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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
O.385
Age:
50
Rank:
Inspector
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
F Regina, Wolesley & Melville. L Charlottetown, PE
Birth:
Belfast
Enlistment:
May 23, 1927
Death:
December 12, 1955
Cutknife, Saskatchewan
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Insp. McCombe was originally from Belfast and worked for the Royal Irish Constabulary. He came to Canada in 1925. Most of Insp. McCombe’s service was in Saskatchewan however he did have a posting in Charlottetown as well as Ottawa. Insp. McCombe received his commission in 1950. He died from exposure while on patrol near Cutknife, Saskatchewan. He had a wife, Annie and three sons. One of his sons, H. Barry McCombe joined the Force and retired as a staff sergeant in 1994. Insp. McCombe is buried in the Cemetery at Depot.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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