Remembered... Constable James CHEDZOY Typhoid Maitland 7 December, 1886 Constable Chedzoy passed away in the Maitland Hospital after contracting typhoid. The full circumstances of the incident are not known. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser of 9 December, 1886 reported the following information. A MELANCHOLY DEATH - After a brief illness Constable Chedzoy succumbed to an attack of typhoid fever on Tuesday evening, at the Maitland Hospital. Some ten days ago the deceased complained of feeling unwell, which he attributed to indigestion, and continued on duty till last Thursday, when, feeling depressed, he consulted Dr. Pierce, who told him that he was suffering from typhoid fever in an advanced stage, and recommended him to go to the Maitland Hospital. He at once proceeded to that institution, and took to his bed. The fever symptoms increased, and despite medical aid and careful nursing he expired, as stated, on Tuesday evening. Constable Chedzoy was twenty seven years old and was born in Somersetshire, England. He was some five years in the London city police, and subsequently came to this colony. About eleven months ago he came to Maitland, and was regarded as an active, intelligent, and conspicuously courteous policeman. His quiet, unobtrusive manner gained for him the esteem of his comrades. Yesterday his remains were interred in the Church of England cemetery, Campbells Hill, and there stood beside the open grave Sub-inspector Duffy, Sergeant Cruise, and some twenty of his late comrades in the force, who had marched from the Hospital to the cemetery, in full dress uniform. The deceaseds mother resides in England. He had no relatives in the colony. At the time of his death the constables was aged 27 years and was stationed at Maitland.
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