Constable Andrew BYRNE Exposure/Pneumonia Shepherdstown 20 May, 1897 Â Constable Byrne is thought to have died from pneumonia caused by exposure to the elements during a lengthy bush patrol. No other details of the incident are known as yet. Prior to joining the New South Wales Police Force he spent six years in the Irish…
Constable Alexander KENNEDY Illness West Maitland 8 December, 1894 Nothing is known of the death of Constable Kennedy other than a very brief notice in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 10 December, 1894 advising that on Saturday last “Senior Constable Alexander Kennedy, who had been stationed at West Maitland for an extended period, died…
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: …
Probationary Constable Thomas Lyons HACKETT Horse Accident Belmore Park 4 September, 1886 The probationary constable died as a result of serious head injuries received when he fell from his horse at Belmore Barracks during drill exercises. The Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday 7 September, 1886 carried the following paragraph in relation to the incident….
Senior Constable DUNDAS Exposure / Pneumonia, Dubbo 2 April, 1886 The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal of 8 April, 1886 reported the death of constable Dundas. Nothing further is known of this incident, nor the constable’s full name. DEATH OF SENIOR CONSTABLE DUNDAS: On Friday morning Senior Constable Dundas, of Timberabongie, died…
Constable 1st Class William HIRD Assault – Axe Canterbury 13 August, 1885 On the evening of the 13 August, 1885 the constable challenged a group of drunken Kempsey Park labourers near the bridge over the Cooks River at Canterbury. The group were returning to camp following a day on the grog in the city…
Constable Cornelius HICKEY Horse Accident Port Macquarie 15 October, 1871 Little is known of the death of Constable Hickey other than the brief details on his death certificate. The certificate states that the constable died as a result of idiopathic gangrene at Port Macquarie on 15 October, 1871. The Hickey/O’Neill family history suggests the…
Constable Thomas BYRNE Drowned Camden 8 May, 1869 On Saturday 8 May, 1869 Constables Byrne and Beck launched the police boat on the flooded Cowpasture River near Camden. The mail coach from Campbelltown, waiting on the far side of the river, had been unable to cross. The two constables rowed across and collected the…
Sergeant Charles WARREN Horse Accident Eastern Creek 11 October, 1868 On the afternoon of Saturday 10 October, 1868 Sergeant Warren was thrown from his horse at Eastern Creek, however when his foot became caught in a stirrup he was dragged at full speed for a distance of over ten metres. He was taken to…
Constable Hugh CAMPBELL Horse Accident Green Swamp 7 April, 1868 Â On 7 April, 1868 Constable Campbell was riding from Mudgee to Green Swamp in search of an offender who had attacked Naughton’s Public House at Green Swamp the previous evening. The constable had spent most of the night searching for the offender. He was…