Constable
Alister Royal OSGOOD
YEAR OF DEATH
1939
JURISDICTION
New South Wales
DETAILS OF DEATH
On 28 February 1939 Constable Smith was a passenger in a Police Public Safety Bureau motor cycle outfit driven by Constable Osgood. Whilst they were in Parramatta Road Homebush they attempted to stop a motor vehicle and in so doing the cycle outfit collided with a truck that had pulled across the roadway in front of them. Both Constables sustained fractured skulls in the accident and both died shortly afterwards. Constable Smith was born in 1914 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 22 November 1937. At the time of his death he was attached to the Public Safety Bureau. Constable Osgood was born in 1912 and joined the Police Force on 6 January 1936. At the time of his death he was attached to the Public Safety Bureau.
