Allen Boyd PATCH Constable New South Wales Police Force 26 years Motor Vehicle Accident – motor cycle Mittagong 5 February, 1949 On 5 February, 1949 Constable Patch was riding a police motor cycle from Parramatta to Sutton Forest where he was to perform special Vice Squad duty. About ten kilometres north of Mittagong, on…
Edwin Oliver PRATT New South Wales Police Force Regd. # 1812 Rank: Sergeant 3rd Class Stations: Manly? Penrith ( 1940’s ), Katoomba – death Service: From 14 May 1924 to 19 November 1948 = 24+ years Service Awards: No find on It’s An Honour Born: Junee Junction, District of Narrandera, 8 March 1904 Event date: …
John H. A. MILLAR New South Wales Police Force Sergeant Stations: Sydney?, Holbrook ( about 2 years ), Wagga Wagga ( about 8 months ), Officer In Charge, Corowa Police Station ( from 1947 ) Illness – Suicide Corowa 1 August, 1948 Sergeant Millar died from a self-inflicted bullet wound on Sunday 1 August, 1948…
Victor Donald AHEARN ( late of Lavender St [ cnr of Walker St ], North Sydney ) New South Wales Police Force Regd. # ? Rank: Detective Constable 1st Class Stations: ?, Clarence Street Station, North Sydney Station – Death Service: From 8 January 1930 to 11 August 1946 = 16+ years Service ( 10…
Constable Hubert James JACKSON New South Wales Police Force Accidentally Shot 38 years Northbridge 25 May, 1946 The Sydney Morning Herald dated 25 May, 1946 printed the following brief account of the death of Constable Jackson. Nothing further is known of the incident. CONSTABLE DIES AFTER SHOOTING Constable Hubert Jackson, 38, who was…
Eric George BAILEY GC Arrested his own Murderer Father to John ‘Jack’ George BAILEY – NSWPF # 6293 Grandfather to Stephen Colin MARTIN, NSWPF # 24821 New South Wales Police Force NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # ??? ( Class # 001 was in March 1947 – so Eric pre dates that. ) Regd. #…
Ernest Edward McCROHON Late of 14 Keir Avenue, Hurlstone Park, NSW Grandson to John McCROHON – NSWPF – # ???? Uncle to Victor Harry McCrohon – NSWPF – # 5009 Great Uncle to Vicki Alexis McCrohon – NSWPF – NSWPF – P/W 0123 – Class 120 ( 1964 ) & Rejoinee P/W 0202 – Class…
John Lindsay MARSH New South Wales Police Force Regd. # ? Rank: Constable 1st Class Stations: ?, Glenn Innes ( 5 – 6 years ), Gloucester ( 10 months ) – death Service: From 8 January 1930 to 9 November 1943 = 13+ years Service Awards: ? Born: ? ? 1909 Died on: Monday 9…
Constable Henry Stanley LEES New South Wales Police Force Horse Accident Jerry’s Plains 22 August, 1941 In 1941 Constable Lees was the Officer-in-Charge of Jerry’s Plains Police Station. On the day of his death he was patrolling the district on horseback, calling in at local properties. Later in the day the constable’s riderless horse…
Detective Constable 1st Class John Edward DUNN New South Wales Police Force Shot – Murdered 35 years Wollongong 25 April, 1940 On 25 April, 1940 Sergeant Hall attended a dwelling in Ocean Street, Wollongong where an offender named Hinsby had beaten his wife to death. After he was confronted and threatened by the…