"I saw another guy shoot someone in the guts, and he just keeled over and then the girl was shot. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Contrary to some newspaper reports, there was no charge toward one another, nor were formal battle lines drawn. There were ex-soldiers, tradesmen, council workers, even a serving policeman. Police were interviewing 400 people, some at the floodlit scene of the killings, and collecting an arsenal of weapons. Because of the number of charges this man's brother was charged with the murder. Before the two gangs met at the Viking Tavern Eaves tried to convince the Comanchero 'supreme commander' Jock Ross they would be out-numbered. The Waco incident will not tarnish their image, Sher said. The two of them were about seven metres from one of the gunmen. 0 cemeteries found in Leppington, Camden Council, New South Wales, Australia. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. September 12, 1984. The next day police attended an apartment block at Mortlake, also in the inner-west, where they seized a car and clothing as well as other items for forensic testing. OLD bikies never die. Eaves had only been in the club for a few months before tensions between the Comanchero and Bandidos exploded in bloodshed. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Eaves, who like his fellow bikies had pleaded not guilty to all charges, referred to the most notorious example of Australian injustice as that sentence was handed down. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. based on information from your browser. The shootout had its roots in an intense rivalry that developed after a group of Comancheros broke away and formed the first Bandidos Motorcycle Club . Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Fourteen ambulances ferried the wounded, including one policeman, to Liverpool, Westmead and Bankstown hospitals. Snake's brother Gregory "Shadow" Campbell and an "adopted brother", Mario Ciantar, were less fortunate. The other dead were men. The defection resulted in a new eruption of violence between the Comancheros and Bandidos involving fire-bombings and drive-by shootings. "[8] Garvey was confronted by Raymond Sunshine Kucler of the Comancheros who was armed with a shotgun. He is pictured in Hyde Park in December 1988 while on bail, 'I guess I got to take that out of it. Any member found guilty of using their superior ability to 'con' another member or nominated member out of their bikes, money or valuables will be severely dealt with. That matter is still before the courts and Eaves is vigorously defending charges including predatory driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Australia News. Kucler wanted me to get ambulances to help his injured mates but I told him we couldnt until he surrendered his weapon. She must have died instantly. You're destroying someone's life completely.'. The clubs had a no drugs policy and Colin "Caesar" Campbell, Sergeant-at-Arms of both Comanchero chapters and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Bandidos after they were patched over, points to the acrimony of the split as the sole reason. Eaves was just 21. Please try again later. Were all the deaths in The Texas. Learn more about managing a memorial . Recent reports in the Fairfax media indicate the club has been scoping out territory for the club in Sydney and on Queensland's Gold Coast. The book about the battle, Brothers In Arms, describes Bull clutching Shadow for more than an hour, oblivious to the ambulance and police officers. Only Comanchero president Jock Ross served more than five years. Any member found guilty of screwing another member's Real Ol' Lady or taking advantage of a rift between them for future 'conning up' will be thrown out. 'I also wanted to know more about the clubs themselves and what it is about the way of life that they offer that led these people, many of whom would in all other respects be regarded as law-abiding and responsible citizens of commendable character, to indulge in what on the face of it is irresponsible, anti-social behaviour of extreme violence, bringing with it obvious danger to human live, and in the facts of this case, the tragic consequences of seven deaths. 'And so I think that without that horror I probably wouldn't have achieved the things I've done on a global level and on a personal level. Where are the survivors of the Milperra massacre now? One sergeant arrived with a young constable and commented, Take a look at this son because youll never see anything like it again. The bikies appeared to be quite proud of what they had done. Seven people were killed: six motorcycle gang members and a fourteen year old female bystander, Leanne Walters.Video - The Milperra Massacre, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 3. He was very pent-up; you could see the anger and emotion in his eyes. 