The Queensland Police Museum has opened a new exhibition highlighting the service and sacrifice of Queensland police officers who served during World War I. “War and Police” runs from Aug. 28 through February and features photographs, documents and historical records tied to the officers’ wartime experiences. The exhibition includes more than 30 artifacts, including six replica medals, a 1915 Queensland Police uniform, a 1915 Australian Imperial Force uniform and a bayonet loaned by the Army Museum South Queensland at Victoria Barracks. The display coincides with significant commemorative dates, including National Police Remembrance Day and Remembrance Day. Among the stories featured are those of Edward Walsh, Michael Roache, William Burnell and Billy Elsdale, four officers who resigned from the Queensland Police Service to serve and later died on the battlefield. Elsdale, the only QPS Aboriginal tracker known to have resigned to enlist, died on the Western Front in 1916, four days after joining his AIF unit. The exhibition also examines the experiences of officers who returned to policing after the war, including Arthur Bock and Donald Mackintosh McDonald. Curator Lisa Jones said the display was developed with support from police historian Anastasia Dukova and military historian Tim Lycett, and aims to preserve the stories of officers whose service connected policing, military duty and community life. Post navigation Ukraine Opens First Family Home