Sergeant 3rd Class
George Thomas WHITELEY
YEAR OF DEATH
1931
JURISDICTION
New South Wales
DETAILS OF DEATH
About 4am on 25 March 1931 Sergeant Whiteley attended a fire at the Momalong Hotel Berrigan. During the fire a gas cylinder exploded and a piece of flying metal struck the Sergeant in the face killing him instantly. The Sergeant was born in 1886 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 15 March 1910. At the time of his death he was stationed at Berrigan.