'It is not possible to sit looking at these men for more than a year, as I have done, without feeling that there is more to them than the popular image of bikie gang members,' Justice Roden said. Eaves was an uncredited consultant on the 2012 television mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, which he did not watch beyond halfway through the first episode. Glen Eaves (pictured) has lost jobs due to his presence at Milperra as a 22-year-old and missed out on being hired for more. Having served his sentence, Glen Eaves hoped he would be able to get on with his life. About 40 people were trapped inside the Norseman Bar when the shooting started. 'I never hurt anybody, was never accused of hurting anybody, killing anybody, shooting anybody, doing anything like that.'. 'We didn't do it not just because we were tight but because we didn't have anything to give up, we didn't have anything to admit that we were guilty of,' he said. More than three decades ago Eaves was one of 30 bikies convicted of murder or manslaughter over the Milperra massacre and one of the last to be released from jail. ', Six bikies and a 15-year-old girl were killed in the Milperra massacre on Father's Day, 1984 (pictured). This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. [20], A television mini-series Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, based on the book Brothers in Arms by Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey, screened on Australias Network Ten in May 2012. Milperra Massacre file.Detectoves lead bikie gang member into campsie police station early today. Some are in their thirties and forties, have no significant prior convictions and have good family and work backgrounds. The President is the Supreme Commander of the Comanchero. Eaves lives every day with the consequences of that infamous Father's Day 1984 battle between the Comanchero and Bandidos and its permanent place on his resume. I hid behind a bike for a while and when the shooting stopped I took off without looking back". The ugly side to loyalty seems to demand enemies against whom the loyal can be united and the ugly side to physical strength and courage is when when violence is unleashed against those enemies. Seven people were killed and twenty-eight injured and the event was a catalyst for significant changes to gun laws in New South Wales. Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 'It is not possible to sit looking at these men for more than one year, as I have a done, without feeling that there is more to them than the popular image of bikie gang members. It is not possible to sit looking at these men for more than one year, as I have a done, without feeling that there is more to them than the popular image of bikie gang members. One man who took part in the shoot-out in the Viking Tavern who wished to be anonymous stated in 2014: Milperra was catastrophic; it was a ridiculous and terrible thing to happen. It was very much a family affair. Most of the survivors still alive now were young at the time - in the 1930s and 40s. Below are some of Justice Adrian Roden's sentencing remarks: 'Throughout the sentence hearing, I sought a greater understanding than I was able to obtain of the nature of the clubs and the relationship between their respective members. The carpark that became a battleground had been the peaceful scene since 8 am yesterday of a barbecue and motorcycle parts market day organised by the BMA. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? What actually happened before all hell broke loose has never been told before due to the code of silence even among enemy clubs. 'If you're mowing the lawns at Parliament House they want you to have a security clearance,' he said. Snake said a Comanchero then walked over, "stuck the shotty in me head while I was lying there". As I ran I was worried I was going to get a bullet in the back." Family members linked to this person will appear here. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Police responded after receiving reports that a man had gone berserk with a rifle at the Viking Tavern in Milperra and that shots had been fired. It includes interviews with the police investigating officer, former superintendent Ron Stephenson, Comanchero president "Jock" Ross, Bandido vice president "Bullets" and several other Milperra survivors. 'It was a pretty rough neighbourhood back in those days, back in the 70s,' he said. 'Whereas this opened up my eyes and since then I've gone on to make lemonade from lemons. 2. 'It hasn't cost me any friendships or anything like that. Milperra Massacre Fathers Day Massacre Viking Tavern Carpark Seven people were killed at the Milperra massacre in 1984. Spencer had visited several outlaw clubs in America two years earlier and remembered how much respect U.S Bandidos showed to him, so he contacted their National President Ronnie Hodge. "People took off in all directions. "For no reason. The young soldier thought the Bandidos were likely headed to the Viking Tavern and so went down to the Comanchero clubhouse to warn them. Now 57, Eaves has been charged with predatory driving, driving furiously to cause bodily harm and assault occasioning actual bodily harm after an alleged road rage incident in Sydney's inner-west. Even the Uniting Church kicked him out of a job after two weeks. 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