Special Achievements

• 11 February 1978 - First woman police officer to be awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for bravery in Queensland and Australia.

Link - The London Gazette

The Gazette

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Link - Book of Names 1864 - 1974 - Queensland Police (page 182)

Queensland Police

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References

• Nambour court hearing told:  Policewoman ‘Grabs Gunman’.  Telegraph.  April 25, 1977:1.
• Surprised by award for gallantry.  Chronicle.  date unknown:page unknown & 24.
• Brush with the law.  Chronicle.  October 24, 1974:page unknown.
• Constables commended.  newspaper unknown.  date unknown:page unknown.
• Sharman, Ralph.  Drunken Drivers Fall Victim of the Thing.  Sunday Telegraph.  November 25, 1973:9.
• Ward, Felicity.  (1984, November).  Policewomen on patrol.  Reader’s Digest, 118-121.