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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 21st April
2022 Registration No.
0623 (Vol.4).
Arms:
Argent a Griffin
segreant Vert beak and
forelegs Or holding in
the dexter forefoot and
pendent therefrom a
Pace-Stick Sable
garnished Or on a Chief
Gules three Mullets of
eight points Or.
Crest:
A
Platypus Azure
beaked Argent
resting the dexter
forefoot on a Stone
Bleu Celeste.
Badge:
Within a Circlet of
Mullets of eight points
Gules a Griffin segreant
Vert beak and forelegs
Or holding in the dexter
forefoot and pendent
therefrom a Pace-Stick
Sable garnished Or.
Standard:
In the hoist the arms;
fly: Argent, charged
with the crest between
two badges separated by
two traverse bands
Argent fimbriated Or
bearing the motto;
fringe: Argent and
Azure.
Motto:
A Cogitationbus Anima
Imbuitur
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Grant:
College of Arms 24th
January, 2022. Agent John
Allen-Petrie, Esq., OBE
(Windsor Herald).
Artist:
Quentin Peacock.
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The
arms represent the
armiger’s family
history, ancestry and
values as well as his
experiences in policing,
peacekeeping, public
sector management and
his charitable causes
with veterans and first
responders.
The
arms consist of a green
griffin which represent
his Ireland ancestry.
The Griffin is regarded
as the King of the
Beasts (Lion) and the
King of the Birds
(Eagle) and is the
combination of both
animals. These two
separate animals are
represented by the
Australian Wedge Tail
Eagle’ on the badge of
the New South Wales
Police Force, and by the
Lion of St George within
the State Badge of New
South Wales.
The
green of the griffin
represents the armiger’s
great grandfather who
served in the South
African Constabulary
serving two tours in the
2nd Boer War in South
Africa, and later in the
Australian Imperial
Force in Gallipoli as an
original ANZAC and then
on the Western Front.
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The
open Pace Stick represents
his former role as holder
of the NSW Police Academy
Pace Stick. The three gold
stars represent the
armiger’s father, his
identical twin brother and
his son and the light
shone on his soul through
their love. The stars are
in the shape of the stars
on the New South Wales
State Badge, and also
represent Golden Wattle,
the national flower of his
beloved birthplace
Australia.
The white background
represents peace which was
the core of the armigers
career as a police officer
and his deployment as a UN
peacekeeper.
The crest represents Mr
Elms former role as a
Federal Agent with the
Australian Federal Police
and he has adopted the
Platypus as a symbol
representing the diverse
requirements placed upon
members in the execution
of their duty. The idiom
“to leave no stone
unturned” reflects upon
the Armigers role as an
accomplished investigator
and is represented by a
light blue overturned
stone of light shade of
blue; the light shade of
blue represents his
peacekeeping service. The
Navy Blue of the Platypus
represents the armiger’s
grandfather on his mother
side, who was a member of
both the Merchant Marine
and the Royal Navy and saw
service in a number of
conflicts. It also
represents the armiger’s
service as part of “the
thin blue line”, the line
between order and
disorder, where he served
as a public order
operator.
The ringlet of circles on
the badge represents the
love and support
surrounding him by his
mother and sister and is
indicative of the need for
a badge to represent
authentic loving and kind
supporters. The colour red
represents the red of The
State Badge of New South
Wales, the State of their
birth.
The motto is the phrase “A
Cogitationibus Anima
Imbuitur” is Latin
for “From the thoughts it
clings”. This resonated
with the armiger’s life
journey in a world of
conflict, deceit and focus
on self vis a vis others.
It stems from Marcus
Aurelius “The soul becomes
dyed with the colour of
its thoughts” and
enunciated further by
Heraclitus “The soul is
dyed the colour of its
thoughts. Think only of
those things that are in
line with your principles
and can bear the light of
day. The content of your
character is your choice.
Day by day, what you do is
who you become. Your
integrity is your destiny
it is the light that
guides your way.”
The armiger is as a
retired police
officer, a returned
United Nations
peacekeeping veteran of
Theatre East Timor, and a
senior public servant who
leads by his example, for
people to live their
altruistic selves, to
avoid greed and conflict
and to act with kindness,
courage, dignity and
service above self.
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