Sergeant
Denis BUTCHER
YEAR OF DEATH
1979
JURISDICTION
Tasmania
DETAILS OF DEATH
Sergeant Butcher together with Senior Constable Colin Chesterton 33 was stationed at George Town. They were on their way to the scene of a mysterious animal disease at a farm at Bridgenorth. Both officers died instantly when their vehicle collided with a log truck near the turnoff to the Longreach woodchip plant on the East Tamar Highway. Senior Constable Chesterton was driving at the time of the accident which occurred around 11am in torrential rain.
