{"id":768208,"date":"2026-06-29T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768208\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:36:15","slug":"aidan-becker-plaque-unveiled-to-remember-man-who-died-at-mernda-train-station-while-trying-to-save-teenager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768208\/","title":{"rendered":"Aidan Becker plaque unveiled to remember man who died at Mernda train station while trying to save teenager"},"content":{"rendered":"

A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute.<\/p>\n

Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6.<\/p>\n

Four teenage boys have been charged with his murder<\/a>, while a 16-year-old girl was charged with robbery, theft, hindering and assaulting police.<\/p>\n

Today, Mr Becker’s family was surrounded by a small group of supporters at Mernda station, where they unveiled a plaque commemorating his bravery and kindness.<\/p>\n

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The plaque remembers a “kind” man who is “gone but never forgotten”. (ABC News: Olivia Jenkins)<\/p>\n

The plaque was fixed to a pillar in the station’s busy thoroughfare, where Mr Becker died from his fatal knife wounds, and read: “Not all heroes wear capes, some walk among us changing lives forever.<\/p>\n

“Gone but never forgotten.”<\/p>\n

Members of the CFA and SES also attended to show their support.<\/p>\n

A small group of police officers patrolled the area this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Allegedly attacked after shift as security guard<\/p>\n

Mr Becker was on his way home from work as a security guard at The Alfred hospital when he allegedly intervened in the brawl.<\/p>\n

He led the schoolboy away from the attack, but the group then allegedly turned on him, stabbing him to death before fleeing.<\/p>\n

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Aidan Becker’s mum, Natalie, seen here at March’s vigil, was grateful for the community’s support. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

In a social media post ahead of the unveiling, Mr Becker’s mother, Natalie Becker, wrote: “We would like to once again thank all members of the community for the love, kindness, and sympathy you have shown our family during this difficult time.”<\/p>\n

In March, thousands of mourners gathered at the train station for a candlelight vigil for Mr Becker in the wake of his death, with a sea of floral tributes and messages for the young man filling the area where his alleged murder unfolded.<\/p>\n

Among them was a card written by the teenage boy whom he allegedly assisted.<\/p>\n

‘Hold no guilt’<\/p>\n

In an interview with YouTube channel, Australia First Media, in late March, Ms Becker told the surviving boy to live his life to the fullest.<\/p>\n

“Hold no guilt because my son is back with God and would want you to live with love, and do that in his honour,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Aiden Becker, seen here with his father Matthias, was a footy lover who supported North Melbourne in the AFL.<\/p>\n

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Mr Becker, a keen North Melbourne supporter whose friends described him as their bodyguard, has been remembered as a kind young man who wanted the best for everyone.<\/p>\n

His sister Siobhan said: “He would do all of it again, even knowing the awful outcome. I don’t think he would hesitate in any way to do it again.”<\/p>\n

The teenagers will return to court at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[266806,365574,43,6085,365571,2968,365573,44,6855,108849,365572,41,39,42,40,27077],"class_list":["post-768208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-aidan-becker","tag-first-media","tag-headlines","tag-memorial","tag-mernda-train-station","tag-murder","tag-natalie-becker","tag-news","tag-north-melbourne","tag-plaque","tag-teenage-crime","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-youth-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}