Patrick Stephen LEONARD
aka Pat
Late of Milford St, Randwick
Brother to Michael A. LEONARD, # Q 7115
Brother to Charles LEONARD, # Q 7396
Another ‘mentioned’ Brother is Thomas Wood LEONARD, # Q 9062
Another ‘mentioned’ Brother is Roger. It is not known if Roger was in the Police.
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # Q 7644
For the purposes of this website, ‘Q‘ represents those Police joining between 1862 ( commencement of NSWPF ) – 23 February 1915 ( Commencement of NSWPF current numbering system )
Rank: Constable – appointed 16 November 1900
Constable 1st Class – early promotion
Police Prosecutor ( 7 years )
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed 1923
Stations: ?, Darlinghurst ( 13 years ), Redfern – Sgt – ( 1918 ), Newtown, Chief Police Prosecutor – Central Police Court
Service: From 16 November 1900 to 2 July 1926 = 26+ years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: ? ? 1876 in NSW
Died on: Friday 2 July 1926 at home in the morning
Age: 50 – Unmarried
Cause: Pneumonia
Event location: Milford St, Randwick
Event date: Friday 2 July 1926
Funeral date: Saturday 3 July 1926
Funeral location: Sacred Heart Church, Avoca St, Randwick @ 2.30pm
Funeral director: W.N.Hull Funeral Director
Buried at: Randwick Cemetery
Memorial located at: ?
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Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1942),
Thursday 8 July 1926, page 21
The Late Sergeant P. Leonard.
NOTED POLICE OFFICER PASSES.
Great regret was felt over the death of Sergeant Patrick S. Leonard, Chief Police Prosecutor of the metropolitan district, which occurred at his late residence, Milford Street, Randwick, on Friday morning last.
Poignancy is added to the death of this fine police officer by the fact that he was on the eve of his promotion to an inspectorship — in fact, he was about to be presented with the whip that accompanies elevation to that rank.
The late Sergeant joined the service in 1900, and was stationed at Darlinghurst.
A hard-working and efficient policeman, he soon attracted the attention of his superiors, and he won quick promotion, attaining the rank of first-class sergeant in 1923. He was police prosecuting officer in the suburbs for 10 years until his transfer to the Central Police Court over a year ago.
Of a courteous and genial nature, he enjoyed the friendship of all sections of the community, and the esteem of all his fellow officers and subordinates.
Genuine expressions of regret at his passing were made at the Central Police Court on Friday. Mr. Jennings, S.M., said that those who represented defendants had been well satisfied with his fairness in all proceedings. It was a sad end to a distinguished career.
On behalf of the legal profession, Mr. Parker and Mr. Lionel Dare paid tributes to his conscientiousness. He was a hard man to fight, said Mr. Parker, but he fought fairly. He was big in stature and mind, and it would be hard to replace him.
For the police, Sergeant Cummings, prosecutor, extended sympathy to the relatives. He understood that Sergeant Leonard was on the eve of promotion.
The Commissioner of Police ( Mr. J. Mitchell ) said that it was with extreme regret that he had heard of Sergeant Leonard‘s death. ” He was one of the ablest officers in the service, and had he lived he would have reached high police rank. He also rendered excellent service as a member of the committee of the police carnival for hospitals. ”
Sergeant Leonard, who succumbed to pneumonia, was 50 years of age, and a devout Catholic.
Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father T. O’Loughlin, M.S.C, at the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Avoca-street, Randwick, after which the funeral cortege left the church for the Randwick cemetery.
The procession, which was officially a police funeral, attracted a very representative gathering.
Squads of police, preceded by the Police Band, marched under Inspector Maze, and members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, under District-Inspector Grimmond.
The pall-bearers were Inspector Maze, Sergeants Roser, Dean, MacDougall, Twist, Jones and Maher. Many and beautiful were the wreaths conveyed.
The principal mourners were: Messrs. Charles, Thomas, and Roger Leonard ( brothers ), Misses Annie and Cissie. Leonard, and Mrs. Delahunty ( sisters ), and Miss Mary Roche, to whom Sergeant Leonard was to have been married.
