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Francis Joseph Fitzgerald
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Inspector

Francis Joseph Fitzgerald

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
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End of Watch February 14, 1911
The Vigil Panel 59 · Column 4 · Line 12 ›
Gender Male
Division Dawson Patrol Tragedy, 1911
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Inspector Fitzgerald served with the militia in Halifax until the age of 19 years and then enlisted as a Constable in the NWMP. He was a seasoned outdoorsman. He was promoted to Corporal in 1899, to Sergeant upon his return from the Boer War in 1902, and to Inspector on December 1, 1909. Inspector Fitzgerald was the last to die from starvation, exposure and exhaustion while on the MacPherson Dawson patrol. He was not married and had a daughter Annie. Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald

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

— 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 February 14, 1911
Gender Male
Division Dawson Patrol Tragedy, 1911
Born Halifax, Nova Scotia

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Francis 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 1911, 4 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 21st heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

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February holds 4.5% of these deaths in Canada; June holds the most, 11%. Tuesdays: 14.6%.

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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, Francis among them.

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Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch February 14, 1911

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