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Incident
Constable Fitzgerald was from Nova Scotia and was previously a printer. In 1901 he narrowly escaped drowning with Constables Heathcote and Campbell on the Stikine River, Yukon. Constable Fitzgerald drowned en route to a new posting near the Shushana Gold Fields, near the head of the White River, Yukon Territory. Constable Michael James Fitzgerald
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable James Fitzgerald served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable James Fitzgerald.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Constable Michael James 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. Michael James Fitzgerald's cause is highlighted.
How Michael James Fitzgerald Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Michael James Fitzgerald is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
Yukon, YT.
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