John Benjamin HUTCHINS
John Benjamin HUTCHINS
AKA John HUTCHINS, HUTCHO
Late of ?
NSW Redfern Police Academy Class # 130
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 15193
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 14 February 1972 ( aged 20 years, 2 months, 27 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 27 March 1972 ( aged 20 years, 4 months, 9 days )
Constable – appointed 27 March 1973
Constable 1st Class – appointed 27 March 1977
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ? ( YES )
Final Rank = Senior Constable
Stations: ?, Regents St Police Stn ( 2 Division ), Balmain ( 8 Division ), Five Dock ( 9 Division ), Police Communications Branch – VKG1 ( 20 Division ) – Death
Service: From 14 February1972 to 17 November 1983 = 11 years, 9 months, 3 days Service
Age at Retirement: 31 years, 11 months, 30 days
Time in Retirement: 0 years, 0 months, 0 days
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours
Born: Sunday 18 November 1951 , Drummoyne, NSW
Died on: Thursday 17 November 1983 ( 1 day before his 32nd birthday )
Age: 31 years, 11 months, 30 days
Cause: MVA – Motor cycle Rider – ( proceeding to duty at VKG1 )
Event location: ( Glebe Island Bridge ) Victoria Rd , Ryde, NSW
Event date: Thursday 17 November 1983
Funeral date: ? ? ?
Funeral location: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW, and Ashes collected by family.
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: Sydney Wall for Police Remembrance, Canberra Wall of Remembrance
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( July 2020 )
JOHN IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance
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About 12.25pm on 17 November, 1983 Senior Constable Hutchins was riding his motor cycle to work along Victoria Road, Ryde.
He failed to notice a vehicle that was stationary in front of him and collided with the rear of the vehicle.
Senior Constable Hutchins was conveyed to the Ryde Hospital where he was found to be dead on arrival.
The constable was born in 1951 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 14 February, 1972. At the time of his death he was attached to the Police Communications Branch.
Source: Beyond Courage
Published 22 September 2013
Revisited and updated on 15 July 2025.
I worked with Hutcho at VKG. I nicknamed him El Chito after many games of cards. He copped a flogging at the Bathurst Races. Nice face for a while. He had a partner named Rosemary. I believe Hutcho was working at 4 Wheels at the time of his death. A much loved character and he is often in my thoughts.
I remember that day very well but was sure the accident was in the am for memory hutch was on 7am shift. And the car was broken down and as hutch came up over the rise on the Glebe island bridge he ended up in the back of the car.
Maybe some of the guys from communications section from the 80’s May remember more
love u dad