The police force’s annual remembrance day has a special significance for Orange.
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Our loss is great however a family's loss is greater.
- Chief Inspector Peter Atkins
The first NSW officer killed while on duty was Constable William Haviland on the corner of Byng and Sale streets in Orange on June 16, 1862.
This year’s Central West Police District Annual Remembrance Day service will be at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Dora Street at 11am on Friday September 28.
The public are invited to the event which will be attended by current and former officers and will be officiated by the chaplain for the Central West Police District, Reverend Gary Neville.
Apart from Constable Haviland, four other officers have been killed in the region while on duty.
Senior Sergeant 2nd Class Andrew Sutherland was shot near Cowra in 1872, Sergeant Robert Robinson was killed in 1864, Senior Constable John Herbert in 1865 and Sergeant Eric Bailey in 1945.
Central West Police District Chief Inspector Peter Atkins said it was a day for police to remember their fellow officers.
“Equally as important, is that Remembrance Day is an opportunity to honour the families of all deceased police officers and to reassure them their loved ones will never be forgotten,” he said.
“Our loss is great however a family’s loss is greater.”
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