Police
We hold a large number of records concerning the activities of state and local government agencies during and after the Second World War. This includes information about police records during the Second World War, as well as information on health and welfare, land, transport and construction, councils and committees and government departments.
Our police records include:
- Inquiries and reports
- Internment
- Lighting restrictions and blackouts
- Supplies
- Stealing and profiteering
- Firearm and ammunition
- Civil defence
- American forces
- Air raids
- Acts and regulations
We also hold general records from some police departments from the Second World War.
Finding police records
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Police Department, North Coast Region Bundaberg District Office
Police Department, Police Service Commissioner’s Office
- Newspaper cuttings—international crisis during 1939
- Police reservists, general, Cairns, Charleville, Ipswich, Mackay, Maryborough, Rockhampton, Roma, Toowoomba, Townsville Districts, Fortitude Valley during 1939
- European war: police reservists, South Coast (Woolloongabba) and Roma Street during 1939
- Department of information from 1939 to 1942
- Evacuation from 1939 to 1942
- Rural fires, arrangements for lighting of from 1939 to 1942
- Deserters from overseas vessels from 1939 to 1944
- Troops marching through streets of Brisbane from 1939 to 1945
- Crown Employees Patriotic Fund from 1939 to 1946
- Police enlisting for active service in the Second World War from 1940 to 1952
- National emergency, transfers, requisitions from 1940 to 1945
- War savings certificates and loans from 1940 to 1948
- Bombs—types of from 1941 to 1944
- German machine guns from 1941 to 1946
- Returned soldiers victory party in 1941
- Charcoal burning pits, control of from 1941 to 1942
- Evacuation of livestock from 1941 to 1942
- Search warrants issued (generally) from 1941 to 1942
- Capture of enemy aircraft, airmen, form 1941 to 1943
- Producer gas units from 1941 to 1943
- Traffic control by members of provost corps and members of fighting forces from 1941 to 1943
- Vehicles, gas producer units from 1941 to 1944
- Reserve badges (RAAF) men not returning them from 1941 to 1947
- Release of impressed arms and sales from 1941 to 1948
- Relief of shipwrecked personnel, Red Cross supplies from 1941 to 1948
- Misconduct Australian military forces from 1941 to 1943
- Recruiting from 1941 to 1949
- Essential service vehicles for approval by COP during 1942
- Exhibiting of films on national service emergency during 1942
- Aircraft landing during 1942
- Army inventions directorate during 1942
- Compassionate leave (armed forces) during 1942
- Detective attached to Australian Imperial Force during 1942
- Evacuation—bank records during 1942
- Conscientious objectors general from 1942 to 1944
- Supply of liquor to invalided soldiers from 1942 to 1944
- Waterside workers, lists of criminal history from 1942 to 1944
- Circular memoranda, supply of petrol, from 1942 to 1945
- Explosions, bombing war and submarine and war shipping at sea during 1942
- Fire parties in buildings during 1942
- Wireless transmitting apparatus and diathermy apparatus from 1942 to 1943
- Sunday entertainment for servicemen from 1942 to 1943
- Code messages and security from 1942 to 1943
- Reintroduction of standard time from 1942 to 1943
- Protection, taping of and damage to windows from 1942 to 1943
- Mortality of fighting forces from 1942 to 1943
- Practice shoots from 1942 to 1945
- Security services and references from 1942 to 1945
- Service of process on members of the fighting forces from 1942 to 1945
- Queensland Government Gazettes notices for circulation to police districts from 1942 to 1946
- Deaths, army personnel from 1942 to 1947
- Sea mine and proposed card system for wardens from 1942 to 1948
- War damage insurance from 1942 to 1948
- Application for motor spirits consumer licenses from 1942 to 1948
- Control of erection of buildings, from 1942 to 1950
- Blood donors from 1942 to 1952
- Alleged suspicious movements of two vessels near Inkeman Station during 1943
- Curtailment of holidays during 1943
- Japanese seamen—status, internees now prisoners of war during 1943
- Photographing of USA disciplinary prisoners during 1943
- Priority for telephones for business people during 1943
- Compensation claims from 1943 to 1944
- Compulsory evacuation from 1943 to 1945
- Military enemy prisoners of war, finger printing, photographing from 1943 to 1945
- Australian provost corps and their powers from 1943 to 1947
- Employment of enemy military prisoners of war during 1944
- Loss of security service warrant card during 1944
- Liability of drivers of Australian military vehicles under State Traffic Laws from 1944 to 1948
- Detention barracks for military personnel during 1947
- Anzac Day from 1948 to 1952
- Rubber—control of, salvage and supply of from 1943 to 1946
- Sunday entertainment for servicemen from 1943 to 1945
- Post war reconstruction from 1943 to 1945
- Types of bombs from 1943 to 1953
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- Spelling of names was not as consistent as it is today, so be sure to check alternatives—e.g. Thompson and Thomson.
- Names may have been incorrectly indexed as the handwriting is sometimes difficult to read or the ink has faded.
- The capital letters L, T, F and S are often confused as lower-case letters n, m, u and w. This means that Taylor may indexed as Laylor or Brum may be indexed as Bruin.
- The use of double ‘s’ (ss) often looks like fs, so Ross will be indexed as Ross but may appear in the record as Rofs.
- Names may have been written in the record phonetically as the clerks wrote the names as they heard them. Think about how it could be spelt as it was heard.
- Some given names are abbreviated as they appear in the original record
- Some records are restricted for several years.
- Some records have not survived.
- A blank cell indicates that there is no information recorded in the original.
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Police
In this guide:
- Stealing and profiteering
- Supplies
- Air raids
- Internment
- American forces
- Civil defence
- Acts and regulations
- Inquiries and reports
- Firearm and ammunition
- Lighting restrictions
- Next ( https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/collection/war/second-world/police/stealing )