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SYDNEY CLAUDE WORKMAN

New South Wales Police

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Published on:
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Updated on:
15 February 2026
Sex:
Male
Born:
Friday 01 January 1915
Born Place:
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Died on:
Unknown
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Age:
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Organ Donor:
No
Regd #
3971
Uniform #
NA
Relations / Family in the Police
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Visited this website
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Force

New South Wales Police

Full Name

SYDNEY CLAUDE WORKMAN

Nick Name

AKA

Cadet #

Uniform #

Registered #

3971

Class #

Funeral Date(s) / Details

Date: NA @ NA

Location: NA

Death Details:

Buried: Unknown

Biography / History

Sydney ” Syd ” Claude ” Snookes ” WORKMAN

New South Wales Police Force – Retired

Superintendent

Joined the NSW Police Cadets on 9 April 1934

Cadet # 0050

Born 1916

Died 22 August 2012

96 years

Funeral 29 August 2012, Brisbane

Syd Workman was a Detective Inspector at Wollongong in the early 1970’s as part of his career.

In 1937 his residence was recorded as Police Deport, Bourke St, Redfern

In 1942 he married at Marrickville, NSW

In 1943 he and Ruby Isabel, lived at 3 Pearce St, Randwick South, NSW

In 1954 he and Ruby lived at 5 Bedford Pl, Coogee South, NSW

In 1977 he and Ruby lived at 9/24 Trafalgar St, Brighton-Le_Sands, NSW

In the Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 1st January 1976, he is mentioned under the State of New South Wales: Sydney Claude WORKMAN, Superintendent, 3rd Class, New South Wales Police Force

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46777/supplements/31/page.pdf

WORKMAN, Sydney Claude.
Formerly of Brighton-le-Sands.
Retired superintendent, NSW Police.
Passed away peacefully Brisbane, August 22, 2012, aged 96 years.

Dearly loved husband of Tissa (deceased), loved father and father-in-law of Max and Margot, Joanne and Hans, loving grand- father of Glenn and Nicole, Jen, Yvette (deceased), Russell and Brooke, great-grandfather of Jackson.

Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend a Funeral Service for SYD in the Centenary Memorial Gardens Chapel, Wacol Station Road, Sumner, Brisbane, on Wednesday (August 29, 2012) at 10 a.m.

KM Smith Funerals Brisbane 07 3252 2031

Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on Aug. 25, 2012 http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?pid=159394220 Syd was also the ‘Boss’ of Detectives at No. 1 Division

Academy Details

Academy	Start Date	End Date	Class #	Comment

Rank Details

Rank	Achieve Date	Comment
NSW Probationary Constable	17 September 1936	?
NSW Sergeant 1st Class	01 January 1966	?

Assignment Details

Station	Start Date	End Date	Comment

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