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Incident
3/Cst. Varney was born in Courtenay, British Columbia. On his way to deliver a summons, 3/Cst. Varney was notified of a motor vehicle collision close to where he was. He stated that he would check it out, but overshot a T-intersection on a rural road. 3/Cst. Varney is buried in Courtenay, British Columbia. Third Class Constable Robert William Varney Third Class Constable Robert William Varney Inscription on Grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Robert William Varney served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Robert William Varney.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable 3/Cst. Robert William Varney is one of 260 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ON, 236 of 334 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 69.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0.8%.
At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 236 of 333 officers on record were lost under undetermined circumstances — 70.9% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. 3/Cst. Robert William Varney's cause is highlighted.
How 3/Cst. Robert William Varney Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. 3/Cst. Robert William Varney is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Courtenay, BC.
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