| Description | Name and rank: Joseph Coverdale
Date joined: 28 Mar 1883
Age: 24 years
Warrant number: 1863
Offences and punishment:
14 Feb 1891 refusing to accompany a man to another man lying on the ground the circumstances of which appeared suspicious (the latter being dead), severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay
Rewards and commendations:
30 Sep 1883 advanced from 4th Class @ 24 shillings to 3rd Class @ 25 shillings
29 Mar 1885 advanced from 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to 2nd Class @ 26 shillings
6 Apr 1887 advanced from 2nd Class @ 26 shillings to 1st Class @ 27 shillings
5 Jun 1890 advanced from 27 shillings to 28 shillings per week
6 Apr 1892 advanced from 2nd Class to 1st Class
6 Apr 1895 advanced from 1st Class to Service Class
16 Nov 1898 advanced from 30 shillings to 31 shillings per week
17 Oct 1900 advanced from 31 shillings to 33 shillings per week
17 Oct 1906 advanced from 33 shillings to 35 shillings per week - Auxilliary Fireman
15 Apr 1908 advanced from 35 shillings to 37 shillings per week
2 Dec 1908 advanced from 37 shillings to 38 shillings per week
18 Jun 1910 superannuated
Notes:
[In reference to the entries under "Rewards and commendations" in 1890 there was an extension to the number of classes Constables could be designated as, going from four classes to six, therefore a Constable's class would change, the previous designation of 1st Class becoming 3rd Class etc]
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |