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âVery dangerousâ: Brave rescuer recalls day inmates took over jail
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Sunshine Coast retiree Garry Lockhart faced the most volatile situation of his long career when his rescue team stormed a Sydney jail to save three prison officers who had been taken hostage in a riot.
The ordeal broke out about 9pm on October 23, 1986, when two prisoners burst into the office of the Metropolitan Remand Centre on the third level of Long Bay Gaol in Malabar, Sydney, armed with a mallet and a heavy piece of timber.
Governor presents Australian honours and awards (2)
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Friday 07 May 2021
His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, today presented Australian Honours and Awards to the following Queenslanders:
MR GARRY WILLIAM LOCKHART
Group Bravery Citation
Mr Lockhart is recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for his actions during a prison riot at Long Bay Gaol in New South Wales.
On the evening of 23 October 1986, a prison riot broke out at the Metropolitan Remand Centre at Long Bay Gaol. Three prison officers were taken hostage by inmates armed with makeshift weapons and, despite attempts by the officers to negotiate with the prisoners, they were locked in a nearby cell. Seventy inmates then took control of a section of the Centre.