Law Enforcement & Detective Services

A total of 91 individuals buried at Brighton General Cemetery served in policing or investigative roles. These include police constables, officers, detectives, inspectors, sergeants, superintendents and former members of the police force. Their work contributed to public safety, criminal investigation and law enforcement across Melbourne’s history.

• ALEXANDER, Clement Urban (interred 1972-03-08) — Police Constable (retired) [?]
• ALFORD, Robert Henry (interred 1931-09-21) — Police Inspector (retired)
• ANDERSON, Ernest John (interred 1925-07-07) — [Railway Detective]
• ASKER, John (interred 1926-05-08) — Police Officer (retired)
• BIGGS, William Augustas (interred 1909-12-28) — Police Inspector
• BOURKE, James (interred 1937-07-02) — Police Constable
• BROWN, Peter Phillip (interred 1970-07-27) — Policeman
• BUNKER, Lionel Vivian (interred 1924-07-24) — Police Detective
• BURMAN, Lorenzo Hyens (interred 1918-01-29) — Policeman (retired)
• CAMERON, Allan Evans (interred 1917-08-09) — Police Constable (retired)
• CAMPAGNOLO, Leopold (interred 1954-11-01) — New Zealand Policeman (retired)
• CANNING, John Patrick (interred 1918-05-01) — Policeman
• CANTY, Patrick Joseph (interred 1922-12-09) — Ex Inspector of Police
• CARRISON, Percy (interred 1969-04-01) — Hotel Keeper | [Police Constable]
• CARRUTHERS, Hugh James (interred 1951-09-28) — Police Officer (retired)
• COLLINS, Patrick Desmond (interred 1968-12-18) — Chief Inspector of Police
• COLLINS, William George (interred 1919-07-18) — Policeman
• CONSIDINE, John (interred 1914-07-28) — Ex Police Sergeant
• DAINTY, Frederick (interred 1938-05-28) — Policeman
• DOHERTY, Edward Eric (interred 1925-07-14) — Police Constable
• DONOVAN, John Joseph (interred 1924-07-14) — Police Sergeant
• DUNHAM, Edward James (interred 1914-07-09) — Police Constable
• EAGLESON, William Alexander (interred 1892-05-08) — Police Sergeant
• EASTICK, Lionel Baker (interred 1976-08-05) — Police Constable (retired) [?]
• FOLEY, John Joseph (interred 1920-02-05) — Police Constable
• GARLAND, James Augustine (interred 1910-01-20) — Police Constable
• GARLAND, Owen (interred 1930-04-10) — Ex Constable of Police
• GILLANDERS, John (interred 1914-06-22) — Policeman
• GOULD, George Masters (interred 1917-02-13) — Police Constable
• GREEN, Daniel Ross (interred 1925-11-17) — Ex Police Officer
• GUINANE, William (interred 1922-05-18) — Police Sergeant
• HART, Hugh (interred 1905-03-09) — Ex Policeman
• HAYES, Michael (interred 1918-04-30) — Policeman (retired)
• HOOPER, Robert Henry (interred 1951-06-14) — Ex Policeman; Soldier
• JACOBE, Louis Henry (interred 1959-09-21) — Ex Superintendent of Police
• JOHANNESEN, James Alexander (interred 1917-11-13) — Police Constable
• KANE, Timothy (interred 1925-10-26) — Police Inspector (retired)
• KELSALL, Robert (interred 1923-12-27) — Police Inspector (retired)
• KEVILL, George Arthur (interred 1941-07-30) — Police Constable (retired)
• KINLEYSIDE, Thomas (interred 1925-06-03) — Police Inspector
• KROGER, John Herman (interred 1947-05-22) — Ex Superintendent Police
• LAMBELL, Percy William (interred 1972-07-04) — Detective
• LINTON, Markham Edward (interred 1960-01-21) — Police Constable
