT aged 67 |
| 13-12-2018 | Died on this day | Anthony (Chook) Graham FOWLER aged 77 years |
| 13-12-2018 | Milestone | AFPFMA was created |
| 14-12-2011 | Died on this day | Francis (Frank) William WARD aged 69 |
| 14-12-2018 | Died on this day | William (Bill) Henry BENNETT QPM aged 95 |
| 15-12-2004 | Died on this day | Ivars (Ivan) Juris SMITMANIS aged 64 |
| 16-12-2000 | Died on this day | Brian Ernest HULL aged 66 |
| 17-12-2015 | Died on this day | Victor Jan KARCHINSKY aged 75 |
| 18-12-1996 | Died on this day | James Arthur MATHESON aged 39 |
| 18-12-2016 | Died on this day | Paul Milton JONES aged 74 |
| 19-12-2014 | Died on this day | Robert James (Bob) McGOOGAN aged 71 |
| 21-12-1981 | Died on this day | Phillip Ian ROFE aged 35 |
| 21-12-2001 | Died on this day | Clifford Samuel FOSTER aged 53 |
| 22-12-2000 | Died on this day | Barry Lloyd SUGARS aged 59 |
| 22-12-2004 | Died on this day | Adam DUNNING aged 26 |
| 24-12-2016 | Died on this day | Peter Lea (Bulldog) DRUMMOND aged 75 |
| 25-12-2002 | Died on this day | Peter Francis (Bodge) WHITE aged 65 |
| 25-12-2017 | Died on this day | Jitendra SAHANI aged 48 |
| 27-12-2018 | Died on this day | Kristina Kuta FLYNN aged 64 |
| 28-12-2003 | Died on this day | "Ben" Lavanda Gordon BLAKENEY aged 66 |
| 28-12-2016 | Died on this day | Dr Suzanne Marie STANLEY aged 66 |
| 29-12-2016 | Died on this day | Barry Gerald KITE aged 70 |
| 30-12-1983 | Died on this day | Kevin Raymond DAVEY aged 19 |
| 30-12-1993 | Died on this day | Gerard Thomas SPURR aged 50 |
| 30-12-2015 | Died on this day | David Fredrick CLARKE aged 75 |
| 31-12-1979 | Died on this day | Manfred Kurt ALBRECHT aged 36 |
| 31-12-1994 | Died on this day | Brian Smith BRINKLER aged 51 |
| 31-12-2011 | Died on this day | Norman Douglas MILLWARD aged 73 |
| 31-12-2011 | Died on this day | Clinton Mark GUTHRIDGE aged 48 |
ODE TO A
POLICE OFFICER
As the sun surely sets,
Dawn will see it arise,
For service above self,
Demands its own prize.
You have fought the good fight,
Life’s race has been run,
And peace your reward,
For eternity begun.
And we that are left,
Shall never forget,
Rest in peace, friend and colleague,
For the sun has now set.
We will remember.
WE WILL REMEMBER.
Hasten the dawn.
