| 30 December 1837 |
| Constable Matthew Tomkin, 228 |
| Shot in the Western District by an escaped convict. |
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| 6 June 1842 |
| Constable Rhody Monaghan, 238 |
| Beaten (unknown circumstances) |
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| 30 October 1851 |
| Constable James Hopkins (Carisbrook Police), 173 |
| Died accidentally while riding a police horse in pursuit of a prisoner |
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| 29 May 1852 |
| Acting Corporal Michael O'Connor, 54 |
| Drowned while crossing the Mitta Mitta River on duty |
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| 5 June 1852 |
| Corporal William Harvey (Gold Field Police), 225 |
| Shot at Buinyong police camp by another trooper who objected to his personal boxes being searched |
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| Formation of Victoria Police in 1853 |
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| 5 August 1853 |
| Constable Edward Gray |
| Drowned while on duty |
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| 3 December 1853 |
| Constable Daniel Mullaly |
| Fell from horse and crushed under a cartwheel |
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| 26 February 1854 |
| Constable William Hogan |
| Accidently drowned whilst on the lookout for smugglers |
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| 3 August 1854 |
| Constable Andrew Henderson |
| Thrown from horse and trampled upon |
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| 8 August 1854 |
| Constable Robert Lindsay |
| Accidentally shot himself in the arm, resulting in amputation and later death |
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| 2 January 1856 |
| Constable Robert Brunton |
| Thrown from horse |
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| 7 July 1856 |
| Constable David Anderson |
| Drowned (unknown circumstances) |
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| 2 August 1856 |
| Constable Stephen Bates |
| Drowned whilst crossing a river with his horse |
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| 16 October 1856 |
| Sergeant John McNally |
| Shot whilst attempting to effect an arrest |
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| 21 October 1856 |
| Constable Edward Fallon |
| Drowned crossing a creek whilst on patrol |
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| 4 December 1856 |
| Cadet Mounted Constable Edward Thompson |
| Shot by Bushrangers (Bradley and O'Connor) |
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| 1 February 1858 |
| Constable Edward Barnett, 537 |
| Shot whilst attempting to effect an arrest |
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| 30 August 1858 |
| Constable Robert Logan |
| Thrown from horse while on patrol |
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| 30 September 1858 |
| Constable Philip Cabot, 42 |
| Drowned (unknown circumstances) |
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| 26 April 1859 |
| Constable Walter Rendell, 1104 |
| Drowned when he fell from a wharf whilst investigating a charge of pilfering from a moored vessel. |
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| 18 August 1859 |
| Sergeant George Dodds, 289 |
| Stabbed whilst attempting to effect an arrest |
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| 12 November 1859 |
| Senior Constable Patrick Henry Moylette, 930 |
| Disappeared in the bush whilst returning from Britannia Goldfield |
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| 29 June 1860 |
| Constable Edward Reilly, 1118 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst on patrol |
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| 17 August 1960 |
| Constable William Campbell, 223 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst on patrol |
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| 27 May 1862 |
| Constable Patrick Conarty, 258 |
| Fatally injured by a falling tree whilst speaking to a potential witness in a forthcoming trial |
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| 4 April 1863 |
| Constable Robert Strahan, 1126 |
| Drowned whilst fording a river after recapturing an escaped prisoner |
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| 5 August 1863 |
| Constable Daniel O'Boyle, 1678 |
| Struck with a hammer by a prisoner on remand |
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| 25 September 1863 |
| Superintendent 2nd Class Robert Crofton Taylor |
| Accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver at home |
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| 7 June 1864 |
| Constable William Hanson, 574 |
| Died as a result of assisting at a postmortem whilst having a cut on his skin. Inquest verdict: "absorption of matter in his skin" |
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| 5 October 1864 |
| Constable John McElveen, 1647 |
| Drowned whilst crossing a flooded creek on horseback |
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| 19 March 1867 |
| Constable Justin McCarthy, 1981 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst escorting a prisoner |
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| 20 November 1868 |
| Sergeant Thomas Wood Hull, 577 |
| Shot by a disgruntled Constable who had been dismissed that day for persistent drunkenness and blamed his colleagues for the loss of his job |
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| 19 August 1869 |
| Sergeant Edward Leonard, 691 |
| Fell ill while on duty and passed away several days after being placed under a doctor's care. |
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| 8 September 1970 |
| Constable William Kennedy, 1720 |
| Fell from his horse and drowned a flooded road |
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| 17 October 1870 |