Amongst those present were: The Chief Secretary ( Hon. C. C. Lazzarini, M.L.A.), Inspector Spyer ( representing the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mitchell ), Mr. Cruise ( representing the Minister for Justice ), Mr. A. Bishop ( representing the Crown Law Department ), the Speaker ( Hon. J Dooley, M.L.A.), Supt. G. Mitchell, Supt. Mankey, Chief of C.I.B., Inspectors Lynch, Delaney, Lindfield, and Kersley; Det.-Sgt. Lynch, Det.-Sgt. Coombes, Det.-Sgt. Jones ( South Africa ), Det. Sgt. Kennedy, Det.-Sgt. Smith, Det.-Sgt. Miller, Sergeant Nicholls and Constable Carroll Ashfield, Detective Gallagher, Sergeant T. O’Brien, ex-Sergeants Duncan, Hay and Toohey, ex-Inspector Fullarton, C. Thackeray ( ” Police News ” ), Mr. B. Fortescue ( general secretary, Police Association ), Detective Comans, ex-Sergeant Hayes, Sergeant Lane, and Sergeants Philpott and Maples ( Redfern ), Station-officer Beare ( representing Fire Brigades’ Hospital Carnival and Art Union ), Messrs. R. D. Meagher, W. Niland, and T. Arkins ( solicitors ), R. O’Halloran, B. Greig, S. R. Alldis, Ms.L.A., Hon. J. Tyrrell, M.L.C., P. Conroy ( vice-president ), and W. Carey ( secretary, A.L.P.), Aldermen M. L’Estrange ( Mayor of Mascot ), R. H. McDonald ( Redfern ), and D. Mulcahy ( Waterloo ), Messrs. Rafferty ( assistant secretary, R.A.S.), T. Windrum ( Rockhampton), E. Ward, P. Fennessy, D. Capice, W. O’Connor, R. Allen, A. Agnew, L. R. Mordant, and A. R. Pope ( Catholic Club ), J. McCann, W. Campbell, Hartnett, H. Kirkland, W. McNamara ( secretary, Friendly Society Dispensary ), P. Rynn, and F. Haron. — R.I.P.
Freeman’s Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 – 1932),
Thursday 8 July 1926, page 23
The Late Sergeant P. S. Leonard.
The funeral on Saturday afternoon of First-class Sergeant Patrick Stephen Leonard, senior public prosecutor at the Central Police Court, was one of the largest ever seen at Randwick. The funeral took place from the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, after Requiem Mass, which was celebrated by the Rev. Father O’Loughlin, M.S.C. The cortege, which was about a mile long, was headed by squads of police and firemen.
The chief mourners were Messrs. Charles, Thomas, and Roger Leonard (brothers), Misses Annie and Cissie Leonard and Mrs. Delahunty (sisters), and Miss Mary Agnes Roche. The pall-bearers were Inspector Maze, Sergeants Roser, Dean, Jones, McDougall, Twiss, and Maher. Others present included Messrs. J. Dooley ( Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ), C. C. Lazzarini ( Chief Secretary ), S. G. Cruise ( representing Mr. W. J. McKell ( Minister for Justice ), A. Bishop ( representing the Crown Law Department ), J. Tyrrill, M.L.C., R. Greig, M.L.A. ( Chairman of Committees ), R. O’Halloran, and S. R. Alldis, Ms L.A., Inspector Spyer ( representing Mr. J. Mitchell, Commissioner of Police ), Superintendent T. Mankey ( Chief of C.I.D.), Inspectors . Lynch, Devlin, Lindfield, Delaney, Mackay and Kersley, Detective Sergeants Lynch, Coombes, Jones ( of South Africa ), Kennedy, Smith, Miller and Sergeant Nicholls ; Station Officer Beare ( Fire Brigades Hospital Carnival and Art Union Committee ) Mr. W. J. Camphin, S.M., Alderman L’Estrange ( Mayor of Mascot ), Mulcahy .( Mayor of Waterloo ), and R. H. McDonald ( Redfern ), Messrs. R. D. Meagher, W. M. Niland, J. C. J. Ryan, and T. Arkins; Constables Carroll, Ashfield, Detective Gallagher, Sergeants T. O’Brien, Law, and Philpott, ex Sergeants Duncan, Hay, Toohey and Hayes; ex-Inspector Fullarton, Messrs. B. Fortescue ( secretary, Police Association of which deceased was a foundation member ), C. Thackeray ( editor, ‘Police News’ ), R. Moyes, J. J. Hartnett, G. H. Brown, P. Ryan J. Morrissey, T. Windrum, W. Carey ( secretary A.L.P. ), E. Ward, E. Roche, F. Conroy ( vice-president A.L.P. ), H. Kirkland, C. J. Rafferty ( assistant secretary, Royal Agricultural Society ), G. Butler Gye ( representing “Evening News” ), R. Higgins, Captain Hansen, T. Birrell, A. Westphal, C. Tate, W. Adlum, P. O’Loughlin ( president of the Catholic Club ), S. A. Williams ( treasurer of the club ), P. Burns ( vice-president ), C. G. Griffiths ( hon. secretary ), H. Washington ( manager ), A. H. Pope, J. Fraser, A. Agnew ( Gehring and Co.); W. Campbell, J. McCann, W. J. McEncroe, W. Weekes, W. Paterson, W. McCarthy, A. Sharp P. Sharp, R. Campbell, J. McGrath, J. Ryan J. S. Ogan, W. McNamara ( secretary, Friendly Society Dispensary ),. J. Voney, B. Acton, G. Workman, H. Moroney, M. Swiney, J. Sheehan, E. McDonald B. Mahoney, F. Farrell ( hon. . secretary, Catholic Returned Soldiers’ Association ), J. Killeen, F. Conroy, J. Williams ( Dewar and Co.), A. McNiven, F. Haron, L. R. Mordant, P. Fennessy, and R. Allen.
