When you visit Queensland Police Museum at Police Headquarters, Brisbane, take the time to peruse the extraordinary eight-metre-long photograph displayed on the back wall. Lined up on horseback are the forty-one strong troop of Queensland Police officers who were gathered from across the state to escort His Royal Highness Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, on the Royal Tour of 1920 to thank our returned diggers from World War One.
Help identify these mounted officers from 1920
The above image is the formal sitting of the same forty-one Queensland Police officers who escorted His Royal Highness, Prince Edward, The Prince of Wales, in 1920.
They also appear in the eight-metre-long image on the back wall of the Queensland Police Museum. Only a handful of these officers have been identified to date.
If you have any information, hints, or clues about mounted police in your family tree in the early 20th century, your assistance would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps there’s also a super-sleuth or two prepared to take on the task of naming them by digging into archives. Please forward your information via email to: museum@police.qld.gov.au
Next Week: Mounted Police Escort of 1920 Part 2 – Then the constable called, Go Don!
This story is another in the series ‘Just another day on the for a Country Cop’ written by Debra Austin from information sourced by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time, and in appreciation of police, past and present, who dedicate themselves to the service and protection our rural communities.
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