| Constable John Joseph McNamara |
| Drowned in a flooded creek |
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| 6 June 1871 |
| Constable James Deacon, 270 |
| Died when his horse, which was pulling a dray load of wood, bolted, causing a dray wheel to pass over his back |
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| 11 November 1871 |
| Constable John Alexander Duff, 2364 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst on patrol |
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| 28 May 1872 |
| Constable Patrick Francis Curtin, 1564 |
| Thrown from a wagonette and suffered fatal internal injuries whilst on his way to obtain a warrant for the arrest of a felon |
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| 31 July 1876 |
| Constable James Herlihy, 2489 |
| Thrown from his horse |
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| 23 March 1877 |
| Constable Thomas Collins, 2533 |
| Fell from his horse whilst on patrol. An unlit obstruction left on the roadway contributed to the accident |
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| 26 October 1878 |
| Sergeant Michael Kennedy, 2009 |
| Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringbark Cree) |
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| 26 October 1878 |
| Constable Thomas Lonigan, 2423 |
| Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringbark Cree) |
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| 26 October 1878 |
| Constable Michael Scanlan, 2118 |
| Shot by bushrangers (Kelly Gang - Stringbark Cree) |
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| 12 June 1880 |
| Sergeant 1st Class Leonard Fawssett, 410 |
| Broke his leg as a result of a stagecoach accident and eventually required an amputation - causing gangrene to set in |
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| 7 June 1880 |
| Constable Patrick Mallevey, 2885 |
| Drowned whilst performing a wharf patrol along the Yarra Bank, Melbourne. It was later deduced that he tripped in a hole in the wharf planking and fell into the water |
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| 18 January 1881 |
| Constable David Digby, 362 |
| Washed to sea when attempting to return to shore, after guarding a ship that had bene stranded on rocks |
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| 21 February 1881 |
| Sergeant 1st Class James Porter, 1885 |
| Fell down a flight of steps at the Richmond Depot and was fatally injured |
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| 28 December 1881 |
| Senior Constable William Irwin, 1659 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst fetching a dray to recover a dead body |
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| 15 June 1882 |
| Patrick Barrett, 2773 |
| Hit by a train on his way to serve a summons |
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| 6 January 1886 |
| Constable Thomas Ryan, 1098 |
| Disappeared whilst checking the local Chinese camp in White Hills |
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| 27 November 1887 |
| Constable William Clarke, 3203 |
| Died from injuries inflicted by a prisoner he was conveying |
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| 18 February 1888 |
| Constable James Maguire, 2907 |
| Died from illness incurred during the course of his duty after helping fend off a bushfire |
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| 15 October 1888 |
| Constable Daniel James Courtney, 3982 |
| Hit by a train whilst on patrol |
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| 13 March 1892 |
| Constable Arthur William Brown, 3147 |
| Struck unexpectedly in the mouth by another man, causing him to fracture his skull when he fell |
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| 31 March 1892 |
| Sub-Inspector Edward Hall, 569 |
| Hit stump while horse-drawn buggy flipped, which resulted in chest injuries that lead to complications with bronchitis, congestion of lungs and ashtenia |
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| 24 March 1893 |
| Constable James Paul Slattery, 4260 |
| Hit by a train as he went to see a Magistrate to have some documents signed |
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| 25 September 1893 |
| Senior Constable Thomas Holt, 2775 |
| Thrown from his horse whilst conducting investigations in the Nagambie region. His internal injuries compelled him to resign and he died later that year |
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| 14 February 1894 |
| Constable Joseph Glynn, 2942 |
| Thrown or fell from his horse |
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| 11 September 1894 |
| Mounted Constable James Foley, 3811 |
| Thrown from his horse while travelling between Caulfield and Camberwell to investigate a theft of pigeons |
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| 10 August 1895 |
| Constable Olaf Henry Hoyem, 3744 |
| Fractured his skull when his horse shied as he attempted to mount it |
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| 28 December 1897 |
| Constable Josiah Rowley, 4647 |
| Driven down and drowned under the weight of his horse when his mount fell as they attempted to cross a makeshift bridge over a flooded billabong |
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| 1 January 1902 |
| Constable Timothy John Murphy, 4932 |
| Contracted typhoid fever, possible by a drinking from a billabong whilst on patrol |
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| 18 May 1902 |
| Constable Richard Johnston, 4536 |
| Shot by an offender |
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| 18 May 1902 |
| Charles Elwood Hornibrook, 4124 |
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Died from injuries sustained on or about the 18th May 1902, when he fell from his horse at Rheola.
