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Cst. Cobley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His career took him from Ottawa to New Brunswick to British Columbia. He died of injuries received while on duty when struck by an automobile on the highway near Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Cst. Cobley is buried in Kelowna, British Columbia. He was single. Constable John Roland Cobley Constable John Roland Cobley Inscription on grave marker
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Constable Roland Cobley served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Constable Roland Cobley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Constable John Roland Cobley 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 Roland Cobley's cause is highlighted.
How John Roland Cobley Compares
When Undetermined Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. John Roland Cobley is highlighted in Jan.
Incident Location
Salmon Arm, BC.
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