Constable
John Alexander DUFF
YEAR OF DEATH
1871
JURISDICTION
Victoria
DETAILS OF DEATH
About 2 p.m. 11 November 1871 Constable Duff left Greta on patrol. At 4.20 p.m. the horse returned to the station with a broken bridle and a search revealed Duff’s corpse lying on the roadway about a quarter of a mile from the police station. He had apparently been killed instantly after having been thrown by his horse about 4 p.m.
