Queensland Police in the Great War

(selected biographies below)

Queensland Police in the Great War: Compendium connects life, police and war service histories of the men who left the Queensland Police Force active duty to volunteer in the First Australian Imperial Forces. The project was supported by the Q ANZAC 100: Memories for a New Generation Fellowship, State Library Queensland.

upcoming publication: QUEENSLAND POLICE IN THE GREAT WAR (2024)

Queensland Police in the Great War: Compendium is a comprehensive reference source featuring short biographies of Queensland police personnel who enlisted to fight in the First World War between 1914 and 1918. It also contains a selection of in-depth life and family stories of these men. Many of them returned from the front and resumed their duties with the Queensland Police; they went on to have long careers, in some cases their children carrying on their policing legacy.