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Michael J. HOWARD
Michael Howard died after losing control of his motorcycle sidecar on the Jimna Range Road, near Kilcoy. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/michael-j-howard
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Joseph HERBERT
Joseph Herbert died in an Atherton hospital from injuries sustained when his car struck one of the railway crossing posts at the Weerimba railway line near Yungaburra. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/joseph-herbert-0
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Patrick J. DEVINE
Patrick Devine became a Constable in the Queensland Police on 11 February 1914. He had been a Constable in the Royal Irish Constabulary for five years before this and, although he stated on his documentation that he was single, he had a wife in https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/patrick-j-devine
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William E. BISHOP
Constable William Bishop was 20 years old when he migrated to Australia from England. He joined the Queensland Police on 26 November 1912. He was stationed at Roma Street until he took a leave of absence to join the 25th Battalion on 5 August 1915. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/william-e-bishop
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Phillip C. VOWLES
Constable Phillip Vowles deserted from the 61st Gloucestershire regiment in England before migrating to Australia and joining the Queensland Police in 1912. He was stationed at Woolloongabba until he joined the 9th Battalion as soon as war was https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/phillip-c-vowles
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Robert N. RITCHIE
After a short three-week career as a constable in the Queensland Police, Robert Ritchie enlisted in the A.I.F on 3 April 1915. He embarked from Brisbane aboard the HMAT Aeneas A60 on the 29 June 1915 as part of the 25th Infantry Battalion. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/robert-n-ritchie
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William J. HUGHES
Constable William Hughes was a veteran police officer with nine years' experience in Ireland before he joined the Queensland Police in April 1914. He was one of the four police officers, with Barite, Johnson and Mulvie, who all joined the 15th https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/william-j-hughes
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Patrick W. CAHILL
Constables Power and Cahill were murdered at the MacKenzie River Crossing while escorting a consignment of bank notes and bullion from Rockhampton to Clermont. When the escort left Rockhampton in late October 1867, John Thomas Griffin, Rockhampton's https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/patrick-w-cahill
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Patrick J. McCABE
Patrick McCabe died after being thrown from a usually quiet troop horse at Mount Garnet. McCabe injured the base of his skull and died about two and a half hours later in hospital. He left behind a widow and six children aged from five to 14. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/patrick-j-mccabe
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William J. MERCER
William Mercer fell from his horse and fractured his skull after failing to get his foot properly in the stirrup and overbalancing as he left the Cloncurry barracks. He died instantly. https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/william-j-mercer