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GREGORY MALCOLM ASHWORTH

New South Wales Police

Database on:
NA
Published on:
NA
Updated on:
15 February 2026
Sex:
Male
Born:
Saturday 01 January 1966
Born Place:
NA, NA, NA
Died on:
Monday 29 August 1988
Death Place:
NA, NA, NA
Age:
22 years, 8 months, 6 days
Organ Donor:
No
Regd #
23153
Uniform #
NA
Relations / Family in the Police
No
Class #
223
Visited this website
315

Force

New South Wales Police

Full Name

GREGORY MALCOLM ASHWORTH

Nick Name

AKA

Cadet #

Uniform #

Registered #

23153

Class #

223

Funeral Date(s) / Details

Date: NA @ NA

Location: NA

Death Details:

Awards / Commendations etc: nil

Note: Final Rank: Constable

Buried: Unknown

Cemetery name: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium

Biography / History

Gregory Malcolm ASHWORTH

NSW Police Academy Class # 223

New South Wales Police Force

Regd. # 23153

Rank: Commenced training at Goulburn Police Academy on 29 September 1986 ( aged 20 years, 3 months, 4 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed19 December 1986

Constable – appointed 7 March 1988 ( lost 3.5 months Seniority )

Final Rank: Constable

Stations: Pennant Hills

Service: From 29 September 1986 to 29 August 1988 = 1+ year Service

Awards: nil

Born: Saturday 25 June 1966

Died on: Monday 29 August 1988

Cause: Motor Vehicle Accident – Urgent Duty – Driver

Event location: Corner of Pennant Hills Rd & Stuart Ave, Pennant Hills

Age: 22 years, 2 months, 4 days

Funeral date: 2 September 1988

Funeral location: ?

Buried at: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, Plassey Rd, Macquarie Park, 2113

Grave location: General Lawn, Row 0, Plot 0531

GPS of Grave: -33.789315 151.137817

Touch Plate at the National Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra

GREG IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance

About 4.20pm on 29 August, 1988 Constable Ashworth and Probationary Constable Currie left the Hornsby Police Station to attend an armed holdup at the West Pennant Hills branch of the National Bank. Whilst travelling along Pennant Hills Road Constable Ashworth swerved to avoid a stationary semi-trailer at the intersection of Stuart Avenue and collided with a median strip, causing the police vehicle to overturn onto the incorrect side of the roadway and hit an oncoming vehicle. As a result Constable Ashworth sustained severe head and internal injuries and although quickly attended to by Constable Currie, he died a short time later.

The constable was born in 1966 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 29 September, 1986. At the time of his death he was stationed at Pennant Hills.

Event location:

The Holdup alarm, mentioned above, was a ‘false alarm‘.

Greg was aspiring to join the Pennant Hills Police Rescue Squad and, had he not died so early in his career, he was on his way to being nicknames ‘Bluey’ – no doubt a reference to him having red hair.

The accident happened on an uphill left hand curve near the Thornleigh tip.

As was the custom of the day, the vehicle was returned to the police station and was placed outside of the Meal Room at Hornsby Police Station where it was visible through the meal room window – awaiting Mechanical examination, and was visibly stained with blood.

Death Notice was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 31 August 1988.

Gregory Malcolm ASHWORTH

Gregory Malcolm ASHWORTH - Photo 2

Gregory Malcolm ASHWORTH - Photo 3

Academy Details

Academy	Start Date	End Date	Class #	Comment

Rank Details

Rank	Achieve Date	Comment
NSW Probationary Constable	19 December 1986	?
NSW Constable	07 March 1988	?

Assignment Details

Station	Start Date	End Date	Comment

B.A. KELLER

P.G. VAUGHAN

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