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New South Wales Police ~ P.190m v2.6

STATEMENT in the matter of:Bexley Boys Home

Place: City Police Station

Adelaide St Brisbane.

Date : 29 July 1998

FRName :

Address :

Occupation:Tel. No. :

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1. This statement made by me accurately sets out the evidence

which I would be prepared, if necessary, to give in court as a

witness. The statement is-true to the best of my knowledge and

belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence,

I shall be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully stated

anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true.

to

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I am ~years of age. I was born on the

I have lived at my current address since October 1997. Prior

that I lived at various locations in Queensland sincer, 1988. In May, 1989 I married my former wife

we divorced at the beginning of this year . :jBA~~~B

4. As a child I grew up in Sydney and lived with my parents

until I turned about 8 or 9 years old. At that time my dad left

us. I lived with my mother and 3 brothers and 3 sisters

I remember when I was a child my mum had a

major stomach operation in St Vincents Hospital

Early the

following year my mum put me into the Bexley Boys Home on advice

from the Government Welfare people. My mum is Salvation Army andthought it would be good for me to go to Bexley. I think I was 13

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years of age at the time I went to the Bexley Boys Home.

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5. I believe I stayed at the Home for about 14 months. During my

time at the Home I remember the workers at the Home were Wendy the

Cook, Captain Wilson, Captain l, I can picture the face of

the lady who did the laundry but I can’t remember her name,X12

who was around all the time he was like a handy man, there was a

husband and wife who looked after the very young children and

others but I can’ t remember. their names. Obviously there were many

children who stayed at the Home during the time I was there. I

remember whom we called as a nickname

a bloke who had a tattoo who got into a lot ofbecause he used to steal cars, who was an Aboriginal boy,

ho stayed in my room, a 7 year old named@whomaannootthheerrI used to help with his homework, I can’t remember his last

name and others whose faces I can picture in my mind but I can’t

remember names.

got into a lot of trouble

6. I can remember some of my experiences at the Bexley Boys

Home, some were good and some were bad. I can remember the bad

incidents very vividly. I can remember the physical punishment

which often left me with bruises on my body and near broken

fingers. I lost count of the number of times I was caned but you

would always get 6 cuts across the fingers. The caning was that

bad that my fingers would be bruised and I often couldn’t write

for days. Captain Wilson was the person who used to cane me. He

used to leap off the floor and bring the cane down on your hands.

I was also hit many times from behind to the back of my head and

across the back and booted up the rear end by Captain Wilson. It

was always Wilson, Captai l only ever raised his voice or

punished you in a non-physical way like taking your T.V. or

playtime away.

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7. Apart from the physical abuse which I suffered at the hands

of Captain Wilson I also remember times when he took advantage of

me when I was sick. The first time I remember happened within the

first few days I arrived at the Bexley Boys Home. Captain Wilson

made me strip so that I was naked except for me socks for a so-

called medical examination. I think I was wearing shorts and a

yellow T-shirt because it was summer time. I think this was a

Saturday because I arrived at the Home on a Thursday or a Friday

and I think we started school about a week later. This occurred in

a room where boys went to when they were sick. I can’t rememberexactly where the room was I can remember the front of the Home

and the back of the Home but not the detail. If I was to go there

now I would be able to walk straight to the room I am talking

about. I remember the room had a wooden floor with a rug on the

floor. There was one window which was frosted glass and two doors

which were dark brown varnish in colour. One door lead into the

room from the hallway and one led into Wilson’s office. There was

also a glass cabinet on one wall which contained medical

instruments and bandages.

8. I remember he checked my hair for headlice with his fingers

then he checked me ears using a torch like doctors use, looked

down me throat using a tongue depressor and the torch, rubbed his

hands down both sides of my body, then fondled with my genitals

for a minute or two he seemed to be taking his time about it. He

touched my genitals with his hand which was cupped and moved hishand from my nuts up my dick in a cupping motion. He did this a

number of times. I remember I was very frightened and scared at

the time. After this he told me to bend over then I felt hisfingers inside my arse. At time I had to bend over I balanced

myself by placing hands on a bench or table he had in that room.I can clearly remember there was a green sheet, like a hospital

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sheet, over this bench. I don’t know how many fingers he put

inside my arse but it was very painful. I can’t remember how long

he kept his fingers inside my arse all I can remember is that it

was extremely painful. I can’t remember whether he moved his

fingers in and out of my arse all I can remember is the pain.

