In Memoriam

5 January 2019 – George Richard FORSHAW – Retired Chief Inspector
Mr Forshaw passed away aged 90 years. After a career in the British Constabulary including the Liverpool Police and Merseyside Mounted Police, Mr Forshaw joined the Commonwealth Police in February 1960. Mr Forshaw performed various roles at Sydney Airport, Brisbane Airport, Diplomatic Securities Branch and was deployed to Saigon, Vietnam for two years. Mr Forshaw transitioned to the Australian Federal Police on Foundation Day and worked in Canberra in the General Duties Inspectorate and Traffic Branch. He also performed duties in Southern Region and Information & Scientific Services Support at Weston ACT. He retired from the AFP in November 1986 at the rank of Chief Inspector. For his extensive policing career, Mr Forshaw was awarded:

• Palestine Police Force Defence Medal, General Service Medal 1945-1948
• Vietnam Logistics & Support Medal
• Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (UK)
• National Police Service Medal
• National Medal

6 January 2019 – Robert Arie VAN DER HEIDEN
Mr Van Der Heiden passed away aged 64 years. Mr Van Der Heiden joined the AFP on 26 April 1988 and was employed as Computer Operator and Technician with Computer Facilities Services Branch and Information Technology Services Division. Mr Van Der Heiden accepted a invalidity redundancy from the Australian Federal Police on 10 November 1999. For his service, Mr Van Der Heiden was awarded the AFP Services Medal.

10 January 1989 – Colin Stanley Winchester APM – Assistant Commissioner
Mr Winchester was killed in the line of duty aged 56 years. Mr Winchester commanded ACT Police, the community policing component of the AFP Australian Federal Police responsible for the Australian Capital Territory. On 10 January 1989, at about 9:15 pm, he was shot twice in the head with a Ruger 10/22 .22-calibre semi-automatic rifle fitted with a silencer and killed as he parked his police vehicle in the driveway of his house in Deakin, ACT. Col Winchester is Australia’s most senior police officer to have been murdered.

10 January 2019 – Warrick Ross ARBLASTER
Mr Arblaster passed away aged 61 years. Mr Arblaster joined the AFP on 12 May 2003. Mr Arblaster was employed as Psychologist and worked with the International Deployment Group (IDG) and its overseas missions, and the Employee Assistance & Psychological Group. Whilst with IDG, Mr Arblaster worked in Papua New Guinea, Nauru and Solomon Islands and provided psychological support on Operation Alliance and Operation Carlisle. Mr Arblaster accepted a voluntary redundancy from the Australian Federal Police on 15 June 2012. For his service, Mr Arblaster was awarded the Police Overseas Medal.

20 January 2018 – Colin ROWLEY – Retired Detective Superintendent
Mr Rowley died aged 74. He joined the ACT Police on 5 January 1973. He retired from the AFP on 3 January 1996.

22 January 2017 – Barry Allan BOYCE – Retired Senior Sergeant
Mr Boyce passed away at the age of 87. Mr Boyce joined the Peace Officer Guard in 1958, transferred to the Commonwealth Police in 1960 and then to the AFP on its formation in 1979. During his career he worked a variety of roles in Canberra and deployed to Cyprus as part of the 5th Australian Contingent to UNFICYP (United Nations Forces in Cyprus) in 1968. Mr Boyce also deployed to Darwin as part of the Commonwealth Police response to Cyclone Tracy in 1974. In 1977 he joined the Commonwealth Police Training College at Barton (later to be the AFP College) where he remained until his retirement in 1983. For his service Mr Boyce was awarded

• Police Overseas Service Medal
• National Medal
• United Nations Cyprus Medal

26 January 2017 – Peter GRKINIC – Retired Senior Protective Service Officer
Mr Grkinic passed away at the age of 59. Mr Grkinic served with the Australian Army from 1982 to 1990 with his career including Field Engineering, Fire Service and Military Policing. He joined the Australian Protective Service (APS) on 29 November 1990 and then transitioned to the AFP in 2002. He served at various Sydney locations and deployed to RAMSI on two occasions. He retired from the AFP on 21 March 2014. For his service Mr Grkinic was awarded the

