The families of two officers allegedly gunned down by Australia's most wanted man in the line of duty have laid flowers at a police memorial where their names are etched in history.

National Police Remembrance Day marks one of the most significant days in the policing calendar, offering a chance to pay tribute to those killed on the job.

No one knows that horror more than the families of Victorian police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart, who were killed in the small town of Porepunkah on August 26 while trying to carry out a search warrant.

Leading Senior Constable Thompson, a Victoria Police veteran of 38 years, was just a week away from retiring.

Hundreds of their colleagues are still involved in the search for Dezi Freeman, who is accused of firing the weapon that k

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