John Brian Baldwinson
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Constable

John Brian Baldwinson

Undetermined
End of Watch October 28, 1975
Age 28
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Gender Male
Division E Division, Surrey Detachment GIS Section

Incident

Cst. Baldwinson was born in Gimli, Manitoba. He was an excellent athlete who played a variety of sports and particularly loved hockey. At 1:30 am, Cst. Baldwinson passed another police car and ended up hitting a horse that had wandered onto the highway. He was married to Nancy who was pregnant with their second child, Darren. His first born, Barry, was 2 years old at the time of Cst. Baldwinson’s death. Constable John Brian Baldwinson Constable John Brian Baldwinson Inscription on Grave marker

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Tributes

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

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch October 28, 1975
Age 28
Gender Male
Division E Division, Surrey Detachment GIS Section
Born November 29, 1946

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Gimli, MB

Constable John Brian Baldwinson 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. John Brian Baldwinson'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 John Brian Baldwinson Compares

Age at End of Watch
28
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. John Brian Baldwinson is highlighted in Oct.

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

Gimli, MB.