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Folklore - a thrown egg edit
In Australian folk lore, it is sometimes believed that an egg thrown at the then Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, in November 1917 was the initiator for the formation of a predecessor organisation of the AFP.
While the egg throwing did occur, and did result in the formation of an organisation called the Commonwealth Police, this organisation was disbanded in 1919 and never evolved to become part of the AFP.[1][2]
Two, later, separate, and different organisations, one formed in 1927, and one formed in 1960, also both called the Commonwealth Police at one time, eventually became part of the AFP.
- See User:Ronnam/New AFP article/Australian Federal Police (history) for further details.
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Australian Federal Police personnel killed in the line of duty (excluding by suicide).
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| Name | Rank | Date | Place of death | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick James Bannear | Peace Officer 1st Class | 9 September 1945 | Perth, Western Australia | Struck by a train while on patrol in North Quay, Fremantle |
| Robert John Bishop | Constable | 10 February 1968 | Canberra | Complications related to injuries sustained after his patrol car struck a tree |
| Richard Leslie Norden | Constable | 12 November 1974 | Canberra | Complications related to injuries sustained during an ACT Police motorcycle accident |
| John Michael Zegenhagen | Senior Constable | 4 August 1984 | Brisbane | In 1974, while conducting diplomatic and consular security in Brisbane, his car plunged into the Brisbane river. He would later die after being in a coma for over six years |
| Colin Stanley Winchester[a] | Assistant Commissioner | 10 January 1989 | Canberra | Fatally wounded by a gunman near his home in Deakin, ACT |
| David Anthony Hanswyk | Constable | 12 May 1990 | Canberra | Complications related to injuries sustained after his ACT Policing motorcycle collided with a car |
| Robert Edmund Shepherd | Superintendent | 19 May 1993 | Colombia | Died after his plane crashed into a mountain in Columbia |
| Stephen Richard Hill | Federal Agent | 13 March 1996 | Albany, Western Australia | Died after his plane crashed near Albany, Western Australia |
| Adam Dunning | Protective Service Officer | 22 December 2004 | Honiara, Solomon Islands | Fatally wounded by a gunman during a patrol around a high-risk premises in Honiara, Solomon Islands |
| Brice Steele[b] | Commander | 7 March 2007 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Among the 21 passengers that died after a plane crashed on landing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Mark Scott[b] | Federal Agent | 7 March 2007 | Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Among the 21 passengers that died after a plane crashed on landing in Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
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- ^ "The Warwick incident, Queensland 1917". Archives of Australia. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ "Warwick incident documents, Queensland 1917". Archives of Australia. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
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