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Sergeant Burkholder was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in New Brunswick. He served in several detachments in Nova Scotia. Sergeant Burkholder was known to be honest and straightforward. He belonged to the Lions’ Club and worked for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Sergeant Burkholder loved to curl, play golf, and spend as much time as he could with his family. He was married to Frances and had two daughters: Tammy and Tanya. This was the first murder of a Mountie in Nova Scotia. Sergeant Burkholder is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. There is an annual memorial golf tournament in his honour. The proceeds of this tournament go the Sergeant Derek C. Burkholder Memorial Trust which gives bursaries to graduating high school students. Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Cameron Burkholder served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Cameron Burkholder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder 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. Derek Cameron Burkholder's cause is highlighted.
How Derek Cameron Burkholder Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Derek Cameron Burkholder is highlighted in Jun.
Incident Location
Brampton, ON.
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