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Cpl. Giesbrecht was a former heavy-weight Golden Gloves Boxing Champion. He was promoted to corporal in 1962. He drowned when his police car went out of control and plunged into the water at the Coffer Dam while on patrol at Hybord, Manitoba. He was married to Elaine and they had a son. Cpl. Giesbrecht is buried at Garry Memorial Park in Fort Garry, Manitoba. Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht Inscription on Grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Corporal Jack Giesbrecht served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Corporal Jack Giesbrecht.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Corporal Ervin Jack Giesbrecht is one of 1 officers lost under undetermined circumstances across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In ON, 266 of 364 officers were lost under undetermined circumstances — 73.1% of this state's fallen. That is 73.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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. Ervin Jack Giesbrecht's cause is highlighted.
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When Undetermined Deaths Occur
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Incident Location
Hybord, MB.
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