Roll of Honor
Survivors
Wife Fiona Isles; children Lisa, Steven, and Nicole Isles
Biography
Michael Isles was sworn in as a Constable on August 9, 1974 and served the Queensland Police for over 35 years, spending his career predominantly in rural and regional Queensland — at Woolloongabba, Warwick, Allora, Cloncurry, and finally as Officer in Charge of Ayr station from 1999. He chose regional service deliberately; he wanted to be a name and not a number to his community. He received two Commissioner's Commendations, the Queensland Police Service Medal with third clasp, and a Mayor's Lantern Award from the Mayor of Mount Isa for his hands-on work raising funds and constructing the Cloncurry youth club. In 2008 he was wrongly targeted in a corruption inquiry involving drug trafficking and fraudulent driver's licences — an experience that shattered a proud man. Simultaneously diagnosed with cancer, he fought both battles and was cleared of all wrongdoing. He had overcome his illness and returned to work on September 21, 2009. On September 23 — his third day back — Senior Sergeant Michael Isles left home at 7:30am in his police vehicle and was never seen again. His body was never recovered. He was 58 years old.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
Senior Sergeant Michael Isles served with the Queensland Police.
Thank you for your service. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Senior Sergeant Michael James Isles is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In QLD, 1 of 1 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 100% of this state's fallen. That is 99.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
National Cause Distribution
How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Michael James Isles's cause is highlighted.
How Michael James Isles Compares
When Suicide Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Michael James Isles is highlighted in Sep.