Howard Green was sworn in as a Constable 2959 in September 1927. He was 23 years old when transferred to his second posting to Coen in 1928 and spent a year there before moving on to Cairns. His Coen colleagues were Acting Sergeant Janes Dunne and Constable Charles Rattenbury.
In this series of images more than likely taken by Constable Green, we see the Coen police officers and residents enjoying a day out at the races in July and August 1928.
The captions are taken from the handwritten descriptions on the back of the photographs.
This information has been supplied by the Queensland Police Museum from the best resources available at the time of writing.
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