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| 5 January 1906 |
| Constable Henry Charles Blair, 5005 |
| Died from Meningitis, which had supervened on typhoid fever contracted from drinking contaminated water from a billabong whilst on patrol |
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| 15 March 1907 |
| Constable Hugh Lennox, 3726 |
| Sustained severe internal injuries when his horse bucked after returning from patrol. He suffered a fractured pelvis and developed peritonitis |
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| 19 June 1908 |
| Constable Hugh Kennedy, 4711 |
| Rode his horse into the back of an unlit plough whilst on patrol and later developed peritonitis |
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| 17 July 1909 |
| Constable Francis Bruckner, 3866 |
| Hit by train whilst walking to a job |
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| 6 May 1910 |
| Mounted Constable Arthur Lunny, 5367 |
| Died from head injuries caused by being bucked by his horse while trying to remount during a job |
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| 4 January 1911 |
| Constable Charles Hothem Jones, 3748 |
| Struck in the head whilst escorting a prisoner to the local watch house as a rescue attempt of the prisoner was made |
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| 10 January 1911 |
| Constable John Sanford Collins, 5118 |
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Constable Collins died at Golden Square on Tuesday the 10th January 1911, from ulceration of the bowels. About four and a half years before his death he had been kicked in the stomach whilst attempting to arrest a man at Prahran. As a result of the injuries this caused he was admitted to the Police Hospital where he remained for some time before eventually resuming duty. However he later began to suffer from internal pains, and it was found that a growth had developed. This burst the day before his death, and his doctors were unable to save him.
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| 8 December 1911 |
| Constable James Ogilvie, 3934 |
| Sustained serious injuries on the way to a Police Band picnic when the front wheels of their motor vehicle collapsed. He died within days of the accident |
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| 8 December 1911 |
| Constable Harold Riddle, 4810 |
| Sustained serious injuries on the way to a Police Band picnic with Constable James Ogilvie when the front wheels of their motor vehicle collapsed. He died within days of the accident |
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| 6 April 1912 |
| Constable Edmund Crimin, 5668 |
| Fell from his horse whilst pursuing a cyclist |
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| 1 October 1915 |
| Constable David McGrath, 4819 |
| Shot by an offender whilst investigating a burglary at Trades Hall |
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| 24 October 1916 |
| Senior Constable John Tennant, 3802 |
| Motor vehicle accident on return from conducting enquiries in another township |
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| 25 November 1916 |
| Constable Angus McInees, 5785 |
| Fell from his horse whilst returning from a mounted patrol at Flemington Races |
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| 20 March 1920 |
| Constable George Henry Taylor, 5669 |
| Shot whilst attempting to effect arrest |
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| 9 January 1921 |
| Constable William Michael Sharrock V.B, 4956 |
| Drowned when a motor launch sank in a river near Warrnambool. Posthumously awarded the Valor Badge for helping to save the lives of others as the vessel sank |
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| 3 May 1922 |
| Constable Edward O'Neill, 6512 |
| Died of septic meningitis caused by a fracture to his skull after falling from his horse |
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| 3 September 1923 |
| Constable Joseph Delaney, 6389 |
| Shot by a burglary suspect he had gone to interview |
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| 12 July 1925 |
| Constable Victor Nelson, 5525 |
| Died from an attack of erysipelas combined with blood poisoning, caused by direct contact with septic burns on a person he was escorting |
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| 24 December 1925 |
| Constable James Clare, 7727 |
| Stabbed in a fracas involving two young men whilst accompanying two colleagues on a plain clothes patrol of North Melbourne |
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| 1 October 1926 |