• LITHGOW, James Whyte (interred 1919-11-27) — Police Officer (retired)
• LLOYD, William Henry (interred 1926-10-12) — Police Constable
• LOUGHEED, William James (interred 1979-06-20) — Police Officer (retired)
• MADDEN, Michael Francis (interred 1920-04-10) — Police Constable (retired)
• MAHER, John Francis (interred 1922-04-19) — Ex Police Sergeant
• MAHONY, Michael (interred 1915-05-10) — Ex Superintendent of Police
• MANFIELD, Samuel George (interred 1946-10-19) — Police Officer
• MANTON, William Michael (interred 1916-12-17) — Policeman
• MAYES, Joseph Ladd (interred 1902-07-12) — Gentleman; Policeman
• MCCORMICK, Charles Edward (interred 1942-07-04) — Ex Superintendent Police
• MCDONALD, Thomas Henry (interred 1964-07-27) — Police Officer (retired)
• MCKERRAL, Alexander Thompson (interred 1963-05-22) — Detective Inspector (retired)
• MCKERRAL, John (interred 1956-10-08) — Police Officer
• MCLENNAN, Ronald Andrew Nicholls (interred 1980-08-29) — Police Officer (retired)
• MCRAE, Sydney Phillips (interred 1981-07-14) — Police Officer
• MILLS, Peter Augustus (interred 1945-04-27) — Policeman (retired)
• MITCHELL, George (interred 1911-02-03) — Police Constable (retired)
• MOLLOY, John (interred 1923-08-18) — Police Sergeant (retired)
• MOLLOY, John Hugh (interred 1938-08-29) — Policeman
• MOREY, James Matthew (interred 1950-03-31) — Police Inspector
• MORRIS, Alonzo Ephraim (interred 1942-10-05) — Police Superintendent
• NICOLOUDIS, John Ioannis (interred 1984-09-14) — Private Detective
• O'LOUGHLIN, Michael (interred 1920-12-16) — Ex Police Inspector
• PAULIN, Charles Edward (interred 1958-05-27) — Detective Central Investigation Bureau
• PERRY, Francis (Frank) (interred 1918-09-04) — Ex Police Sergeant
• PERRY, Henry (interred 1909-06-12) — Police Officer (retired)
• REARDON, Harry (interred 1939-02-20) — Policeman (retired)
• ROBINSON, Richard (interred 1923-09-17) — Police Sergeant (retired)
• ROWE, Nicholas Daniel (interred 1940-03-18) — Police Inspector
• RUSSELL, Frederick Wenzel (interred 1981-04-28) — Police Officer
• SAINSBURY, Herbert William (interred 1931-05-08) — Detective
• SERPELL, George (interred 1927-06-28) — Police Constable (retired)
• SHANAHAN, Richard Francis (interred 1901-04-26) — Police Constable (retired)
• SHARKEY, Michael Francis (interred 1998-04-08) — Policeman
• SIMS, Arthur John (interred 1920-04-08) — Police Sergeant (retired)
• SOMERVILLE, Roy James (interred 1985-03-05) — Policeman (retired)
• STEEL, Charles Joseph (interred 1931-09-15) — Police Superintendent
• SWALE, Richard (interred 1913-05-21) — Police Officer (retired)
• THOMAS, William Joseph Invermay (interred 1908-09-11) — Police Inspector
• TIGHE, Patrick (interred 1945-11-22) — Police Inspector (retired)
• TRAINOR, Anthony Joseph (interred 1924-08-12) — Ex Police Sergeant
• WALSTAB, William (interred 1913-09-17) — Police Officer (retired)
• WARNECKE, William Henry (interred 1930-02-01) — Police Constable
• WESTCOTT, George Thomas (interred 1947-01-14) — Police Officer (retired)
• WHITE, Thomas (interred 1930-08-16) — Police Officer (retired)
• WILSON, Thomas (interred 1918-02-27) — Police Constable (retired)
• WYATT, George John (interred 1917-03-27) — Police Sergeant
• YOUNG, William Laurence (interred 1911-06-06) — Ex Superintendent of Police