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NSW Police who died as a result of WW I

NSW Police Officers who lost their lives as a result of active Defence duty – Cemetery and Memorial sites. This is not a complete list.

**AUSTRALIA**
*KATOOMBA Cemetery
HOUSTON, Kenneth Raymond – Private – 25/10/1968
Kenneth is also listed at ROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS at the Garden of Remembrance.

*ROOKWOOD NECROPOLIS, Presbyterian Section 6E, Grave 0000831
CUMMING, Harold Stanely – Private – 01/12/1935

*WAVERLY General Cemetery, SYDNEY
JENNINGS, Alselm James – Private 01/11/1915

*MOONBI Cemetery, Moonbi, NSW
MURRAY, Francis Andrew – Trooper – 28/04/1917

**TURKEY
GALLIPOLI PENINSULA**
*4th BATTALION PARADE GROUND CEMETERY
COOKE, Sydney Stevenson – Private – 09/05/1915, 32yo

*LONE PINE MEMORIAL
DOWNIE, John Jabez – Private – 03/05/1915
MARSHALL, William George – Private – 27/04/1915, 32yo
McMASTER, Allan Hugh – Trooper – 26/05/1915, 24yo
PORTER, William James – Private – 22/08/1915, 24yo

*LONE PINE CEMETERY
HANCOCK, Herbert William – Sergeant – 20/05/1915, 27yo
HODDER, Henry – Private – 09/08/1915
PEAT, Charles Riach – Private – 06/08/1915, 30yo

*QUINN’S POST CEMETERY, ANZAC
ROBERTS, Norman – Corporal – 25/04/1915, 27yo

*BEACH CEMETERY
MURRAY, Vernon William – Trooper – 22/05/1915

*SHELL GREEN CEMETERY
MATTHEWS, Frank Walter – Trooper – 17/09/1915, 27yo

**EGYPT**
*CHATBY MEMORIAL, ALEXANDRIA
KENDAL, Varley Hadden – Private – 08/11/1914

**MALTA**
*PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, TAL-PIETA
CHADBAN, Henry – Private – 13/08/1915

**ENGLAND**
*BRISTOL (ARNOS VALE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
McCULLY, Colin – Private – 27/05/1917, 24yo

**FRANCE**
*HEATH CEMETERY, 1 1/2 miles Nth of HARBONNIERES
COLEMAN, Spencer William – Lieutenant – 09/08/1918, 38yo

*VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, SOMME
ALEXANDER, Willaim – Farrier Sergeant – 19/12/1917, 34yo
COOPER, Samual – Sergeant – 09/03/1915, 26yo
GASKILL, Willaim – Sergeant – 15/04/1917, 38yo

*POZIERES BRITISH CEMETRY, OVILLERS – La BOISSELLE
ELLIOTT, Andrew – Lance Corporal – 17/18/1916, 25yo

*AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, ALBERT BAPAUME AREA
CROUCH, Norman Russell – Gunner – 13/02/1917, 26yo

*BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER, LILLE
MITCHELL, John Lumsden – Sergent – 26/06/1916, 29yo

*PURCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME
PHEENEY, David – Lance Sergeant – 25/07/1916, 42yo

**BELGUIM**
*MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES
HALL, Andrew William – Sergent – 29/09/1916
HUSH, thomas – Private – 18/11/1917, 32yo
WATERS, Oliver Clive – Lance Corporal – 08/11/1917

**NEW GUINEA**
*LAE WAR CEMETERY, LAE RIVER AREA
GILLIES, Neil Craig – Trooper – 24/05/1945, 27yo

**CANADA**
*OTTOWA MEMORIAL, ONTARIO
WILLCOX, Arthur Jack – Pilot Officer – 22/12/1943, 30yo

LEST WE FORGET

 

 

List compiled b Linda Woods – Beyond Courage FB page.  Posted 23 April 2014

 

Others that don’t appear on the above list ( H. Chadban does appear above ) but do appear on the Newcastle Police Honour Roll of WW I are:

Eight constables‘ names appear on the scroll: — H. Chadban ( of Newcastle, killed ), F. M. Doonan ( of Lambton, killed ), H. W. Hancock ( of Newcastle Water Police, killed ), T. Connell ( of Minmi, killed ), C. W. J. Grant ( of Newcastle Water Police, returned wounded ), D. J. Long ( of Newcastle, still on active service ), V. Digre ( of Newcastle, who served with the naval bridging train and is now in the artillery ) and S. Pender ( who has re-enlisted ). Constable Connell served with the Imperial Forces, being called up as an Irish Reservist.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/159096387

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