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In the morning of 1 July, 1996, Senior Constable Jane Kennaugh and Senior Constable Glenn MURRAY were driving in the Mandurah area.  As a result of heavy rainfall at the time, the police vehicle lost control, crashing into a tree on the the median strip on the Mandurah Road, near Singleton.

The driver, Senior Constable MURRAY received serious head and chest injuries and Senior Constable Kennaugh was killed.  She was the first female Police Officer to be killed on duty in Western Australia.

Senior Constable MURRAY never fully recovered from his injuries and remained in a severely disabled state, requiring full time care until he passed away on 2 December 2022.

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Shortly after 4.15pm on the afternoon of the 6th of December 2012, Detective Inspector Anderson was present at a neighbour dispute at Oakville NSW, where a number of arrows had been fired in the vicinity of people working on a neighbouring property. Detective Inspector Anderson was speaking with the offender who was at the back door of the residence when the offender produced a knife and stabbed him to the face and chest. Detective Inspector Anderson assisted other officers in subduing the offender and a female accomplice before he collapsed from his injuries and died at the scene. He was unable to be revived. Detective Inspector Anderson joined the NSW Police Force as a trainee on 10th of August 1986 before being attested on 7th November 1986. He was initially posted to Parramatta before being transferred to Granville in 1987. He commenced a career in Criminal Investigation at Granville on 3rd of March 1991. He performed those duties at Granville, Castle Hill, Special Crime and Internal Affairs before commencing duty as a Duty Officer at the Hawkesbury Local Area Command on 19th December 2010, where he served until his death.

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Constable Smith was killed in a traffic incident at Goodna.

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On the night of 5 December 1951 Senior Constable Mills was riding a Police motor cycle from Mt Victoria Police Station to Blackheath Police Station. Whilst travelling along the Great Western Highway he noticed a vehicle travelling without lights. He stopped the vehicle and while he was speaking to the driver a passing vehicle struck Constable Mills and two other men. All three were treated at the scene and conveyed to the Blue Mountains District Hospital however Constable Mills died the following day. The Constable was born in 1905 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 12 February 1930. At the time of his death he was stationed at Mt Victoria.