Comanchero OMCG has $230,000 gravesite for 60 of its members
FOUR Comanchero killed in the infamous Milperra Father’s Day Massacre and a 23-year-old patched member slain outside a Sydney wedding are among the high profile bikies laid to rest at the controversial gravesite, which will one day be the death beds to 60 members.
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A PROMINENT gravesite for fallen members of one of the country’s most feared outlaw bikie gangs has attracted fresh outrage from a state MP over its prime location near a war memorial for deceased Australian soldiers.
The Comanchero OMCG memorial at the Central Coast’s Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park is believed to have cost the bikie gang more than $230,000 and is frequently visited by members on the club’s annual memorial ride from Milperra.
It also features numerous times on Instagram accounts affiliated with the club, with patched members holding vigils.
Wyong State Labor MP David Harris questioned why the OMCG-branded gravesite — marked with a large rock and “Comanchero MC” plaque — is able to be in proximity to a memorial for perished Australian war heroes.
“The gravesite of veterans who have given their life in service to our country should hold a special status in our community,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
“The private operator of this facility should pay deference to this community expectation when placing other memorials nearby.”
A spokeswoman from the Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park defended the decision to have an OMCG gravesite near a war memorial.
“We are a non-denominational cemetery and respect and honour every person without prejudice no matter their race, religion or culture,” she said.
“Our war memorial was built in our most premier position closest to our chapels to honour our heroes, the Comanchero estate is not visible from the war memorial.”
Four Comanchero killed in the infamous Milperra Father’s Day Massacre and a 23-year-old patched member slain outside a Sydney wedding are among the high profile bikies laid to rest at the controversial gravesite, which will one day be the death beds to 60 members. 18 bikies are already buried at the site.
Even members whose family prefer they be buried or cremated elsewhere are represented at the memorial, with burnt colours or trinkets left beneath a plaque.
One fallen bikie even has his Harley Davidson compacted beneath the large rock, according to a Comanchero known as “Twiggy”.
“For years a lot of people thought it was a bit of a myth but it was there,” he previously told The Daily Telegraph. “We put it under a 200 tonne press, it’s all a compacted block.”
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Here are the stories of Comanchero members buried Australia’s most controversial gravesites:
THE WEDDING DAY AMBUSH
The rumble of Harleys could be heard as a procession of bikies dressed in full colours attended the funeral of slain Comanchero Faalau Pisu who was killed when a gunman opened fire from the street outside a wedding reception in Sydney’s southwest.
Pisu was believed to be a member of Canadian-based gang Rock Machine which had several attempts at setting up in Sydney and patched over to the Comanchero OMCG for protection after members were being stood over by the Rebels.
The 23-year-old had been involved in a street fight just hours before the ambush, which left him with two bullet wounds to the head. Two other men were also seriously injured.
Police had been monitoring the event earlier in the night but had left because there appeared to be no sign of trouble.
It was believed internal fighting between the gang’s Milperra and Maroubra chapters might have played a role in the shooting.
After his death, Mr Pisu’s grieving relatives said they had no idea he was involved with the Comanchero, let alone that he was an active member of its Milperra chapter.
THE MILPERRA MASSACRE
After members of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club walked away from their brotherhood and patched over to the first Australian chapter of the Bandidos in 1984, feuding between the clubs exploded into violence in a car park in Sydney’s southwest.
When the two warring clubs engaged in gunfire at the Viking Tavern in Milperra on September 2, 1984, seven people were left dead.
The Comanchero lost four members, while the Bandidos lost two. Although the worst casualty was 14-year-old bystander Leanne Walters who was caught in the crossfire.
A huge police investigation culminated in about 31 people being tried for murder, with nine men convicted of the seven murders and 21 men convicted on seven counts of manslaughter.
The men convicted of murder received prison sentences ranging from life to 18 years.
All four members of the Comanchero OMCG killed in the Milperra Massacre are buried at the gravesite, each with a different tribute left on their plaque.
Comanchero vice president Robert “Foghorn” Lane was a single father raising five-year-old twins on his own. When he was shot dead in the battle, his mother took care of the kids.
On his gravesite it reads: “Like his knuckle he will never die. Just grow older”.
Comanchero sergeant-at-arms Phillip “Leroy” Jeschke was another victim whose plaque remembers him as: “The ultimate warrior”.
Derek “Dog” McCoy’s plaque reads: “In conflict he lived, for his club he died”.
Slain Comanchero member Ivan “Sparra” Romcek’s has a similar plaque which states: “For fighting he lived, in battle he died”.
THE OTHER MEMBERS
John Frederick Burston (the owner of the Harley buried beneath the rock): “May he ride his knuckle forever”.
Lesley David Spackman: “May he ride forever”
Anthony John Wilson: “May he ride his W.L.A. forever”
Christopher Paul Stephenson “An outlaw he lived, an outlaw he died”
Michael John Kelly: “Life member 100% old skool”
Nikola Vracar: “A.C.C.A”
Mustafa Marsala: “Founding commander of Bosnia 2003”
Lennard Ross Jeffress: “Extrondinaire”
Russell John William: “Remembering the life of a respected brother”
Phillip Guy Helmers: “Cranky in nature. Big in heart”
Graham John Linn: “Founding member”
Harold James Arthur Morton: “The Phantom. The ghost who rides”
Originally published as Comanchero OMCG has $230,000 gravesite for 60 of its members
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