Shot
Bathurst
Mounted Trooper Stephens (formerly of the 39th Regiment) was shot at Bushranger’s Hill, near the Abercrombie Caves, near Bathurst, during a shootout with a party of bushrangers known as the “Ribbon Gang” or “Ribbon Boys”. He succumbed to his wounds a few weeks later. No other details are known as yet.
At the time of his death the trooper was attached to the Bathurst Mounted Police.
Constable Henry RUCKER Drowned Newcastle 19 October, 1863 The constable was drowned whilst attempting to cross a tributary of Lake Macquarie. He was one of a group of police searching for a number of offenders who had earlier robbed James Williams’ jewellery store in Hunter Street, Newcastle. While endeavouring to cross the creek 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…
Sergeant Richard DOGHERTY Fall from Roadway Millers Point 21 June, 1855 Very little is known of this death at present, and it is not known if it occurred on duty or not. It occurred at Millers Point (Sydney) and the coroner found that the deceased was “under the influence of drinkâ€. As such it…
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 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 1st Class Athol Joseph JOHNSON Stabbed Gulgong 26 April, 1958 Â The constable was the Lockup Keeper at Gulgong and was on duty on Anzac Day, 1958. A patron of the local RSL Club, a man named Lester Haley, had become intoxicated and argumentative with other patrons and was escorted from the club. Constable…