| Constable Arthur Roy Currie, 6886 |
| Motor vehicle accident caused by his patrol car running into a tramway excavation |
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| 9 June 1928 |
| Constable Owen Harrison Maggs, 7686 |
| Died as a result of a collision with a motor car whilst travelling as a passenger in a police motorcycle outfit |
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| 27 June 1929 |
| Constable Donald Gordon Duncan, 7960 |
| Killed when his motorcycle collided with a truck whilst on patrol |
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| 14 February 1931 |
| Constable William John Vincent Roberts, 8334 |
| Motor vehicle whilst on patrol |
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| 5 January 1935 |
| Constable Clyde James Smith, 7913 |
| Fatally injured when a colleague's gun accidentally discharged |
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| 30 April 1935 |
| Constable John Henry Robins, 8689 |
| Fatally injured in a motor car collision whilst travelling as a passenger in a police motorcycle outfit. |
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| 1 February 1937 |
| Constable Leonard Cardell Rymer, 8650 |
| Died from complications when his police motorcycle outfit overturned while being town back to Russell Street |
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| 12 January 1938 |
| Constable Bertram Clifford Robinson, 9210 |
| Fell to the pavement whilst cleaning a third-floor window. He was performing fatigue duties at the Gaming Squad offices at the time |
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| 4 April 1938 |
| Constable Victor Ernest Bateman, 8686 |
| Struck a tramway pole whilst driving a police motorcycle outfit in pursuit of a speeding motorist. The latter had already crashed into another car and Bateman swerved to avoid the collision |
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| 30 June 1939 |
| First Constable William Frederick Cawthron, 8131 |
| Struck by a passing car whilst attending the scene of a motor vehicle accident |
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| 1 March 1943 |
| Senior Constable Frederick Edward Jones, 7297 |
| Shot in Richmond by a passenger is a passing taxi car |
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| 2 January 1948 |
| Constable Maxwell Herbert Koop, 8131 |
| Died from injuries sustained when his motorcycle ran off the road whilst on patrol |
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| 21 October 1948 |
| Constable Garth Elvin Atkin, 9991 |
| Collided with the rear of a truck whilst riding a police motorcycle outfit |
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| 29 March 1949 |
| First Constable George Michael Willis, 8720 |
| Suffered a respiratory illness that occurred after saving a boy who fell 14 metres down a Ballarat mine shaft eight years prior |
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| 1 February 1952 |
| Constable George Howell K.P.M, 10323 |
| Shot by an offender whilst investigating a series of car thefts |
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| 31 March 1952 |
| First Constable George Carter, 9297 |
| Died riding a police motorcycle while on duty |
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| 6 April 1952 |
| Constable Albert Creusot, 10009 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 17 May 1954 |
| Constable Charles Marcus Reeve, 10236 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 28 November 1954 |
| First Constable James Norman Brewis, 7154 |
| Died in a motor vehicle accident |
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| 16 May 1956 |
| Constable William Joseph Harnetty, 9554 |
| Swept away in flood waters and drowned when his boat capsized during an attempt to rescue sheep |
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| 9 August 1956 |
| Constable John Thomas Glen, 11068 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 4 December 1956 |
| Constable Leonard William Rees, 11483 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 4 August 1957 |
| Constable Edward James Dore, 12068 |
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On 31st July, 1957 Constable Dore had attended a mid-week football match between Police & RAAF. After the match he found that his police issue motorcycle crash helmet had been stolen and despite an extensive search he was unable to locate it. Whilst he was riding back to Melbourne he was involved in a collision from which he sustained serious injuries and died in hospital on 4th August.
