Constable 1st Class
Joseph John HUSH
YEAR OF DEATH
1919
JURISDICTION
New South Wales
DETAILS OF DEATH
On 6 November 1919 Constables Hush and Willmott went to Roseville where they made enquiries into a robbery. On completion of these enquiries they accepted a lift back to their station with a lorry driver. They had almost reached the Chatswood Police Station when a tyre on the vehicle blew out causing it to overturn. Both Constables were trapped beneath the vehicle and seriously injured. Both were conveyed to the Royal North Shore Hospital where Constable Hush unfortunately succumbed to his injuries. Constable Willmott later recovered. Constable Hush was born in 1880 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 9 January 1908. At the time of his death he was stationed at Chatswood.
