Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier
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Special Constable

Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier

Undetermined
Citations & Honors
Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-1945
and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
End of Watch August 6, 1958
Age 38
The Vigil Panel 216 ›
Gender Male
Division E Division

Incident

S/Cst. Cormier was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He was an air engineer of the Vancouver Detachment. He died in an airplane accident while in the performance of duty along the East Shore of Skaha Lake, British Columbia. There is a plaque in the RCMP chapel at Depot in memory of the members who perished in this accident. S/Cst. Cormier is buried in the Cemetery of Notre Dame du Calvaire in Chartersville, New Brunswick.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Edouard Raymond Cormier served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Edouard Raymond Cormier.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 6, 1958
Age 38
Gender Male
Division E Division
Born September 29, 1919

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Moncton, NB

Special Constable Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier 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. Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier'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 Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier Compares

Age at End of Watch
38
This officer
Avg for Undetermined: 31.7 years

When Undetermined Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Undetermined deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Edouard Raymond Cormier is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
21
Feb
16
Mar
20
Apr
23
May
26
Jun
29
Jul
23
Aug
24
Sep
17
Oct
22
Nov
15
Dec
24

Incident Location

Moncton, NB.