Detective Senior Constable Alexander STRACHAN

Sergeant John WALSH Horse Accident Araluen 29 May, 1865   The sergeant died as a result of injuries sustained when he was thrown from his horse at Araluen. The Sydney Morning Herald dated 31 May, 1865 announced that “Sergeant Walsh, in charge of the police at Araluen, was found dead about 6 o’clock last night,…

Constable William THOM Horse Accident Goulburn 28 August, 1890   On 28 August, 1890 the constable was patrolling on his police horse along the Taralga Road near Goulburn when he was either thrown or fell from his horse and was killed. Little is known of this event, other than the following account in the:  …

Trooper John TIPPER Horse Accident Stuart Town 18 March, 1858   The trooper was accidentally killed in a fall from his police horse at the police camp at the Wellington Road diggings (now Stuart Town). On that day the trooper and another police officer were riding back to the police camp. As they went around…

Constable Michael FARRELLY Drowned Newcastle 13 July, 1863   The constable was drowned while attempting to cross Salisbury Creek, near Newcastle. The Sydney Morning Herald dated 28 July, 1863 carried the following brief account of the death of the constable.   FATAL ACCIDENT – As Constable Farley [sic] was returning from a visit to Walcha…

Chief Constable Joseph YATES Stabbed Parramatta 14 October, 1818   In early October, 1818 a settler named Christopher Ward, who lived on the Liverpool Road near Parramatta, had a bag of sugar stolen from his home by an employee named Peter Aldamos (alias Peter Adams). On 14 October Ward was searching for Aldamos when he…

Detective Sergeant 2nd Class William ROBERTSON Horse Accident Braidwood 24 October, 1918   On 19 October, 1918 the sergeant was in the Braidwood area on special assignment. On the day prior to his death, he had left Braidwood with Sergeant Face and an Army Intelligence Officer with the intention of executing a search warrant in…