Neville Alan ARCHER   

aka  Nifty, Mal & Animal

Late of Dubbo area, NSW

New South Wales Police Force

Goulburn Police Academy Class 230A

Regd. #  25011   

Rank: Trainee – 10 August 1987 – 29 October 1987

Probationary Constable – appointed 30 October 1987

Constable – appointed 31 January 1989 ( loss of 3 months seniority for unknown reason )

Constable 1st Class – appointed 31 January 1993

Senior Constable – appointed 28 February 1995

Senior Constable – Retirement – 15 January 2010

Stations:   Orange ( 31 October 1987 – 31 July 1988 ),  

Bathurst ( 1 August 1988 – 17 November 1990 ),  

Fingerprints ( 18 November 1990 – 3 June 1995 ),  

Wellington – Orana ( 4 June 1995 – 30 June 2000 ),  

Orana Drug Unit ( 7 July 2000 – 7 August 2001 ),

Orana ( 8 August 2000 – 7 November 2005 ),  

Dubbo ( 8 November 2005 – 15 April 2006 ),  

Parkes ( 16 April 2006 – 15 January 2010 ) – Retirement   

Service:  From  10 August 1987  to  15 January 2010 =  22 years, 5 months, 5 days Service   

Age at Retirement:  53 years, 7 months, 17 days   

Time in Retirement:  7 years, 8 months, 2 days     

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Probationary Constable Neville ARCHER – 30 October 1987   

Born:  Tuesday 29 May 1956

Died on:  Sunday  17 September 2017

Age:  61 years, 3 months, 19 days

Cause:  Degenerative disease ( PSP – Progressive Supranuclear Palsy )

Event location:   ?  

Event date:   ?  

Funeral date:  Wednesday  27 Septemb3er 2017 @ 11am  

Funeral location:  Uniting Church, 64 Church St, Dubbo

Buried at:  ?  

 Memorial located at:  ?

Neville Archer & Phillip Stephenson directing traffic near a siege in Dubbo in the late 1990’s.

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

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Funeral location: 

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FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal

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May they forever Rest In Peace

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Rowena Andrews RIP Neville.
Thought I recognised the name in the death notices ??
I went through with him at the academy, there were 5 of us from Orange that went through together. This is the photo taken at our passing out parade. Cropped the other girls out but this is a dashing young Neville with a very young me 30/10/87.

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RSL Dubbo Musicclub

September 17  2017 at 10:50am ·

Just letting everyone know that is, and has been involved with the RSL Dubbo Music club, we have lost one of our long time members. Neville Archer, not only was he a great singer but also a wonderful happy person who was great to be around. He will be missed by all the music community. He left us early this morning.

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Orange City Hockey Club

19 hrs ·

For those who knew Neville “Animal” Archer as a fellow hockey player, a great muso, a brother in blue, a loving family member, King of ‘Dad Jokes’ or even just a fun friend to be around… I invite you all to attend his funeral next Wednesday the 27th of September at Dubbo Uniting Church (Church St) at 11am to remember him for all the good. To give him a wonderful send off, I have organised to head to The Old Bank afterwards to play some tunes and drink some good beer, exactly like Dad would do whenever he got the chance.
Thank you for your support during this hard time

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Orange City Hockey Club

September 17 2017 at 9:18am ·

It is with a touch of sadness that former club player and larger than life character Neville Archer passed away peacefully in the early hours of the morning following a battle with a degenerative disease. Rest in peace my good friend, for those club members interested the send off will be in Dubbo with details to follow.

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James Farrell

September 17 at 8:55pm ·

RIP Neville Archer

Neville, in the dark suit, singing. With band mates Glen Longmore ( far left ), ?, Mark Hales ( Drums ) & Tony Houlahan ( far right )

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Kazzie Archer

September 17  2017near Lambton, NSW ·

In the early hours of this morning, my Dad won his fight against PSP by finally being free of such a horrible, cruel disease.
Thank you to every single person who has helped Dad and/or myself on this journey and even beforehand… i am forever grateful.
I will be sending Dad off with a muso’s jam sesh in Dubbo with date & time TBA.
I love you Dad, fly free xx — with Chuck Wise.

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Neville Archer, Constable Allan Bridle and Johnny Walker
Wellington Times,
Motorcycle Awareness Week
26 October 2012

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First published on 20 September 2017.

Updated 3 February 2026