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Sergeant Glen Anthony HuitsonPrint Page 
The monument commemorates policeman Sergeant Glen Anthony Huitson who was shot and killed while on duty in 1999. A formal roadside memorial cross is also located on the corner of Stuart Highway and Old Bynoe Road.
Huitson, 38, was shot dead at a roadblock at the intersection of Stuart Highway and Old Bynoe Road, Acacia, 55 kilometres south of Darwin in 1999. After an hour-long shooting rampage, gunman Rodney William Ansell - said to be the man on whom Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee character was based - shot Huitson in his side. A gun battle followed in which Ansell, 44, was shot dead by Huitson's partner, Constable Jamie O'Brien. Huitson died in the Royal Darwin Hospital an hour later.
Location
| Address: | Old Bynoe Road, Livingstone, 0822 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.753991 Long: 131.097619 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Crime |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-August-1999 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 03-August-1999 |
Dedication
Plaque :
In memory of Sergeant Glen Anthony Huitson
BM VA * 1520
Aged 37 years
Member of the Northern Territory Police Force
1987 -1999
Sergeant Huitson died on 3 August 1999 as a result of gun shot wounds received in the execution of his duty whilst manning a roadblock on the Stuart Highway near this site
"A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before" Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plaque :
The Policeman from the bush
Glen Huitson was a family man
A fine Policeman too.
He loved the job, his colleagues, and was just like me and you. Respected in all walks of life no matter who he met.
You could meet a million people in your life, but Glen you won`t forget.
He touched the hearts of all he met. And many he had not. The Territory came to a halt the day poor Glen was shot.
His memory will never fade, he`s always in our hearts. A Territory icon, he will always be a part.
The people came from miles-n-miles, and other countries too. All here to pay their last respects, to the Copper they all knew.
The N.T. Aborigines gave him a secret name, it is whispered now with great respect, from sea to desert plains.
There is a moral to this sad story, to which you can relate. There are many more out there like Glen, please respect them "They`re your mates"
Plaque :
In memory of Sergeant Glen Huitson
'A Bush Copper'
Killed in the line of duty near this site on the 3rd August 1999, protecting our community
Litchfield Shire Council
Cross :
Sergeant Glen Anthony Huitson
Gunned down whilst on duty
3rd August 1999.