Captain Wilson spoke to me during the examination but I can’t

remember his exact words. I think he might have told me to cough

when he had me nuts in his hand but I can’t be certain. At the

time of this incident Captain Wilson had a attache bag in the roomin which he kept his instruments. I can’t remember the colour of

the bag but it had a lid which flapped over the top of the bag to

the front of the bag where the locks were.

9. After Captain Wilson was finished he told me to get dressed

and go out and play with the rest of the boys. I went outside but

I didn’t play because I was upset and didn’t understand what had

just happened. I sat under a tree near the oval. The other kids

were playing soccer, footy, chasings and other games. I didn’t

talk to any of the other kids at that time because I only just got

there and I didn’t know any of the other kids. I remember Captain

walking over to me and saying words to the effect," Comeover and join in with the other boys so you get to know them." I

didn’t accept his invitation. I sat there for half an hour or so,

wandered off and went to the toilet. After I finished going to the

toilet I wiped myself with toilet paper and noticed blood on the

paper. I was too scared to seek medical treatment again after what

had just happened to me. I also remember getting into trouble off

Captain because I forgot to ask his permission to go to

the toilet. He only verbally told me about the rules about going

to the toilet.

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10. I did not tell anyone about what Captain Wilson did to me

until much later. I think the first person I told about it was

ho was a good friend of mine at the Home. I told’about 2 or 3 months later as we were walking to the schoolbus to

go to Kingsgrove High School. We caught the bus from Bexley North

Railway Station. I got the impression from facial

expression at the time that it wasn’t anything new to him and that

others must have told him similar things. Years later I told a

psychologist, whose name I.can’t remember,about Captain Wilson touching my genitals. I

believe the psychologist made notes. The centre was Government run

and located

psychologist

The other person I told about the incident was my

11. About 3 to 4 weeks later I was walking by myself during a

play period in one of the corridors in the dormitory building. It

was afternoon but I can’t remember the day. At the time I was

walking back to my locker to get something out of it. I reached a

point in the corridor where the locker room, laundry and showers

meet. Captain Wilson walked towards me and I thought I was in

trouble by the way he looked at me. I had permission to get

something out of my locker from Capta ll. Captain Wilson

asked me what I was doing and I told him. He said words to the

effect," Do you like it here?" I nodded. At this time we were

standing facing each other about an arms length apart. He put one

hand, possibly the right, around and placed it on the back of my

head, he then he pulled my head towards his face. He leant downwhile he did this as he was taller than me. At the time he pulled

my face towards his he opened his mouth up and placed it over my

nose and chin so that it was covering my mouth. It was in this

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position for between 5 to 10 seconds. I was very frightened and

packing shit, I was trying to get away. I clammed up and struggled

to get away. As soon as he let go I ran out onto the oval and told

Captain a lie I said," I couldn’t find my tennis ball."

looked at me as if he thought something was wrong but hedidn’t ask anything. After this Captain Wilson walked out and

spoke to Captain l. Once they finished talking Captain

said," Go and see Captain Wilson in his office." I wasvery scared but I went to _his office, I saw his secretary was

there, so I was relieved. I can’t remember who the secretary was

as they changed.

12. Wilson was standing near his secretary when I arrived. He

accused me of having some other boy’s toys in my locker which was

not true. He said," You are going to get 6, go around the

corridor." I walked around to the corridor which was nearreception and the other door leading to Wilson’s office. I was

caned by Captain Wilson in the corridor. I got 3 cuts to each

hand. (APPENDIX 1 FR draws a floor plan of the area andputs an ’C’ indicating where he was caned and a ’K’ for the

kissing incident). After I was caned I cried me eyes out and wentinto the T.V. room. I was very upset about how I had been unfairly

tr eated .