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),
Saturday 3 July 1926, page 13
FUNERALS.
LEONARD.- A Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of the late SENIOR SERGEANT PATRICK STEPHEN LEONARD will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, THIS ( Saturday ) MORNING, at 9 o’clock.
LEONARD. – The Friends of Miss MARY AGNES ROCHE, of Rose-street, Darlington, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of Patrick Leonard; to leave Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick. THIS ( Saturday ) AFTERNOON, at 2.30, for Randwick Cemetery.
Funeral Director. W.N.Hull Funeral Director.
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954),
Saturday 3 July 1926, page 16
DEATH OF SGT. P. LEONARD.
The death of Sergeant Patrick Leonard, chief police prosecutor at the Central Police Court, occurred suddenly yesterday morning, from pneumonia, at his residence in Milford street, Randwick. Sergeant Leonard was 50 years of age.
Mr. Jennings, C.S.M., and Messrs. W. Parker and Lionel Dare, on behalf of the legal profession, paid sincere tributes to the late police officer.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16303092
Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 – 1954),
Friday 2 July 1926, page 8
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 – 1931),
Friday 2 July 1926, page 4
POPULAR OFFICER DIES FROM PNEUMONIA
Sergt. PATRICK Stephen Leonard, Senior Police Prosecutor, died from pneumonia at Randwick to-day, after six week’s illness. ” He was one of the ablest men who have ever held the position of police prosecutor. ” said the Commissioner of Police to-day. ” I heard of his death with extreme regret. He was one of my best, most conscientious, and most promising officers. In my opinion, he would have attained to high police rank had he lived “.
The late sergeant was highly esteemed by all who know him. He was a most courteous, unassuming, and obliging officer, and was exceedingly popular with Pressmen, with whom he came into close contact at the various police courts. His word was his bond, and he was always scrupulously fair to defendants.
Sergeant Leonard joined the police force in 1900 and was made a first class sergeant in 1923. He served in the Darlinghurst division for 13 years and at Redfern, and was police prosecutor for seven years, first on the suburban circuit and latterly at the Central Police Court.
He was born in 1876, and was a native of N.S.W.
He was unmarried, and lived with his sister at Melford-street. Randwick.
WORKER FOR CHARITY
He was a prominent worker for various charities, and took an active part in the organisation of the annual police carnival.
The late officer’s first promotion to the rank of first-class constable was a reward for a particularly daring arrest of a burglar in William-street. City, at 4 a.m.. on December 13, 1904.
Two of his brothers also joined the police force — Charles, ( Q7396 ) now a sergeant at Marrickville, and Michael, (Q7115 ) who died from pneumonia some years ago.
The funeral will leave the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Avoca street, Randwick, at 2.30pm tomorrow.
TRIBUTES IN COURT
‘ It is a sad end to a distinguished career.’ remarked Mr. Jennings. C.S.M., at the Central Court to-day. In referring to the death of Sergeant Leonard. ” He had been a long time with us, and his services were much appreciated by all those who worked with him. ”
Mr. Parker, on behalf of the legal profession. said he had known Sergeant Leonard for 23 or 24 years. ” I always admired him as an officer, ” went on Mr. Parker. ” He was absolutely conscientious. As a prosecutor he was one of the hardest men we had to fight, but he always fought fairly. He was a big man not only In stature, but In mind.”
Mr. Lionel Dare, barrister, remarked that, In his public capacity, Sergeant Leonard was courageous, unflinching, honorable, and firm.
Sergeant Cummings, police prosecutor, said the police felt Sergeant Leonard‘s death as a deep personal loss. He understood the late sergeant was on the eve of promotion to the rank of inspector. He was a highly capable officer.
TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED
A pathetic feature is that Sergeant Leonard was to have been married last Saturday to Miss Mary Agnes Roche, of Rose-street, Darlington, but his illness intervened.
( a photo of Sgt Leonard and Mary Roche appear in this news article but the ‘scan’ is far too dark from the Trove article to be useful for his Memorial page )
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114383043
Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954),
Monday 7 April 1919, page 6
Police-prosecutor Leonard, attached to the Redfern and Newtown Police Courts, is confined to his home with an attack of influenza.
Sergeant Leonard is a brother of the late Sergeant Michael Leonard, who succumbed to the epidemic at Darlinghurst last Week.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221448262
Lorena we would be honoured to attend Steve’s farewell, as tragic as it is. Lots of love to you girlfriend and Sonny ❤️❤️