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Inspector Fitzgerald served with the militia in Halifax until the age of 19 years and then enlisted as a Constable in the NWMP. He was a seasoned outdoorsman. He was promoted to Corporal in 1899, to Sergeant upon his return from the Boer War in 1902, and to Inspector on December 1, 1909. Inspector Fitzgerald was the last to die from starvation, exposure and exhaustion while on the MacPherson Dawson patrol. He was not married and had a daughter Annie. Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Inspector Joseph Fitzgerald served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Inspector Joseph Fitzgerald.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Inspector Francis Joseph Fitzgerald 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. Francis Joseph Fitzgerald's cause is highlighted.
How Francis Joseph Fitzgerald Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Francis Joseph Fitzgerald is highlighted in Feb.
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