13. About 2 months later I was sent home from School by

because I had the mumps. My throat was swollen and I felt

crook. At the time I arrived at the Home Capt ll was on

duty. I showed him the note from school and he sent me up to my

room. He came up later with water, panadol or aspirin and extra

blankets. He appeared to be genuinely concerned about my welfare

as he generally was with all of us. I layed in my bed and

told me I would later have to share my room with another

Cr ook.

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boy named who also had mumps. later moved into my

room and we roomed together from then on. I can’t remember

last name. Afte left my room I was alone and went to

sleep. I had pyjamas on with a draw string around the waist.

14. I remember being woken up and I was laying on my right side.

Another boy from the Home named, ho was an Aboriginal

boy, was laying behind me. I could feel his dick inside my arse.

I remember the pain and that is what woke me up. I also remember

raymond had his left arm across my stomach holding me so Iraymond had his left arm across

couldn’t move. I screamed as loud as

was sick in the next room call

bolted from my room. I remember

couldn’t move. I screamed as loud as I could and I heard @who

was sick in the next room call . At this time~bolted from my room. I remember was at the Home when I

first got there and was still there when I left. He was bigger and

older than me. I don’t know his exact age but he was a few forms

ahead of me at school and he was physically larger than me. I did

get my own back on L t a later stage with a baseball bat.

15. After Raymond left the room ame in and commented about

how white I looked. went downstairs to get Captaihowever Captain Wilson came to my room. Captain Wilson walked into

my room and said," You must be running a temperature." He said

this while he touched my forehead with his hand. He said," I will

be back in a minute." He went away and came back with the same bag

I described earlier. Wilson and I were the only two in the room.

Wilson took out the tongue depressor and torch from his bag, he

checked me throat and ears then he took out his stethoscope and

put it on my chest and back. He told me to lift my shirt up whilst

he did this. I said to Wilson words to the effect," stuck

something up me arse." I was very hesitant to tell Wilson about

what had happened because I was didn’t trust him and was shit

scared of him.

Wilson

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16. I was still in my bed sitting up and then after I told him

about he told me to take my pyjama pants off, I was

hesitant but I pulled them down to my knees. My backside was

exposed. Wilson told me to roll over onto my stomach. I saw Wilson

take a rubber glove out of his bag and put it on one of his hands,

he might have put two gloves on I’m not sure. I felt him use his

hands to pull the cheeks of my arse apart. I looked at the floor.

I felt him put what felt like two fingers into my arse. He moved

his fingers around inside myzarse. I told him to stop because it

was very painful. He kept moving his fingers inside me for what

seemed to be one to two minutes. He said to me," No-one has beenthere." Then he told me to roll back onto my left side. This is

very embarrassing, I ended up with a raging ’fat’ meaning my dick

was erect.

17. At this point Captain Wilson took off his gloves and tried to

masturbate me. He placed one of his hands around my penis and

moved it up and down my penis. I was not pubescent at the time. I

noticed he had a very weird smile on his face. He moved his hand

up and down my penis for about a minute. I protested the whole

time and forced myself to yell. Wilson stopped and put two

aspirins in a glass of water for me to take. I took the aspirin

and then vomited water up onto Wilson’s shirt and trousers. He was

wearing a Salvation Army uniform at the time. I was surprised when

I didn’t get into trouble for throwing up on him. He said," You

are sick I’ll get some water sent up." He packed his bag and left.

I didn’t see him again for two days. After that Capta l

took me under his wing and looked after me.

18. The first person I told about this was my room mate

whose last name I can’t remember. We were the same age and went to

the same school. We were in the same Tech Drawing class and we did

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our home work together. In fact would probably know

last name because sed to supervise us while we

did our homework together. I also took ~ home with me onweeke veaf_tsso,rsm

anduleahe same buiimeasmemumd might dr emembe oio naed r.

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19. I also told my psychologist the incident I

have just described. I also spoke to at

Kingsgrove High School about Captain Wilson. After I spoke to them

Wilson seemed to stay away from me and Ca ain Cott ’d after

me.

FR

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