This Honour Roll is dedicated to the memory of West Australian police officers killed while on duty.
The names of the officers also appears on the In Memoriam Wall at WAPU HQ.
Captain Theophalus Ellis1834 Speared at Pinjarra |
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Constable John Dalton1846 Drowned near Toodyay |
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Aboriginal Assistant Jack Mogalwert1846 Killed by Nulgar whom he was attempting to arrest - speared |
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Constable Thomas Knibbs02.1855 Shot at Bannister near Williams |
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Inspector Frederick Panter09.11.1864 Speared at La Grange Bay |
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Constable William Goldwyer09.11.1864 Speared at La Grange Bay |
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Constable Walter Gee17.09.1865 Murdered at Cambden Harbour |
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Constable William Griffis07.02.1868 Speared at Nickol Bay Roebourne |
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Constable William McKernan1869
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Constable William Armstrong14.01.1875 Murdered at Tingerup near Kojonup |
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Constable Patrick Hackett12.09.1884 Murdered at Beverley |
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Constable Joseph O’Connell20.04.1887 Murdered at Fremantle |
Aboriginal Assistant Jimmy Parrish04.1890 Murdered near Albany – digging stick |
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Sergeant Richard Troy16.06.1890 Accidentally killed at Halls Creek |
Constable Herbert Bosville20.07.1893 Drowned at Fremantle |
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Constable Joseph Collins11.09.1893 Murdered at East Kimberley |
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Constable W C Richardson31.10.1894 Murdered at West Kimberley by his Aboriginal Tracker |
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Aboriginal Assistant Rocket03.1895 Speared at Wyndham |
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Constable Ernest Blencowe10.06.1895 Accidentally killed in Perth |
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Constable John Nicholson28.07.1895 Accidentally killed near Broomehill |
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Aboriginal Assistant Willy06.1896 Speared near Wyndham |
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Constable Alexander McGregor 8319.05.1898 Murdered at Rottnest |
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Aboriginal Assistant Dickey07.1899 Speared in East Kimberley |
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Aboriginal Assistant Dong19. 04.1900 Speared in Fitzroy Crossing |
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Aboriginal Assistant Wallaby07.1902 Murdered near Halls Creek |
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Constable John Hamley 53214.03.1903 Drowned at Roebourne |
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Constable Bertram Fletcher 55001.04.1912 Murdered at Broome |
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Constable Frank Buttle 10520.03.1912 Drowned between Port Hedland & Broome |
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Inspector Herbert Thomas 9422.12.1920 Died on duty at Broome |
Constable John McClay 112901.12.1923 Drowned between Derby & Sunday Island |
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Detective Inspector John Walsh 6728.04.1926 Murdered at Kalgoorlie |
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Detective Sergeant Alexander Pitman 42528.04.1926 Murdered at Kalgoorlie |
Constable Wilfred Read1927
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Sergeant Alexander Mark 47209.03.1928 Murdered at Perth |
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Inspector Stanley Lewis 92701.12.1937 Accidentally killed at Mt Lawley |
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Constable Laurence Buzza 180406.06.1940 Murdered at Nannup |
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Detective Constable Carl Roe 182321.10.1946 Murdered at Claremont |
Constable Jim Brooks 209429.05.1948 Accidentally killed at Palmyra |
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Constable Reuben McDonald 209806.02.1949 Accidentally killed at Mullewa |
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Constable Donald Stewart 198818.08.1951 Accidentally killed at Kalgoorlie |
Constable Laurence Tully 152819.06.1952 Accidentally killed at Belmont |
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Sergeant Edgar Morrow 130215.05.1953 Accidentally killed at Perth |
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Constable Frank Morton 246123.10.1954 Accidentally killed at Cunderdin |
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Constable Edmund Gray 165202.11.1954 Accidentally killed at Claremont |
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Constable Peter McManus 193802.03.1955 Murdered at Northampton |
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Constable Richard Mills 222612.03.1955 Murdered at Nyabing |
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Constable Harry Thomas 235422.02.1956 Accidentally killed at Meekatharra |
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Constable Hamish Burns 261920.12.1957 Accidentally killed at Trigg Island in a traffic accident |
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Constable Kenneth Flatt 276007.03.1961 Accidentally killed at Dalwallinu |
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Constable Noel Iles 290109.02.1963 Murdered at Belmont |
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Constable Robin Bell 345723.12.1964 Accidentally killed at Redcliffe in a traffic crash |
Constable George Winter 275907.09.1965 Accidentally killed at Menzies in a traffic crash |
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Constable Colin Cusack 333211.02.1968 Murdered at Albany |
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Constable Terence Sullivan 364230.06.1968 Traffic Crash Victoria Park |
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Constable Kenneth Heary 367705.12.1969 Traffic Crash Riverton |
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Constable Ashley Godfrey 392510.06.1970 Traffic Crash Rossmoyne |
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Constable Terrence O’Sullivan 389323.01.1971 Traffic Crash Wembley |
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Constable Raymond Pritchard 443222.03.1973 Traffic Crash Scarborough |
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Constable Paul Tyrrell 432109.05.1974 Traffic Crash Hamilton Hill |
Constable Graham Brown 509915.02.1977 Traffic Crash Bunbury |
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Detective Constable Ivan Smith 440616.03.1977 Traffic Crash Marmion |
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Constable Malcolm Stanaway 545301.04.1979 Killed on duty at Geraldton – gunshot wound |
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Constable Franklin Bettles 479819.04.1979 Died of gunshot wounds |
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First Class Constable William Pense 305712.10.1979 Murdered at Mt Barker |
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Senior Constable James Oswald 590622.11.1988 Traffic Crash Perth |
Detective Senior Constable Arthur Douglas 605022.11.1988 Traffic Crash Perth |
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Detective Sergeant Stephen Hughes 559705.12.1990 Traffic Crash Mandurah |
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Constable Stephen Knight 841601.06.1993 Unlawfully killed on duty |
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Detective Sergeant Geoffrey Bowen 550702.03.1994 Killed in Adelaide whilst on secondment to the National Crime Authority – letter bomb |
Constable Nathan Duckham 900313.07.1995 Traffic Crash Kinross |
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Recruit Gary Keppler08.11.1995 Died after a training run |
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Detective Senior Constable Charles Scott 645213.03.1996 Killed in an aircraft crash – Albany |
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First Class Constable David Gaunt 636317.03.1996 Traffic Crash |
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Senior Constable Jane Kennaugh 733801.07.1996 Traffic Crash Mandurah |
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Constable Peter Ball 973407.08.1998 Killed in Motor Vehicle accident while performing arrest |
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Constable Cheryl Klumper 1003428.08.1998 Traffic Crash Wanneroo |
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Constable Mark Loohuys 985618.02.2000 Traffic Crash Glen Forrest |
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Detective Senior Constable Michael Jenkins 869627.10.2000 Traffic Crash Dandaragan |
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Constable Gavin Capes 1030526.01.2001 Killed in aircraft crash – Newman |
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First Class Constable David Dewar 917826.01.2001 Killed in aircraft crash – Newman |
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Senior Constable Donald Everett 460026.01.2001 Killed in aircraft crash – Newman |
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Senior Constable Philip Ruland 787726.01.2001 Killed in aircraft crash – Newman |
Senior Constable Jamie Pearson 947227.11.2004 Traffic Crash near Capel |
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Constable Damien Murphy 1121215.02.2007 Traffic Crash Craigie |
First Class Constable Dennis 'Den' Green 1441007.12.2017 Traffic Crash West Toodyay |
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Michael James Cursiter06.11.2020
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Constable Anthony Woods 1763111.06.2023
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