Roll of Honor
Incident
Cst. Mason was a powerful athlete and a good hockey player. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing when the plane clipped the tops of the trees bordering the runway. The plane crashed into the Courtenay River knocking out everyone on board. Cst. Mason was married to Carole and they had two children. He is buried in Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, BC. Constable Michael Robert Mason Constable Michael Robert Mason Constable Michael Robert Mason Inscription on Grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Robert Mason served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Robert Mason.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Michael Robert Mason 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. Michael Robert Mason's cause is highlighted.
How Michael Robert Mason Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Michael Robert Mason is highlighted in Nov.
Incident Location
Victoria, BC.
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