George David Foster
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Special Constable

George David Foster

Undetermined
End of Watch September 4, 1977
Age 26
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Gender Male

Incident

S/Cst. Foster joined the Force as a regular member in 1971 and then converted to Special Status in 1975 so that he would be eligible to enter the RCMP Air Section. S/Cst. Foster had trained with the RCMP Musical Ride. He died in an airplane crash. S/Cst. Foster is buried in the cemetery at Sussex, NB. Special Constable George David Foster Special Constable George David Foster Inscription on grave marker Special Constable George David Foster

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

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 4, 1977
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Sussex, NB

Special Constable George David Foster 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.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
236
of 333 officers
70.9% Undetermined
ON — Statewide
236
of 334 officers
70.7% Undetermined
Nationwide
260
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George David Foster's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How George David Foster Compares

Age at End of Watch
26
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. George David Foster is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
21
Feb
16
Mar
20
Apr
23
May
26
Jun
29
Jul
23
Aug
24
Sep
17
Oct
22
Nov
15
Dec
24

Incident Location

Sussex, NB.