Queensland Police in the Great War

(selected biographies below)

Queensland Police and the Great War connects life, police and war service stories and histories of the men who left the Queensland Police Force active duty to volunteer in the First Australian Imperial Forces, 1914-1918. 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 (2022)

199 Queensland policemen volunteered in the AIF, thirty of them did not come home. However, for the most part, the lives of these men remain lost to public knowledge. Queensland Police in the Great War offers new and detailed knowledge of Queensland wartime policemen, their biographical and service histories; and in a select extended biographies connects their domestic and overseas policing experiences, as many of these men had previously served in police forces of Britain and Ireland.

The book consolidates a wide range of historical content on policing Queensland during and around the time of the Great War. It enhances our understanding of the personal and professional circumstances of these policemen, their experience of the First World War on the battlefield and in Australia, as well as their role in the post-war society as many policemen resumed their duties upon returning home. Numerous men went on to have long careers with the police forces, in some cases their children carrying on their policing legacy.

Select Detailed Biographies

Patrick (Joseph) Devine

17 March 1886 - 03 November 1917

arthur A Bock

Coming soon

William Kenny

Coming soon

James Kissane

Coming soon