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* 1 April 1956: Constable First Class Roy Doyle died in hospital at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] from head injuries sustained when he hit a submerged block of concrete while attempting a rescue in the flooded [[Pioneer River]] at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] on 29 March 1956.<ref name=":3" /> |
* 1 April 1956: Constable First Class Roy Doyle died in hospital at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] from head injuries sustained when he hit a submerged block of concrete while attempting a rescue in the flooded [[Pioneer River]] at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] on 29 March 1956.<ref name=":3" /> |
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* [[File:Portrait of Constable George Robert Young wearing his Water Police uniform, c1922.jpg|thumb|Constable George Robert Young in his water police uniform circa 1922; Young died searching for a missing woman in 1938|284x284px]]28 November 1938: Constable George Robert Young of the water police was one of four men on a [[RAAF]] amphibious aircraft which crashed killing all on board. They were searching for the body of missing woman Marjorie Norval in the estuaries of [[Moreton Bay]] when the aircraft hit high tension wires.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71359321|title=TERRIBLE QUEENSLAND AIR DISASTER|date=29 November 1938|newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|Worker]]|access-date=12 September 2018|issue=2682|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=49|page=28|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223823/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71359321|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|title=FROM the VAULT – The death of Constable George Young, 1938|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Queensland Police Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912044327/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> |
* [[File:Portrait of Constable George Robert Young wearing his Water Police uniform, c1922.jpg|thumb|Constable George Robert Young in his water police uniform circa 1922; Young died searching for a missing woman in 1938|284x284px]]28 November 1938: Constable George Robert Young of the water police was one of four men on a [[RAAF]] amphibious aircraft which crashed killing all on board. They were searching for the body of missing woman Marjorie Norval in the estuaries of [[Moreton Bay]] when the aircraft hit high tension wires.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71359321|title=TERRIBLE QUEENSLAND AIR DISASTER|date=29 November 1938|newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|Worker]]|access-date=12 September 2018|issue=2682|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=49|page=28|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223823/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71359321|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|title=FROM the VAULT – The death of Constable George Young, 1938|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Queensland Police Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912044327/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[File:Constable Ernest Dawson and a cat at a camp near Ayr, circa 1930.jpg|thumb|Constable Ernest Dawson playing with a cat at a camp near [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], circa 1930|180x180px]]6 August 1930: Constable Ernest James Dawson was on traffic duty on the Yungaburra Road near [[Lake Barrine]] when he lost control of his motorcycle. Despite emergency surgery which appeared initially successful, complications arose and he died in [[Brisbane General Hospital]] on 18 January 1931.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|title=From the Vault – A Fitting Farewell|date=11 September 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Police Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912031057/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180973699|title=CONSTABLE'S DEATH.|date=19 January 1931|newspaper=[[ |
* [[File:Constable Ernest Dawson and a cat at a camp near Ayr, circa 1930.jpg|thumb|Constable Ernest Dawson playing with a cat at a camp near [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], circa 1930|180x180px]]6 August 1930: Constable Ernest James Dawson was on traffic duty on the Yungaburra Road near [[Lake Barrine]] when he lost control of his motorcycle. Despite emergency surgery which appeared initially successful, complications arose and he died in [[Brisbane General Hospital]] on 18 January 1931.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|title=From the Vault – A Fitting Farewell|date=11 September 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Police Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912031057/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180973699|title=CONSTABLE'S DEATH.|date=19 January 1931|newspaper=[[Daily Standard]]|access-date=12 September 2018|issue=5620|location=Queensland, Australia|page=15|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223824/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180973699|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:The funeral procession for Constable Ernest Dawson.jpg|thumb|The funeral procession for Constable Ernest Dawson, Ann Street, Brisbane, 19 January 1931|180x180px]] |
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* 27 September 1906: Sergeant Thomas Heaney died at [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]] from head fractures sustained when he was hit multiple times over the head with a metal bar during an arrest on 7 June 1905 at [[Woolloongabba]], Brisbane.<ref name=":3" /> |
* 27 September 1906: Sergeant Thomas Heaney died at [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]] from head fractures sustained when he was hit multiple times over the head with a metal bar during an arrest on 7 June 1905 at [[Woolloongabba]], Brisbane.<ref name=":3" /> |
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* 23 December 1905: Constable Albert Price was stabbed while making an arrest at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]].<ref name=":3" /> |
* 23 December 1905: Constable Albert Price was stabbed while making an arrest at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]].<ref name=":3" /> |