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15 February 2026
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Sunday 01 January 1837
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New South Wales Police
Full Name
JOSIAH PODGERS VIZZARD
Nick Name
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AKA
? Late of Mulbring , NSW New South Wales Police Fo
Late of / Previously of
Mulbring , NSW
Date: NA @ NA
Location: NA
Awards / Commendations etc: No Find on Australian Honours system – although Awarded the Crimea Medal and Awarded the Turkish Medal
Note: Final Rank: Sergeant
Buried: Unknown
Cemetery name: Morpeth General
Grave plot: RC, Section 1, Plot ?
AKA ?
Late of Mulbring, NSW
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # ‘Q‘ 1638
For the purposes of this website ‘Q‘ represents those Police joining between 1 March 1862 ( commencement of NSWPF ) – 23 February 1915 ( Commencement of NSWPF current numbering system )
Rank: Probationary Constable- appointed 17 February 1866
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed 1 September 1892
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank = Sergeant
Stations: Wagga Wagga ( Albury District ), Corowa, Newcastle, Copeland ( Sgt – transferred to Copeland in Feb 1880 ), Lambton, and latterly he has been at Mulburing ( Maitland district ). Maitland – Retirement
Service: From 17 February 1866 to ? April 1896 = 30 years Service
Awards: No Find on Australian Honours system – although
Awarded the Crimea Medal and Awarded the Turkish Medal
Born: ? ? 1837, Jersey, England
Died on: Monday 21 September 1896 @ 2.30pm
Age: 61
Cause: Illness – pneumonia
Event location: West Maitland, NSW
Event date: ?
Funeral date: Tuesday 22 September 1896 @ 3pm
Funeral location: ?
Funeral Parlour: ?
Buried at: Morpeth Cemetery, Butchers Lane, Morpeth, NSW
Grave Location: RC, Section 1, Plot ?, Type: Monumental, Levels: Double, Status: Occupied
Grave location map: Approx.
GPS: -32.73444199387523 / 151.62433299105453
Memorial / Plaque / Monument located at: ?
Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( November 2020 )
JOSIAH is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
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May they forever Rest In Peace
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Josiah Pedgers Vizzard – Note difference in spelling of middle name – as seen on https://myhorison.maitland.nsw.gov.au
Name of grave stone is definitely spelt PODGERS
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 – 1931),
Tuesday 22 September 1896, page 5
Death of a Police Officer.
A CRIMEAN VETERAN.
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.— Sergeant Josiah Vizzard, aged 62 years, died at Morpeth yesterday after a brief illness.
The deceased, after having served 30 years in the N.S.W. police force, retired recently on a pension.
The sergeant served in the Crimean War, and fought in the battles of Alma, lnkerman, and Sebastopol, with the Grenadier Guards, for which he received medals.
He afterwards went to Canada as instructor to the military for a number of years.
He was stationed at Wagga Wagga, Copeland, Lambton, and latterly he has been at Mulburing, in this district.
22 Sep 1896 – Death of a Police Officer. – Trove
Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1931), Saturday 26 September 1896, page 4
Local News of the Week.
Death of a Crimean Veteran. — Sergeant Josiah P. Vizzard, late of Mulbring, died at Morpeth on Monday, after a brief illness, of pneumonia.
He leaves a wife and five children ( four sons and one daughter ), all grown up.
The death is surrounded with painful associations, for Sergeant Vizzard, after serving over thirty years in the service of the colony, only retired on a well-deserved pension at the beginning of April last.
Lately he proceeded to Morpeth, and purchased a house with the object of spending the declining days of his life in a peaceful manner.
He was in Morpeth making arrangements about the removal of his family when his death occurred.
He was sixty-two years of age.
Sergeant Vizzard had the distinction of having served in the Imperial army through the Crimean War.
In the ranks of the Grenadier Guards he was present at the engagements of Alma and Inkerman, and at the siege of Sebastapol, and he held the Crimea and Turkish medals.
He was afterwards sent to Canada as instructor to the military.
When he joined the New South Wales police force he acted as sergeant instructor at the depot for some time, under Captain Clancy.
He was afterwards in charge of various stations. In each of the places in which he was stationed, Sergeant Vizzard was greatly respected, especially among the better class of the community.
Having served in the hospital army corps he was possessed of considerable surgical and medical knowledge, and this proved of great value in the small country towns to which he was appointed.
His death, so soon after retirement on a pension, throws upon it a certain element of sadness, apart from other considerations.
It is somewhat remarkable that since July there have been no less than nine deaths among pensioners from the police force.
26 Sep 1896 – Local News of the Week. – Trove
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate (NSW : 1876 – 1954),
Saturday 26 September 1896, page 4
Death. VIZZARD – At Morpeth N.S.W., on September 21st, 1896, from pneumonia, Josiah P. Vizzard, formerly of Grenadier Guards in the Crimea, and late Sergeant of Police in Maitland and Albury districts; aged 61 . Jersey (Channel Islands) papers please copy.
26 Sep 1896 – Family Notices – Trove
Nothing further, than what is recorded above, is known about this man at the time of publication.
Cal
8 November 2020
| Academy | Start Date | End Date | Class # | Comment |
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| Rank | Achieve Date | Comment |
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| NSW Probationary Constable | 17 February 1866 | |
| NSW Constable 1st Class | NA | |
| NSW Senior Constable | 01 September 1892 | |
| NSW Sergeant 2nd Class | NA |
| Station | Start Date | End Date | Comment |
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