Across Australia, National Police Remembrance Day (NPRD) is marked as an important time to pause, reflect and honour the officers who have paid the ultimate price while serving their community. Among those remembered this NPRD is Senior Constable Henry James Featherston whose name has been etched alongside his comrades in blue for 140 years after he was tragically killed on 23 February 1885 in Maryborough, Queensland.

Senior Constable Henry James Featherston

Born in Ireland in 1859, Senior Constable Fetherston’s dreams of becoming a police officer were realised after he immigrated to Australia, after a brief stint in Scotland, and successfully joined Queensland Police Service (then-Queensland Police Force) in 1878.

Senior Constable Fetherston began his career as a constable at Maryborou

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