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Constable Kerr was the son of John R. Kerr and previously a farmer from Ontario. He was killed while attempting to apprehend the murderer of Sergeant Colebrook at Minichinas Hills near Duck Lake, Northwest Territories. He is buried in Prince Albert. Constable John Randolph Kerr Inscription on grave marker Constable John Randolph Kerr
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129 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Randolph Kerr 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 John Randolph Kerr 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. John Randolph Kerr's cause is highlighted.
How John Randolph Kerr Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. John Randolph Kerr is highlighted in May.
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