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| 13 November 1957 |
| First Constable John Aloysius Brennan, 10685 |
| Collided with a truck after transporting a prisoner to the Bendigo watchhouse |
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| 24 December 1957 |
| First Constable Edward Keith Simmons, 10988 |
| Ran off the road and struck a fence whilst on a motorcycle patrol |
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| 17 May 1959 |
| Constable Horace Maxwell Carey, 12357 |
| Collided with a taxi whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 12 February 1963 |
| Constable Albert James Davey, 12508 |
| Suffered a heart attack the same day after attending a job where a scuffle broke out when attempting to place an offender into the police car |
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| 5 July 1963 |
| First Constable Graham Stow, 13183 |
| Thrown off his motorcycle and hitting a concrete post while pursuing a speeding car |
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| 3 May 1964 |
| First Constable Ray Denman, 11561 |
| Shot when called to a scene of an altercation; perpetrator claimed his shotgun had accidentally discharged and was acquitted of manslaughter |
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| 29 January 1966 |
| Constable Malroy John McDonald, 14419 |
| Hit by a car while directing traffic around an injured dog |
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| 9 December 1966 |
| First Constable Brian Coleman, 11245 |
| Died from cervical injuries resulting from a gymnastic workout at the police depot |
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| 14 January 1967 |
| First Constable Frank Mannix |
| Died of a heart attack which occurred whilst attempting to pacify an aggrivated citizen |
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| 3 November 1968 |
| First Constable Darrel Blythe, 13312 |
| Died in a head-on collision when his police car was hit by a vehicle travelling on the wrong side of a divided highway |
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| 19 February 1971 |
| Constable Phillip Gordon Fleming, 15731 |
| Died when his police division van ran off the road and plunged down an embankment |
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| 17 April 1971 |
| Constable William George Benbow, 16081 |
| Killed when the wall of a partly demolished building collapsed upon him whilst attempting to move bystanders out of the danger zone |
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| 9 October 1971 |
| Constable Robert Lindon Worland, 15586 |
| Lost control of his car and crashed whilst on an outing with the Richmond Police that was organised for the widow of the late Constable Benbow (she was also killed in the crash) |
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| 25 April 1972 |
| Senior Constable John William Creber, 14772 |
| Shot by a fellow officer whilst pursuing a burglary suspect on foot. The other policeman mistook him for the offender, called on him to stop, then fired a warning shot which instead him Creber in the skull |
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| 8 January 1974 |
| Senior Constable Charles Norman Curson, 14406 |
| Had his throat cut whilst standing at the main entrance to Flinders Street railway station. His murderer was unknown to him but had a lengthy history of mental disorder |
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| 16 April 1974 |
| Senior Constable Alan Michael Large, 15507 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 2 February 1975 |
| Senior Constable John Howard Wilson, 15354 |
| Killed whilst driving a police vehicle as he swerved to avoid another car |
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| 1 June 1975 |
| Sergeant Lionel Stanley Baum, 13351 |
| Killed when his own shotgun accidentally discharged whilst attempting to set up a roadblock |
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| 25 February 1976 |
| Detective Sergeant John Henry Hodge, 11709 |
| Killed when his car ran off the road after performing "observation" duty in Drouin area |
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| 3 March 1976 |
| Senior Constable Kevin John Laube, 14707 |
| Collided with a motor car whilst riding a police motorcycle |
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| 13 December 1977 |
| Detective Senior Constable Lyndon Waring, 16076 |
| Killed in a collision with another vehicle whilst a passenger in a police car |
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| 11 July 1978 |
| Senior Constable Kenneth John Atkins, 17514 |
| Lost control of his motorcycle during training exercises |
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| 13 July 1979 |
| Detective Senior Constable Robert John Lane, 15051 |
| Shot by a car theft suspect |
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| 7 September 1979 |
| Senior Constable Michael John Mitchell, 17550 |
| Collided with a car whilst escorting a wide-load on his motorcycle |
