Mark Joseph Moses BONAVIA

AKA Bananas, Bonn-A-Via

Late of  ?

NSW Goulburn Police Academy –  Class #  217 

 

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. #  22543

Rank:  Commenced Training at Goulburn Academy on ? ? ?

Probationary Constable- appointed 27 March 1986 ( aged 25 years, 4 months, 5 days )

Constable – appointed 27 March 1987

Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ? 

Detective – appointed ? ? ?

Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? 

Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ? 

Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?

Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ? 

Inspector – appointed ? ? ? 

Chief Inspector – appointed ? ? ? 

Superintendent – appointed ? ? ? 

Chief Superintendent – appointed ? ? ?

Final Rank =  ?

Stations:  ?, ‘E’ District ( Ku-Ring-Gai )( Hornsby ) HWP, Castle Hill, Parramatta ( ‘H’ District, 18 Division ) HWP( 1988 )

Service:  From ? ? ?   to   ? ? ?  =  ? years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 19 December 2001 ( SenCon )

Born:  Tuesday  22 November 1960 

Died on:  ? November 2020?

Age:  ?

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Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( December 2020 )

MARK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance  *NEED MORE INFO

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May they forever Rest In Peace

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Kevin Banister Admin from Noel Kessel Earlier in the week I learnt of the sad passing of a good mate and a former top cop – Mark Bonavia (Bananas.) He will be remembered for his great sense of humour, and his excellent driving skills that he put to good use in his many years of serving the community as a police officer attached to the legendary former E- District Highway Patrol (Ku- Ring Gai.) Mark was a very kind and caring person with a heart, who in his job was a great and fair cop who would always go after the reckless hoons and drunk drivers and would always be reluctant to book the “working family man”, but rather give them a good talking to. May his memory be an eternal blessing. RIP brother !!

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Faye Ambrose Mark started his HWP career at H District in the GIO Building in Marsden Street Parramatta. He came to us from Castle Hill in 1988 along with Matthew Dickinson. There are some funny stories that can be told of his shenanigans eg a siege at Ashfield Police Station. His nickname was Bonn-A-Via. I often wondered where he and his crazy sense of humour landed after his retirement.

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