Spouse(s) Edna | Name Cecil Abbott Succeeded by John Avery | |
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Died March 12, 2014, Hurstville, Sydney, Australia Education Sydney Technical High School | ||
Cecil "Cec" Roy Abbott AO, QPM (7 August 1924 – 12 March 2014) was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia from 30 December 1981 to 7 August 1984.
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Private life
Cecil Roy Abbot was born in Hurstville on 7 August 1924 and grew up in Hurstville Grove. He married Margaret Edna Robinson (dec) () on 15 February 1947. They had one son, Paul who also became a police officer. Abbott died in St George Hospital in Kogarah on 12 March 2014. His funeral was held in Penshurst, New South Wales. Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione attended and described Abbott as "A man of the utmost integrity, ... "
Police career
Abbott became a Police cadet in 1941 and graduated to the New South Wales Police Force in 1945. By 1974 he was an Inspector at Hurstville. He climbed further through the ranks to be Commissioner of Police for the New South Wales Police and the most powerful police officer in the State of New South Wales.