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| 11 August 1980 |
| Senior Constable Barry Joseph O’Donoghue, 16987 |
| Collided with a motor vehicle whilst on motorcycle patrol |
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| 9 September 1980 |
| Senior Constable Leslie George Townsend, 17320 |
| Killed when he lost control of his motorcycle on patrol |
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| 29 October 1981 |
| Constable John Vincs, 20404 |
| Collided with a car while on his motorbike patrolling |
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| 27 November 1981 |
| Constable Walter Richard Hewitt, 22598 |
| Killed when his vehicle collided with a police division van whilst pursuing speeding motorbikes. The police van came to their assistance |
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| 27 November 1981 |
| Constable Shaun Gerard Moynihan, 22420 |
| Died in the same accident as Hewitt |
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| 1 March 1982 |
| Senior Constable Stephen Edward Henry, 18003 |
| Shot whilst attempting to intercept a car being driven recklessly. The offender was an escapee from a psychiatric hospital and had already committed many serious offences |
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| 19 April 1982 |
| Constable Harry Cygan, 19672 |
| Ran through an oil slick on his bike - causing him to slide into oncoming traffic |
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| 16 March 1983 |
| Constable Clare Frances Bourke, 23083 |
| Shortly after 1am Wednesday 16th March 1983, Constable Clare Bourke was fatally shot by a round from an off-duty officer's revolver at the Sunshine Police Station. |
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| 22 June 1983 |
| Senior Constable Lindsay James Forsythe, 15981 |
| Shot by a fellow officer who had lured him to an unoccupied house with the intention of murdering him. The latter was having an affair with the victim's wife |
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| 17 August 1985 |
| Sergeant Arthur John Kokkin, 17714 |
| Fatally injured when struck by a car as he was crossing a street whilst on duty |
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| 20 April 1986 |
| Constable Angela Rose Taylor, 24274 |
| Killed when a car bomb was detonated in front of Russell Street Police complex |
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| 27 September 1986 |
| Senior Constable Maurice Daniel Moore, 22471 |
| Shot by an offender |
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| 5 April 1987 |
| Constable Neil Francis Clinch, 24654 |
| Struck in the head by a bullet as he tackled an offender |
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| 14 May 1987 |
| Senior Constable Peter Ross Smith, 19373 |
| Died during motorbike training |
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| 9 September 1987 |
| Sergeant Russell James Thompson, 14833 |
| Struck and killed by a passing car whilst conducting a routine vehicle check on a highway |
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| 12 October 1988 |
| Constable Damien Jeffrey Eyre, 26483 |
| Ambushed and shot by a number of offenders who had deliberately lured police to an abandoned car for the purpose of murdering them |
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| 12 October 1988 |
| Constable Steven John Tynan, 25080 |
| Murdered in the same incident with Eyre |
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| 17 November 1988 |
| Senior Constable Christopher Cameron Malone, 2199 |
| Hit by a train at a railway level crossing whilst driving a police vehicle |
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| 9 April 1989 |
| Senior Constable Richard Noel Dufty, 14392 |
| Hit by a car while directing traffic |
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| 5 August 1989 |
| Inspector Alan Geoffrey Dickens, 15108 |
| Died in a head-on collision with another car |
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| 12 November 1989 |
| Constable Trevor Given, 26577 |
| Died in a car-accident while delivering a donor heart for a life-saving operation |
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| 9 June 1991 |
| Constable Andrew Robert McFarlane, 25660 |
| Died when his vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree |
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| 3 February 1994 |
| Sergeant Grant Frederick McPhie, 17489 |
| Killed in a car accident while chasing a motorbike |
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| 13 August 1994 |
| Senior Constable Ian James Crilly, 20290 |
| Killed in a motor vehicle accident whilst travelling to set up a speed camera |
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| 9 January 1995 |
| Detective Senior Constable Douglas Raymond Mathers, 15860 |
| Killed in a motor vehicle collision |
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| 10 May 1997 |
| Senior Constable Timothy Richard Lewczuk, 27626 |
| Killed when a car crashed into his police car, after intercepting a vehicle on a bridge, throwing him off the bridge onto the highway below |
