Links to the KellyGang below, Early Years , Fitzpatrick Incident ,
Stringybark Creek Murders , Sebastopol Cavalcade , Euroa Robbery , Jerilderie Robbery , Autum 1879 , Hare replaced by Nicolson ,
Spring 1879 Early 1880 , Death of Aaron Sherritt , Glenrowan Siege , Ned Kelly's Trial , Royal Commission ,
Early service , Later service , Family ,
I was born Glasgow, Scotland on the 31st May, 1846
I came to Australia from Glasgow with my parents and 2 sisters in 1855 on the White Eagle.
I joined the police in 1869 and was sent to Greta in 1876
In about 1877 Ass Com Nicolson produced the following report about me. 'Yes. Mounted-Constable Hugh Thom, 2372, about eighteen years' service, "32 years of age, intelligent but not smart looking, soiled dirty jumper, dirty breeches, and a crushed uniform hat, beard untrimmed, his arms clean and serviceable'(RC1020) (see also RC8831) (RC15785)
I was stationed at Greta at about the time of the Fitzpatrick incident in April 1878. (RC12882)
Patrick Quinn came to see me about a stolen horses. (RC17691)
I left Greta after a while (RC8833)(RC8837)
Family
Father
wife nee Mary Julia Harvey - (married 27th September, 1873 )(daughter of John Harvey and & Sophia {nee Smith}) .
children Hugh Walter (1876), Jack Alexander (1879), Agnes Murray (1881)(died as an infant), Rupert Stanley (1886), Sydney Claude (1889), and Lesley Clive Thom(1894) and Agnes Murray (died as an infant)
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home Later I was stationed at
Essendon and after that we lived at "Gartsherrie Cottage" in Stawell Street, Hotham