Sergeant 3rd Class Noel Ainsworth McCarthy PORTER Disease/Heart Failure Hillston 19 September, 1946 The sergeant was the Officer-in-Charge of the Hillston Police Station and on 14 June, 1946 was required to recover a decomposing body from the Lachlan River. A few days earlier he had been cutting wood and had sustained a cut to…
Constable 1st Class Reginald Ambrose WILLIAMS Heart Attack Mona Vale 20 July, 1946 On 9 August, 1943 Constable Williams was working at the Mona Vale Police Station and while attempting to kick-start a police motor cycle, he became ill. He walked to his residence at the station and soon lost consciousness. After being treated…
Constable 1st Class Bertie Lewis GOODMAN Heart Attack Redfern Police Academy 24 June, 1946 The death of Constable Goodman was very briefly reported in the Sydney Morning Herald of 26 June, 1946. POLICEMAN DIES AT SWITCHBOARD. A policeman was found dead alongside the telephone switchboard at the police depot, Redfern late on Monday…
Detective Constable Jack CRAWFORD Illness Tamworth 28 December, 1945 Nothing is known of the unfortunate death of Constable Crawford other than a brief article which appeared in the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin dated 29 December, 1945. DETECTIVE FOUND DEAD IN POLICE GARAGE. TAMWORTH, December 28. The body of Detective Constable Jack Crawford, 42, was…
Sergeant 3rd Class Lawrence Benjamin Armitage NEWELL Heart Attack Liverpool 13 September, 1945 Â On the night of 13 September, 1945 Sergeant Newell left the Liverpool Police Station to attend a brawl in Macquarie Street, Liverpool. Upon his arrival the sergeant attempted to arrest a British naval rating. A struggle ensued during which the…
Sergeant 1st Class Allan Bernard EISENHUTH Heart Attack Murwillumbah 12 July, 1945 On 12 July, 1945 Sergeant Eisenhuth, the Officer-in-Charge of the Murwillumbah Police Station, attended a local hotel to assist one of his constables who was having difficulty arresting a large and troublesome offender. When the sergeant arrived the offender was subdued and…
Constable 1st Class Alfred George HENWOOD Motor Vehicle Accident Inverell 23 June, 1945 On 2 June, 1945 Constable Henwood was riding his police motor cycle outfit from Delungra to Inverell. Light rain was falling at the time, and as the constable was not wearing goggles, his visibility was obscured by both the rain and…
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…
Sergeant Walter BOOTH Illness 8 December, 1943 Ryde On 8 December, 1943 the sergeant was walking home from duty at the Ryde Police Station, and when about 150 metres from his home in Rothsay Avenue, Ryde he collapsed and died. He was survived by a widow and five children, as well as a brother,…
Constable George William MATTHEWS Assault Injuries Sydney 31 July, 1943 Â Shortly after 6pm on 16 May, 1943, Constables Matthews and Emslie were on duty in Campbell Street, Sydney. They intervened in a brawl outside the Capitol Theatre where they had seen two men kicking a man on the ground. When they arrested the assailants…