Donald Archibald Harvey
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Corporal

Donald Archibald Harvey

Undetermined
End of Watch June 23, 1967
Age 34
Gender Male
Division F Division, Regina, Rockliffe and K Division

Incident

Cpl. Harvey was known by his second name, ‘Archie’. In training he was known as “the best boxer in barracks”. He served in eight different detachments in Alberta. On the day of this death, Cpl. Harvey and his partner responded to a call of a murder. Cpl. Harvey was shot in an ambush. Cpl. Harvey was married to Hilda and they had two children. He is buried at the United Church Cemetery in Arcola, SK. Since Cpl. Harvey’s death an Annual Golf Tournament is held in his memory. All the funds raised go to the ‘Archie Harvey Memorial Bursary’ at the Grande Prairie Regional College. Corporal Donald Archibald Harvey Corporal Donald Archibald Harvey Inscription on Grave marker

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

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

Agency

Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 23, 1967
Age 34
Gender Male
Division F Division, Regina, Rockliffe and K Division
Born March 31, 1933

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Donald 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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In 1967, 6 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 5th heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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Who

Donald was 34. 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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June holds 11% of these deaths in Canada, more than any other month. Fridays: 20.5%.

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

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

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Corporal Donald Archibald Harvey

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch June 23, 1967

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