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Constable Kern was from England and worked as a bank clerk. He drowned on patrol when fording Short Creek near Estevan, Northwest Territories. His body was found May 4th. Constable Kern is buried in Estevan, Saskatchewan. Constable Oscar Alexander Kern Constable Oscar Alexander Kern Click here to view in full screen In the Books of Remembrance
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130 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Alexander Kern 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 Oscar Alexander Kern 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. Oscar Alexander Kern's cause is highlighted.
How Oscar Alexander Kern Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Oscar Alexander Kern is highlighted in Apr.
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