Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:41 AEST Aboriginal communities to send reps to police officer's funeral The Gurindji Aboriginal people, from two communities south-west of Darwin, are sending representatives to the funeral of a Northern Territory police officer. Sergeant Glen Huitson was killed by Rodney William Ansell on Tuesday. The sergeant's partner, Constable Jamie O'Brien, returned the fire, killing Ansell. A Gurindji representative, Roslyn Frith, says the sergeant was given the skin name, Japalyi, because of the community's respect and love for him. She says he will be missed greatly. "To the community he wasn't just a policeman, he was just another person who belonged to the community," Ms Frith said. "He got involved - like if there were ceremonies he'd go down and make sure everything was alright. "With the younger generation, he took them out. Like he was with the emergency services out here, he went out fishing and hunting with them," she said. © 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/
