James Patrick Buckley of Toowoomba, was sworn in as Constable 2390 on 16 April 1919 at the age of 24 after three months training at the Petrie Terrace Police Depot. Prior to joining he held the position of labourer at the Ramsey Cheese Factory at Cambooya. At the time of entry James was listed as being 6 feet and 1 inch tall with blue eyes and brown hair.
Constable Buckley was transferred to Roma Street Police Station and then after two months was transferred to Forsayth Police Station where he spent three and a half years. During 1920 his Inspector said of him: “He is steady, well conducted and willing, suitable for town or bush duty … and … will make a good Policeman.” In March 1923 James was transferred to Cairns and in October that year to Gordonvale.
In March 1924 he met and married Dorothy Bente and then on 31 October of that year he resigned from the Queensland Police to go into business for himself.
We quite like the image of James Buckley which was donated to the Museum by his daughter Betty McKenzie in 2010.
__________________
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- A straightforward career” 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