Sergeant Lisa Thompson, the partner of slain officer Neal Thompson, lays a wreath in his memory. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS

Three officers gunned down in the line of duty have been etched in history and immortalised at police memorials, as their heartbroken families and colleagues laid wreaths in their honour.

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Tears of grief fell as thousands of people paid tribute to officers killed on the job at National Police Remembrance Day services around Australia, with the entire policing family still reeling from their deaths.

No one knows the horrors of the job more than the families

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