Sergeant Edward Creedy on his horse outside Newmarket State School, 1930. PM0729 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
From time to time we find images in the Queensland Police Museum collection which peak our interest. A number of such images were donated to us in 1988 and have in common a particular police officer by the name of Edward Michael Creedy.
Newmarket Police Station, 1938. PM0727 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
Constable Edward Creedy was born at Grandchester in the Laidley Valley in 1881. Between 1901 and 1902 he served as a member of the Imperial Bushmen during the Boer war before joining the Queensland police on December 13, 1902. Creedy served at eight police stations and travelled as far afield as Thargomindah. In 1906, while serving in Charleville, he met and married Ethel Nethercote, the daughter of Inspector Nethercote. They had two sons James and John. Acting Sergeant Creedy was transferred to the Newmarket Police Station in March 1921 and remained at this station until his retirement as a Sergeant in November 1940, just shy of his 60th birthday.
Ethel Creedy, wife of Sergeant Edward Creedy stands on the front stairs of the Newmarket Police Station, May 1937. As the daughter of Inspector Nethercote, who served for 32 years, Ethel would have been quite used to moving from town to town with her husband as he was transferred around the state. PM0724 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
This selection of images gives you some idea of the varied policing duties encountered by Edward Creedy during his 19 years in the Newmarket District.
The first tram to the Grange, c1940. Sergeant Edward Creedy watches the festivities, he is facing away from camera in the bottom right hand corner of the image. These people are on the back of the tram: Mr Muirhead, President of the Progress Association; Alderman Lanham, Brisbane City Council; William Jolly, Lord Mayor; James Kerr MLA. PM0728 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
…3 – Sergeant Edward Creedy, on right, poses with another member of the Australian Rocket Society at Enoggera Rifle Range with the rocket to be tested in the launch demonstration held on September 24, 1936. Image No PM0726 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
… 2 – Sergeant Edward Creedy, on right, with a member of the Australian Rocket Society ready to launch the rocket at the Enoggera Rifle Range on September 24,1936. Image No PM0725 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum. Image No PM0725 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
… 1 – Sergeant Edward Creedy, on left, stands alongside a member of the Australian Rocket Society at the landing site of the launched rocket which travelled 300 yards along the Enoggera Rifle Range, on September 24, 1936. Image No PM0723 Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum.
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The information in this post was written by Curator, Lisa Jones, from resources held in Police Museum collections. 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
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