Hi there,
...... The matter was not reported to the police in 1962 as the local GP did not say my dad died of the bashing injury, putting his death down to a HA and telling my mum that. I got the probate papers in 2010 and it is very obvious my dad did die from the bashing as in the probate papers it said he died from a cerebral haemorrhage. I reported this to the police in 2011 and to the NSW Coroner in 2014.
So McCabe, are you saying that these are matters that NSW Police and/or the NSW Coroner have as current matters?
May I please express concern for discussing current NSW Police or NSW Coroner matters in public forums such as RChat.
May I mention that Probate Packets that have been transferred from the NSW Supreme Court to the NSW Archives (State Records NSW) are public records. These means that any member of the general public can access the entire Probate file for McCabe's late father. A NSW Probate Packet often contains a NSW death certificate. A NSW death certificate includes details of the cause of death, as certified by a medico, and the registration is usually prepared and lodged by the funeral director. There is provision on a NSW BDM death certificate for family history details which are supplied by an informant who does not need to be a family member.
May I further mention that the 1962 Probate process for the Grant for McCabe's late father was not unduly delayed. From the online index, during 1962 some Probates took much longer, and several took about the same amount of time to be proven. A quick check at NSW State Records online index brings up the following for Grants for using the keywords
John Jones Death 1962.
DD 13 Nov 1961 - Grant 9 May 1962
DD 18 Oct 1961 – Grant 30 March 1962
DD 15 Aug 1961 – Grant 6 December 1962
DD 26 July 1961 – Grant 10 August 1962
DD 3 Oct 1962 – Grant 22 Feb 1963
DD 4 May 1962 – Grant 26 July 1962
DD 16 May 1962 – Grant 24 Aug 1962
DD 27 June 1962 – Grant 9 Oct 1963
DD 27 Jan 1962 – Grant 25 April 1963
DD 8 June 1962 – Grant 7 Oct 1965
John Thomas JONES (McCabe's late father) DD 28 June 1962, Probate Granted 14 November 1962
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ ADD
May I add that NSW State Records has indexed a Probate Packet that was granted 16 March 1970 for a Jack GOODSALL, DD 18 May 1968.
NSW BDM has a death registration for a John GOODSALL registered Gundagai district, DD as 18 May 1968. #18174
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/family-history/family-history.aspxThat death occurred more than 30 years ago (nearly 50 years ago).
There is a War Services file at the National Archives (of Australia) that has Jack's DD as 17 May 1968, and his DoB as 3 December 1919 at Gundagai. NX101819 .
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx LATER ADD
From the 1913 NSW Electoral Roll for COOTAMUNDRA, with polling at Gundagai, at least three cordial makers in Gundagai:
Charles McCABE, of Gundagai, cordial maker
Charles GOODSALL, of Gundagai, cordial maker
John Thomas JONES, of Gundagai, cordial maker
From the 1902/3 NSW Electoral Roll for HUME, with polling at Gundagai:
Charles McCABE, Sheridan Street, cordial maker
JM
