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Constable

George Hamilton Johnston

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — ON

Undetermined

End of Watch May 23, 1882

Age 21

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Gender Male

Division Fort Walsh, NorthWest Territories, North West Mounted Police

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 332

Incident

Cst. Johnston was born in Ontario and was a farmer upon his engagement with the NWMP. He was shot and killed at Fort Walsh by the accidental discharge of a bullet from a Winchester rifle that was in the hands of a fellow member who was attempting to unload his rifle. The firing pin was faulty and discharged the round in the chamber. Cst. Johnston is buried at Fort Walsh. Constable George Hamilton Johnston Constable George Hamilton Johnston Inscription on Grave marker Constable George Hamilton Johnston

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144 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Constable Hamilton Johnston 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

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Location ON

Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 23, 1882

Age 21

Gender Male

Division Fort Walsh, NorthWest Territories, North West Mounted Police

Born June 7, 1860

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined

Incident Location Winchester, ON

Constable George Hamilton Johnston 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.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

236

of 333 officers

70.9% Undetermined

ON — Statewide

236

of 334 officers

70.7% Undetermined

Nationwide

260

of 32,508 officers

0.8% Undetermined

National Cause Distribution

How Undetermined compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Hamilton Johnston's cause is highlighted.

Felonious

17,623 (54.2%)

Accident

10,088 (31%)

Illness

2,974 (9.1%)

Cardiac

1,306 (4%)

Undetermined

260 (0.8%)

Suicide

256 (0.8%)

vehicular

1 (0%)

How George Hamilton Johnston Compares

Age at End of Watch

This officer

Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. George Hamilton Johnston is highlighted in May.

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Incident Location

Winchester, ON.

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