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

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Published 22 September 2013

Revisited and updated on 15 July 2025.