Constable

George Frederick BOORE

YEAR OF DEATH

1937

JURISDICTION

New South Wales

DETAILS OF DEATH

On the afternoon of the 31 March 1937 Constable Boore was seated in the sidecar of a Police Public Safety Bureau motor cycle outfit travelling along Parramatta Road Camperdown. Constable Hume was the rider of the outfit. Whilst overtaking a speeding vehicle they had been attempting to stop another vehicle stopped suddenly in front. Constable Hume braked and swerved to avoid a collision however the cycle collided with a tram. Constable Boore sustained severe injuries in the collision and died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on two days later. The Constable was born in 1907 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 20 March 1928. At the time of his death he was attached to the Public Safety Bureau Police Headquarters.

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