Joseph Blake LEONARD

AKA ?

Late of Myagah Rd, Ashgrove, Qld

QLD Academy Class # ? ? ?

Brother to Lawrence Blake LEONARD – NSWPF # ‘Q‘ 6949

Brother to William Blake LEONARD – NSWPF # ‘ Q ‘ 5928

Queensland Police Force

Regd. # ????

Rank: Sergeant

Final Rank = Senior Sergeant

Stations: ?, Mackay, Gayndah

Service: From 31 August 1894 to 28 August 1930 = 36 years Service

Awards: Imperial Service Medal – granted 22 July 1932

Born: 28 August 1870, Jerrara Creek, Bungonia, NSW

Died on: Monday 23 October 1939

Age: 69

Cause: ?

Event location: Brisbane Hospital, Qld

Event date: Monday 23 October 1939

Funeral date: Tuesday 24 October 1939 @ 2.30pm

Funeral location: Mater Del Roman Catholic Church, St Johns Wood, Ashgrove, Qld

Wake location: ?

Funeral Parlour: ?

Buried at: Toowong Cemetery, 55 Mount Coot-Tha Rd, Toowong, Qld

Grave: 7A-220-28

Memorial located at: ?

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May they forever Rest In Peace

Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 – 1954), Tuesday 31 October 1939, page 8

MR. J. B. LEONARD.

Many friends will regret the passing of Mr. Joseph Blake Leonard, who was a retired Sergeant of Police, death taking place in Brisbane on Monday last. The late Mr. Leonard spent many years in Mackay, and after serving a short period in the North, went to Gayndah. After his retirement Mr. and Mrs. Leonard built a home at Ashgrove, where Mrs. Leonard died in 1938. Their son, Blake, survives them.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170003999

Qld BDM:

Marriage Registration: 1902/C/1453

Marriage date: 11 Feb 1902

Spouse: Winifred Agnes MAHON

Death Registration: 1939/B/45732

Mother: Catherine BLAKE Father: James LEONARD

Family History document. 184 pages

https://www.gundaroo.info/genealogy/other/thomasleonard.pdf