Roy Francis De Coque

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. #  18403[/alert_yellow]

[alert_yellow]Academy # 92534[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 11 December 1978

Sergeant – suicide

Stations:  Police Mounted Unit, Redfern

Service:   From  ? ? ? pre 11 December 1978   to   9 October 1996 = approximately 17+ years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 2 February 1995

Born:  3 October 1952  ( http://www.interment.net/data/aus/qld/cooloola/cooloola_coast/cooloola.htm )

Died:  9 October 1996 ( https://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/castlebrookmemorialpark/roy-francis-de-coque/21605 )

Age:  44

Cause:  Illness – Suicide by firearm ( Service Revolver ) in Change Room of Mounted Unit, Redfern

On Duty / Off Duty?

Funeral:  ? date

Funeral location: Castlebrook Lawn Cemetery,

Old Windsor Rd, Rouse Hill, NSW.

Grave site: Cremated at Castlebrook and Ashes collected by family.

Memorial location:   Cooloola Coast Cemetery, Rainbow Beach Road, Cooloola Cove, Qld.

 

FURTHER INFORMATION IS SOUGHT ABOUT THIS DEATH.

[alert_red]Roy is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance

 

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A Day to Remember ( 1983 )

48 minute documentary Written by Michael Daley, Produced by Bruce Buchanan and Production company is ABC.

SYNOPSIS:

Anzac Day, 1983, from dawn to dusk. The coverage includes the Women Against Rape demonstration, and personalities involved are Sir James Rowland, Governor of NSW; the men of the Australian Army’s 8th Division; Gallipoli survivor Charles Bingham; Paul Smith, RSL Chief Marshall of the march; a Legacy family; and Roy de Coque of the NSW Police Academy, with his horse, Dandy.

GENRE:

Cultures – Australian, War

http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/find-a-film/detail.aspx?tid=9733

 

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Roy liked Triumph motorcycle and he also enjoyed Blues Music.

 

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Roy Francis De Coque - Photo 1

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Roy Francis De Coque - Photo 3