Raymond Joseph BUTTEL
Raymond Joseph BUTTEL
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 6427
Rank: Constable
Stations: ?, 21 Division – death
Service: From ? ? 1928? to 13 November 1954 = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: ? ? 1928
Died on: Saturday 13 November 1954
Age: 26
Cause: Motor vehicle accident – Off Duty – Pedestrian – Heavy rain
Event location: corner of Condamine Street and Kentwell Road, Manly
Funeral date: Tuesday 16 November 1954
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: Manly Cemetery, Hill St, Manly
Plot: N. 168 RC75 Headstone: Yes Vine Hall # 1393
Memorial at: ?
RAY is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
Funeral location: ?
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Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 – 1954), Monday 15 November 1954, page 2
Obituary
An off-duty police constable was fatally injured when hit by a car at the corner of Condamine Street and Kentwell Road Manly, on Saturday night ( during heavy rain ). He was Constable Raymond Joseph Buttel, 26, married, of Ocean View Road Harboard, who was attached to No. 21 Division.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-article175595843.txt
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),
Monday 15 November 1954, page 5
POLICEMAN HIT BY CAR, DIES
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An off-duty police constable was fatally injured when hit by a car at the corner of Condamine Street and Kentwell Road, Manly, on Saturday night.
He was Constable Raymond Joseph Buttel, 26, married, of Ocean View Road, Harbord, who was attached to No. 21 Division.
Police said the accident occurred during a heavy down-pour.
Sergeant J. Laird, of Manly is in charge of inquiries.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18450339
Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954),
Tuesday 7 December 1954, page 5
Constable under influence’
A police constable was “well under the influence” when knocked down and killed by a car at Manly, City Coroner F. McNamara said today.
Rollo Keith Glassop, driver of the car that killed the constable, had not been criminally negligent, he added.
Mr. McNamara held an inquest on Raymond Joseph Buttel, 26, of Ocean View Rd., Harbord, who was killed near the Warringah-Manly Golf Club on November 14.
Buttel was attached to 21 Division.
A Government Analyst’s report produced by police today showed the content of alcohol in the dead man’s blood was .215 pc.
Const. Maurice Jones ( # 8503 ? )(Darlinghurst) said he was at the clubhouse with Buttel that afternoon. He saw him have four middies of beer.
The coroner said there was scientific proof Buttel had consumed equivalent of 12 to 13 middies of beer.
Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 – 1954),
Wednesday 8 December 1954, page 35
Road death “accidental”
The City Coroner (Mr. F. McNamara) yesterday found no evidence of criminal negligence against a motorist whose car killed a police constable.
Mr. McNamara said that on the evidence the constable had been very much under the influence of liquor.
Mr. McNamara was inquiring into the death of Raymond Joseph Buttel, 26, of Ocean View Road, Harbord.
Buttel was struck by a car driven by Rollo Keith Glassop, insurance ‘ agent, of Balgowlah, on November 13.
The accident occurred in Condamine Street, North Manly, near the Manly-Warringah Golf Club.
Constable Angus Gray ( # 6814 ? ), of Manly, said Glassop told him; . “I saw a pedestrian commencing to walk across; the road. He hesitated, so I continued on. “I was almost on him when he began to lope across the road at an angle of 30 degrees away from me. “I swung away from him, but some part of the car struck him.”
Constable Maurice Jones ( # 8503 ? ), of Darlinghurst, said he and Buttel were at the Manly – Warringah Golf Club house for three hours drinking beer.
A report by the Government Medical Officer (Dr. S. Sheldon) said there was .215 per cent, alcohol in Buttels body. Mr. McNamara said there was scientific proof Buttel had consumed 12 or 13 middies of beer and was very much under the influence of liquor.
Mr. McNamara’ returned a finding of accidental death.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248937571
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),
Saturday 27 November 1954, page 56
MRS. EDNA GRACE BUTTEL and MRS. AGNES BUTTEL, wife and mother of the late loved Raymond Joseph Buttel, wish to express their GRATITUDE to relatives, friends and neighbours for their sympathy cards, letters and telegrams, and beautiful floral tributes brought in the tragic loss of their husband and son. Please accept this as our personal thanks.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18443588
NSWBDM – Death = 28485/1954 Father = Herbert Victor. Mother = Agnes
No find in NSW for a Marriage.
