John Avery (police officer)

John Avery
AO, APM
17th Commissioner of the New South Wales Police
In office
7 August 1984 – 12 March 1991
Preceded byCecil Abbott
Succeeded byTony Lauer
Personal details
Born(1927-08-07)7 August 1927
Died19 May 2018(2018-05-19) (aged 90)
Alma materMacquarie University
The former headquarters of the New South Wales Police Service on College Street, Sydney was named the Avery Building in honour of Avery.

John Keith Avery, AO, APM (7 August 1927 – 19 May 2018)[1] was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991.[2]

  1. ^ "Former NSW Police commissioner John Avery dead at 90". 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Police Commissioners of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.