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Corporal

Michael Moriarty

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch April 26, 1935
Age 48
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Gender Male
Division K Division - Alberta
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Cpl. Moriarty was born in Ireland and served with the Glasgow City Police for three years and later served with the London Metropolitan Police for 18 months. He signed with the RNWMP in 1914 and then joined the Alberta Provincial Police (APP) in 1918. He was re-engaged as a member when the APP was incorporated into the RCMP in 1932. He was Acting Cpl. in 1933 and was official Corporal in 1934. He was killed while serving a summons at Rosebud District, Alberta. There is a street at Depot named in Cpl. Moriarty’s honour. Corporal Michael Moriarty Inscription on grave marker

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Moriarty served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Moriarty.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 26, 1935
Age 48
Gender Male
Division K Division - Alberta

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Michael is one of 308 officers lost to causes not yet determined in Canada, 77.2% of the 399 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1935, 5 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 13th heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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Who

Michael was 48. Of the 284 lost to causes not yet determined in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 41; the middle age was 32.

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When

April holds 8.1% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Fridays: 20.5%.

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How

Undetermined deaths account for 77.2% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the most common cause.

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His people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Michael among them.

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Corporal Michael Moriarty

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch April 26, 1935

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