In Memory of

In Memory

Moe Morris

Howell (MOE) Morris (SGT) sadly passed away unexpectedly on Friday 26 July
2002 at his home in Rockingham WA. On behalf of the NP/NPCs who knew Moe I
would like to extend our sympathy to his wife JO and family.

Rest In Peace Mate

Warren Dower

CONST Warren Dower passed away on the 5th Feb 03.

If any ex-member want to contact Joyce (Warren's wife) you can contact Henry (Hank) Millard
as the point of contact phone no 03 9783 9344.

Rest In Peace Mate

Dave Petch

Dave passed away 26 Nov 2004 at his in home Harvey Bay Queensland.

Rest In Peace Mate

WONP S R Lyall

Sid passed awayjust before Xmas 2004.

He is survived by his second wife Hilda and his daughters Sue, Julie and their families. Sid has for very many years held various positions of office at the Mortdale (NSW) RSL and has contributed a great deal to the welfare of members. Sid joined the RAN at the end of WW2 and served as a steward (CPO) until transferring to the NDP/Naval Police in the 1950's. He retired as a WONP in the late 1970's (could have been early 1980's). Sid always had a colourful story to tell and 'knew' everybody. He will be missed by a lot of people.

May he rest in peace.

Don Copp

(Extract from Guestbook entry by 'Dutchy Andrews)

It is with a sad heart that I report the passing of one of our old bosses, namely Commander Donald 'Don' COPP, MBE. Don crossed the bar on the 22nd July, 2005 at Mornington, Victoria, the place where he retired after leaving the Naval Police.
Don was 84 years of age and is survived by his wife Barbara, his son Robert, daughters Gail & Julie and seven grand children.
I last saw Don when I called around to his home in 1979 to invite him to a reunion in Melbourne. He had already retired by the time I got to Melbourne. Vale Don and keep the lamplight burning.

May he rest in peace.

'Tassie' Coleman

(Email sent to me by Rod Cleary)

Tassie was a docky cop from 1969 to 1977 served in the Sydney area mostly at outstations Randwick Naval Stores, Leichhardt, RANRL, RAN TAU when they were at Rushcutter & of course REVY at Pyrmont. Tassie died in late 2003 but I have not long ago heard about it. I have been working on a report for his wife who is trying to get a DVA widows pension as Tassie was a cook on the Melbourne when she hit the Voyager then served for 2 years on the Sydney doing the Vung Tau runs. Regards Rod

May he rest in peace.

Sen.Sgt W.L.Popplewell

was the Ist OIC Naval Police Investigations section. He was a pioneer of the the NAval Police Investigation Section and a "real' detective in the true sense

May he rest in peace.

Inspector Graham Mayes.

This message was taken from the guestbook and the kind words had been written by John Miscamble

Graham and I entered the Naval Police in January 1975 and were in regular contact with each other until I paid off in 1983. We did the NSW Fire Brigade Course in 1979 and Graham went on to be commisioned. Never was there a more suitable person for a commission, he was an all round "good hand". "Barney Rubble" as I used to call him, remember the resemblance; he used to scoff but underneath he liked it,we also pursued another way of life, we entered Freemasonry together though the same Lodge and worked our way up through the Craft together. I make no secret of this and if anyone wants to scoff or make an idiot comment then get stuffed. Graham was a man that I was proud to know, I wish his family all the best and I drink to his memory.

May he rest in peace.

Henry William 'Hank' MILLARD

CPONPC crossed the bar on Friday 15th December, 2006 and was laid to rest on the 22nd December, 2006. Hank had a great send off with almost 250 present at St.Luke's church in Frankston. Hank was 61 and had been involved with Department of Defence DSO Frankston for many years. He passed away from cancer of the throat.

May he rest in peace.

Brian (Lofty) Melrose

It is with sadness that inform you that Brian (Lofty) Melrose passed away on Friday 07 March 2008. Lofty was a CPOSTD prior to joing the Naval poive. He paid off as a senior Constable.
Lofty’s funeral is at 1100 on Wednesday 12 March at Pine Grove, Eastern Creek in NSW.
He will be sadly missed by his family and mates.

Email from Peter haggarty

May he rest in peace.

William Charles Downton

It is with deep regret and sadness to inform you of the sudden death of my grandfather William Charles Downton who served in the Navy and later became warrant officer of Naval police servicing from 1957-1983.

He passed away suddenly in his home on 3rd May 2008 of a massive heart attack aged 68 years old. He is buried at forest lawn memorial park cemetary at leppington

Those of you who knew him please feel free to e-mail me, i’d love to hear from you

kind regards,
Karen Downton
(Bills Granddaughter)

May he rest in peace.

Arthur Colin BROWN

It is with deep regret I advise members on this site the passing of a former Naval Police member. Arthur Colin Brown (AKA Colin Brown) Offical Number P 35568, passed away yesterday afternoon Sunday 24th August 2008 at HOLLYWOOD Hospital, Western Australia aged 88. Colin had been in and out of hospital over the past 10 months as a result of DIABETES. Last week he faced his first every surgery with the romoval of a large toe. Blood circulation to his feet was very poor and he dreaded the thought of major aputation of both feet.

Colin joined the RAN from CUNDEDIN WA in the 1940s against the wishes of his father. Colin should have been running the family farm. Joined Flinders Naval Base before being posted to SYDNEY and seeing service on KAPUNDA and BATAAN. Had to come to the assistance and rescue of the GORGAN after being hit with a 2 x 250lb bombs from a Jap Zero. Whilst at LEEUWIN, he was crash posted to HMAS PERTH while at FREMANTLE. On his posting, it was observed by sickbay he had spots on his lung xray, was returned to the sickbay for further assessment and posting cancelled. It was suspected he may have developed TB and was held in the sickbay for a further three days. In the meantime, HMAS PERTH departed and his service doc returned to LEEUWIN. HMAS PERTH was later sunk in the SUNDA Straits. He witnessed the Japanese surrender and went to TOKYO as a part of the occupation forces before discharge in 1948.

Colin rejoined the RAN in 1951 when he joined the Naval Police after being advised by former collegues they where about to join as a part of a major recruiting drive. Colin remained in the Service before retiring in 1968 from HMAS LEEUWIN.

He is survived by sons Peter, Trevor and Michael and daughters Patricia and Veronica.

Richard Marek
Son-in Law
CPOSTD
ANZAC CE
ROCKINGHAM
08 95531838

May he rest in peace.