• Police Overseas Service Medal (RAMSI)
• National Medal
• AFP Service Medal

27 January 2001 – Sir Colin Philip Joseph WOODS KCVO CBE QPM – Retired Commissioner
Sir Colin was a British police officer in the London Metropolitan Police, who was also the first Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, from 1979 to 1982. Born in London, Woods was the son of a Metropolitan Police Sub-Divisional Inspector and was educated at Finchley Grammar School. He served in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and the Royal Ulster Rifles (into which he was commissioned in February 1944) throughout the Second World War, from 1939 to 1946, and then joined the Metropolitan Police as a Constable, rising through the ranks to Deputy Commander. In 1966, he was promoted Commander (Traffic) and in 1968 Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Management Services). The following year he was appointed Commandant of Bramshill Police College, and in 1970 returned to the Met as Assistant Commissioner “B” (Traffic). On 31 March 1972 he was moved to be Assistant Commissioner “C” (Crime). This caused a certain amount of controversy, since he had never previously served in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which he was now taking over. Robert Mark, the new Commissioner, had already stated that he believed uniformed and CID officers should be interchangeable in senior posts, and Woods’s appointment was the first example of this policy. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1973 Birthday Honours. In 1975, Mark appointed Woods Deputy Commissioner. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1977 Birthday Honours. On 1 August 1977, Woods was appointed HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary. He held this post for two years until he was asked to establish the new Australian Federal Police in 1979. He was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) in the 1980 New Year Honours.

27 January 2017 – Warren John CARLOFF – Senior Constable
Mr Carloff passed away at the age of 38, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Senior Constable Carloff joined the AFP in August 2007 after service with the NSW Corrective Services. After completing recruit training he was posted to Traffic Operations and then Belconnen Station. In 2009 he joined the Specialist Response and Security Team later transitioning to the Specialist Response Group. In 2014 he deployed as part of the International Deployment Group to the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands working in Auki on Malaita. On his return to Canberra in 2015 he moved to the role of an Operational Safety Instructor. For his service Senior Constable Carloff was awarded

• Police Overseas Service Medal
• National Medal

28 January 2018 – Stephen JACKSON – Retired Commander
Mr Jackson passed away aged 57 years. Mr Jackson joined the Australian Federal Police in January 1984. He spent a number of years in community policing in the ACT as well as performing a variety of other roles before transferring to the Internal Safety and Security team in Sydney in 1996. Mr Jackson was promoted to Commander in 1998 before leading the AFP’s involvement in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He then performed the role of General Manager Perth Office from 2001 to 2003 during which time he was the AFP’s field commander for Operation Alliance, the AFP’s investigation into the Bali Bombings. Mr Jackson transferred to the role of Manager Aviation Security where he remained until his retirement from the Australian Federal Police in June 2004. Mr Jackson then moved into a position as the Chief Security Officer for the Qantas Group and contributed greatly to Australian aviation security. For his service Mr Jackson was awarded the

• Order of Australia Medal
• National Police Service Medal
• National Medal
• Australian Federal Police Operations Medal
• Australian Federal Police Service Medal

29 January 2010 – Witold Boleslaw (Vic) SULKOWSKI – Superintendent
Mr SULKOWSKI worked 16 years as a sworn police officer with the AFP (Superintendent level) and 2 years before that with WAPOL. He worked with the AFP in Sydney, Canberra, Perth and then as a Police Liaison Officer in Cambodia and Vietnam. He died aged 40, serving his country in Vietnam, where he was working with the Vietnamese National Police, the first foreign police officer ever to be seconded into the VNP. Medals received:

• Group citation for conspicuous conduct
• AFP service medal
• National medal
• Overseas service medal (Solomon Islands peacekeeping mission – RAMSI)