In March this year the granddaughter of William Edward Lynam donated a number of images to the Police Museum which illustrate the life of a country policeman. We’ve chosen a few that we think you will enjoy.
William Lynam was born at Happy Valley near Toowoomba in March 1900. He joined the Queensland Police Force as a Probationary on March 16, 1922 and was sworn in as Constable no 2586 on July 1, 1922. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant 2/c on June 15, 1942. Constable Lynam was transferred to Roma Street and Windsor Police Station in Brisbane before being transferred out to the stations at Halifax; Lucinda Point; Duchess; Cloncurry; Maryborough; Tinana; Gin Gin; Eidsvold and Maryborough before returning to Roma Street in December 1949.
During his career William Lynam was awarded two favourable records while stationed Lucinda Point and a reward while stationed at Halifax. The first Favourable Record was awarded in December 1926 for good work performed in connection with the arrest and conviction of Edward Stewart for possessing stolen property; and the second in October 1927 for good work performed in connection with the cyclone and floods in the Townsville district in February, 1927. In August 1929 Constable Lynam was granted a reward of £25 by the Customs Department for good work in connection with the seizure of an illicit still in the Ingham District.
Sergeant 2/c William Lynam retired on August 24, 1951 with 29 years of service.
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.
Contact: E: museum@police.qld.gov.au
“FROM the VAULT: William Edward Lynam” 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