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| 16 August 1998 |
| Senior Constable Rodney James Miller, 29276 |
| Shot by an offender during a stakeout of a restaurant whilst investigating a series of armed robberies of restaurants |
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| 16 August 1998 |
| Sergeant Gary Michael Silk, 24685 |
| Killed in the same incident |
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| 26 December 1998 |
| Senior Constable Simon De Winne, 27590 |
| Killed when his patrol vehicle collided with a tree |
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| 22 June 1999 |
| Detective Senior Constable Edward Leslie Hubbard, 28905 |
| Suffered a cardiac arrest in the Police Academy Swimming pool whilst participating in pre-selection for the Special Operations Group |
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| 20 May 2000 |
| Senior Constable Mark Anthony Bateman, 30810 |
| Killed in a car crash while responding to a call to attend a burglary |
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| 20 May 2000 |
| Senior Constable Fiona Frances Robinson, 30507 |
| Killed in the same car crash as Bateman |
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| February 2002 |
| Constable Kenneth McNeil, 18081 |
| Died of injuries sustained in service to Victoria Police and the people of Victoria |
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| 11 December 2004 |
| Senior Constable James Leslie Dunscombe, 23016 |
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Two Senior Constables stopped to talk to two males on an oval near the Corio Primary School and had started to return to the divisional van when one of the officers, Senor Constable Dunscombe collapsed suddenly. Assistance was called for and CPR was administered but to no avail. Senior Constable Dunscombe was pronounced dead at the Geelong Hospital a short time later.
Senior Constable Dunscombe left behind a wife and two young children.
The National Medal and the Victoria Police Service Medal have been awarded to Senior Constable Dunscombe. He has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Police Star.
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| 24 April 2005 |
| Senior Constable Anthony (Tony) Clarke, 30108 |
| Executed with his own revolver when he pulled up a motorist - possibly for a random breath test. Several hours earlier he had issued a speeding ticket to the same motorist. The offender suicided after the shooting |
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| 26 April 2005 |
| Senior Constable Rennie Page, 30621 |
| Struck by a passing motorist whilst issuing a speeding fine to the driver of another car |
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| 16 August 2006 |
| Senior Constable Ann Brimblecombe, 21796 |
| Killed in a car accident whilst travelling to fulfil her duties |
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| 24 December 2011 |
| Senior Constable David Hobden, 23192 |
| Passed away in 2011 due to injuries he sustained in the line of duty in 1990 |
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| 7 September 2018 |
| Leading Senior Constable Keith Patterson, 25315 |
| Keith died of heart failure from a blood infection contracted from a deep laceration to his hand sustained while arresting an offender several years earlier. |
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| 14 September 2018 |
| Detective Senior Sergeant Victor Kostiuk, 22036 |
| Victor was riding his motorcycle on the Princess Freeway as part of the Wall to Wall Ride event to commemorate police who had died on duty when he was himself struck and tragically killed by a motorist traveling in the opposite direction. |
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| 22 April 2020 |
Leading Senior Constable Lynette Rosemary Taylor, 27417
Senior Constable Kevin Neil King, 40942
Constable Glen Andrew Humphris, 45688
Constable Joshua Andrew Prestney, 45438 |
| All four members were tragically struck and killed by a truck on the emergency lane of the Eastern Freeway while tending to another motorist who was earlier intercepted by police for allegedly speeding. |
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| 8 April 2022 |
| Senior Constable Bria Joyce, 42368 |
| Bria was on duty travelling in an unmarked police vehicle in Red Cliffs when an oncoming vehicle veered across the road and crashed into her car head-on, killing her instantly and seriously injuring her passenger colleague. |
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| 7 May 2023 |
| Leading Senior Constable Rodney Westgarth, 32813 |
| Rod was in the Heidelberg van en route to lodge an alleged offender for an affray when he began to suffer chest pains. He and his partner pulled over to the side of the road but Rod then suffered a fatal heart attack a short time later despite the best efforts of his police and ambulance colleagues to revive him. |
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