Ramsay

DETAILS OF DEATH

The Sergeant suffered serious internal injuries while trying to apprehend the offender McClennan at Ulmarra. He had been called to a complaint of Unseemly Words involving an intoxicated male. As the Sergeant approached the offender whom he found sitting in a sulky the offender whipped the horses into a gallop. The Sergeant caught hold of the sulky and climbed aboard however the offender quickly jumped clear. As the conveyance rounded a corner it collided with a pole throwing the Sergeant to the ground causing severe internal injuries. He died a short time later. The Sergeant was born in 1870 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 4 February 1895. At the time of his death he was stationed at Ulmarra.