Constable
William Joseph HARNETTY
YEAR OF DEATH
1956
JURISDICTION
Victoria
DETAILS OF DEATH
On Wednesday 16 May 1956 Constable Harnetty and three other men were rescuing sheep threatened by rising flood waters in the Deep Creek area near Carisbrook. Their boat caught on a tree and capsized. Although his companions managed to reach safety Harnetty was swept away in the flood waters and drowned.
