Life Members

Our Life Members

The following individuals have been awarded Life Membership of The Police Association for outstanding contribution over a substantial period of time, since the Association was founded in 1917.


  • J. J. Ogden
  • A. Dowler
  • E. C. James
  • P. H. Bennett
  • F.W. Delmenico
  • Miss M. I. Patterson
  • S. R. Mudi
  • K. J. Hatt
  • John N. Franks
  • J. E. Hutchinson
  • R. Elliot
  • John T. Gibson
  • L. Woodford
  • L. B. Gaffney
  • H. P. McConville
  • E. G. Stafford
  • A. Perkins
  • W. J. Cuthill
  • D. A. Condie
  • C. W. J. Pilgrim
  • G. Davidson
  • F. A. Silvester
  • W. J. McLaren
  • Matron M. C. Dugan
  • R. Jackson
  • J. E. Manley
  • Dianne Mullett
  • F. G. Holland
  • S. R. Gannon
  • D. Ramsay
  • R. D. Crichton
  • J. R. Walker
  • J. Knowles B.E.M.
  • L. H. Griffiths
  • T. Rippon
  • A. L. Wightman
  • K. S. Robertson
  • W. H. McQuiston
  • L.J. Blogg
  • C. M. Williamson
  • Allan M. Beech F.R.A.C.S.
  • K. L. Hamilton
  • R. M. Braybrook
  • D. J. Barritt
  • R. D. Clapton
  • G. Trainor
  • B. J. Harding
  • W. D. Crowley
  • D. J. R. Aston
  • B. F. Brown
  • C. E. Johnson
  • Stuart McDonald
  • L. F. Wright
  • G. W. Hill
  • A. I. Rogerson
  • M. Proctor
  • D.J. Cook
  • Sir G. Newman-Morris
  • L. D. Reeves
  • S. J. King
  • L. A. Lalor
  • J. Lanning
  • A. G. Wood
  • L. M. McHugh
  • Judge N. A. Vickery
  • G. H. Carter
  • J. R. H. Splatt
  • M. O’Leary
  • John G. Whelan
  • D. W. Bateman
  • P. N. Edge
  • E. D. Craig
  • F. J. Leslie
  • C. H. Petty
  • S. I. Miller, A.O., L.V.O.
  • T. A. Collins
  • Pamela M. Rippon
  • T. R. Holdsworth
  • K. T. Serong, B.A., T.P.T.C.
  • A. W. Snell
  • J. Ashby
  • D. J. Bannam
  • M. J. Pickering
  • J. W. Wright
  • D. G. Plant
  • D. S. McLean
  • N. Wilby



1990s

  • P. M. Vaughan 1990
  • Mary Ryan 1991
  • M. J. Ryan 1991
  • P. A. Parson 1992
  • Joan C. Paffett 1992
  • Geraldine Serong 1992
  • Ian F. Fountain 1993
  • Noel Anderson 1995
  • L. D. Allemand 1995
  • F. K. Johansen 1996
  • Kaye Murphy 1998
  • Duncan Reilly 1998
  • Mary Lou Allemand 1999


2000s

  • D. W. Trueman 2000
  • Tony Hargreaves 2000
  • Sandra Dempster 2000
  • Rev. James Pilmer 2002
  • G. L. Larkin 2002
  • Graeme Knights 2002
  • Chris Vincent 2003
  • Leon Kemp 2003
  • Jacky Hanan 2003
  • N. J. Dempster 2003
  • M. J. Goode 2003
  • Mick Harvey 2004
  • Michael West 2004
  • Tom Brady 2004
  • Judge T. B. Shillito 2005
  • Shane Butler 2007
  • Bill Kneebone 2008
  • Phil Cleggett 2008

2010s

  • Tony Nestor 2010
  • Alan Wroblewski 2010
  • Bruce Watt 2011
  • Keith Patterson 2012
  • Dave Mark 2012
  • Shirley Hardy-Rix 2013
  • Brian Rix 2013
  • Greg Davies 2014
  • Danny Walsh 2015
  • Rick Lewis 2015
  • John Kilkenny 2017
  • Paul Mullett 2017
  • Rod Brewer 2018
  • Vicki Key 2019

2020s

  • Bruce McKenzie 2020
  • John C. Laird 2022
  • Ken Ashworth APM 2022

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