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Constable Hooley was known by his friends as “Bill”. He was a teamster, driving a four-horse rig, and traveling with esteemed members of the NWMP at the time of his death. Constable Hooley had just signed on for a 2nd five year term with the NWMP and was thought to be in his early thirties. He drowned in the Belly River while on patrol from Fort Walsh to Fort MacLeod, Northwest Territories. His body was found one month after his death. Constable Hooley is buried in Union Cemetery at Fort MacLeod, Alberta. Constable Claudius Shaw Hooley Inscription on grave marker Constable Claudius Shaw Hooley
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Constable S. Hooley served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable Claudius S. Hooley 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. Claudius S. Hooley's cause is highlighted.
How Claudius S. Hooley Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Claudius S. Hooley is highlighted in Jul.
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