The Queensland Police Museum has a catalogued collection of photographs, currently in excess of 4100. We gratefully receive donations of photographs and objects, relevant to the history of police in Queensland, through an accession process consistent with our Collection Policy which includes the recording and retention of Gift Agreements. At the time donations are accepted, every effort is made to obtain and record as much detail and knowledge about the object or contents in a photograph as possible, often from the limited memories of family members making donations many years after the service and passing of the Queensland police officer. Other images arrive at the Museum through the process of cleaning up; when stations or units complete their retention and disposal process, uncovering old photographs of their staff, buildings, vehicles and animals, and cleverly think to pass them to us for safe keeping.
Image No. PM0341 courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Of course, many photographs arrive with limited information and so we set about looking for clues as to the era and location the images were taken at. Here’s an example; this photograph was taken in 1962 when King Bhumipol (9 June 1946 – 13 October 2016) and Queen Sirikit from Thailand conducted a royal visit in Australia. During their Queensland stay, the King and Queen (pictured far left) inspected the Queensland Police motorcycle escort team as pictured. We know most officers in this line up; pictured from left to right is Senior Constables Marshall Bick, Roy Von Blanckensee, Neville Lovegrove, unknown, Victor Rogers, John Preston, Donald Williams and George Hewitt. Can you help us identify the unknown policeman still focused on the King?
Contact us with your suggestions by email at museum@police.qld.gov.au, or via Twitter on @QPSMuseum
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This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing. The Police Museum is open 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 3pm on the last Sunday of the month (Feb – Nov) and is located on the Ground Floor of Police Headquarters at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane. Email: museum@police.qld.gov.au
“FROM the VAULT – Help to ID this Motorcycle Policeman” by the Queensland Police Service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) 2.5 Australia Licence. Permissions may be available beyond the scope of this licence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/legalcode