Herbert Milton Smart
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Corporal

Herbert Milton Smart

Undetermined
End of Watch June 7, 1958
Age 33
Gender Male

Incident

Cpl. Smart was known to be a good swimmer. Before being assigned to his home province of Ontario, Cpl. Smart spent most of his service in Nova Scotia. He accidentally drowned while on patrol in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario. Cpl. Smart was buried in Windsor, Nova Scotia. He was married to Reta and they had two daughters. Corporal Herbert Milton Smart Corporal Herbert Milton Smart Inscription on grave marker

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

— 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 7, 1958
Age 33
Gender Male
Born March 14, 1925

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Windsor, NS

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Herbert 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 1958, 10 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, more than in any other year.

Every year on record · Canada
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Who

Herbert was 33. 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.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

June holds 11% of these deaths in Canada, more than any other month. Saturdays: 16.6%.

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How

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

Every cause
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His people

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

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Where

Windsor, NS

Corporal Herbert Milton Smart

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch June 7, 1958

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