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== Const Michael Scanlon ==
=== Meet the people of the KellyGang story ===
== Importance of Const Scanlon ==
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Shot by the KellyGang at Stringy Bark Creek
== Links to the KellyGang ==
'''Early Years''' I came from Mooroopna near [[Shepparton|Shepparton]] and had been stationed at [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] ([[Royal Commission report day 10 page 2|RC1732]]) '''Mansfield Murders 26/10/1878''' I was selected by Sup [[Sadleir|Sadleir]] to be a part of the search party because I knew Ned Kelly ([[Royal Commission report day 10 page 2|RC1733]])
I was stationed at Mansfield at the time. ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 9|RC15489]])
Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]], Const [[Lonigan|Lonigan]], and [[McIntyre|McIntyre]] and I ([[Royal Commission report day 10 page 1|RC1727]]) were equipped with Spencer rifles, breach loading fowling pieces and revolvers and extra ammunition. I was shot by the [[../../things/K_kellys/K_KellyGang.html|'''KellyGang''']]. One of our '''horses''' was a chestnut gelding, M 42, with white legs and face ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 7|RC12376]]) The pack-horse found by Const [[Johnston|Johnson]] in the [[Warby Ranges|Warby Ranges]] was B 87 ([[Royal Commission report day 33 page 8|RC12404]])
Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]] and Const [[McIntyre|McIntyre]] set out details of what happened. Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] gave his account of [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringybark]] Creek in the Cameron [[Cameron Letter|Letter]]. see also ([[The Argus (8)|Argus29/6/1880]])([[The True of Bushrangers Chapter I page 2|CHC]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (18)|JJK]])
The search party that recovered our bodies left [[Mansfield|Mansfield]] in heavy rain at night and made its way out through some of the thickest scrub in the area. The search party set up a base camp about a quarter of a mile away. The police inspector, constables and Dr [[Reynolds (2)|Reynolds]] went to the site and found our bodies. They could not find Sgt [[Kennedy Sgt|Kennedy]]'s body until much later. The search party found Const [[Lonigan|Lonigan]] and me lying on our backs. The '''KellyGang''' had turned all their pockets out. ([[The True of Bushrangers Chapter 2 page 2|CHC]])
Dr [[Reynolds (2)|Reynolds]] had Lonigan and my heads bandaged and they then tied our bodies on to a pack horse, one on either side. It was a rough way to travel.
Back in Mansfield Dr Reynolds conducted a post mortem. The '''KellyGang''' had not riddled our bodies with bullets.([[The Argus at KellyGang 30/10/1878 (3)|Argus30/10/78]])
See the evidence of my inquest. ([[The Age 30/10/78 (2)|Age30/10/78]]) See details of my injuries. ([[The Age (34)|Age9/8/1880]])
Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] was found with my ring when they took his body out of the hotel at the Glenrowan siege.Ned [[Ned Kelly|Kelly]] gave an account of what happened at [[Stringy Bark Creek|Stringybark]] Creek in his statement to the press at the Glenrowan Siege ([[The Argus (13)|Argus 29/6/80]]) ([[Ovens and Murray Advertiser|OMA1/7/80]])
([[The Age 28/10/78|Age28/10/78]])
Our memorial was opened in Mansfield ([[The Argus at KellyGang 23/4/1880|Argus23/4/80]])
'''Ned Kellys Trial''' A lot of information about my death was given at Ned Kelly's [[Ned Kellys Trial|trial]]. '''Early Service''' I was born in 1863 at Lake View, Killarney in Ireland. I was a 36 year old bachelor when I was murdered.
I had been in Melbourne for a number of years. At one time I acted as orderly for the chief commissioner, and was subsequently told off for duty at the Theatre Royal ([[The Argus at KellyGang 28/10/1878|Argus28/10/78]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 29/10/1878|Argus29/10/78]]) '''What happened to Const Scanlon's family''' KellyGang
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