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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
2127
Age:
42
Rank:
Special Constable
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
F (PA, Battleford & Depot), NWT & YT (Fort McPherson, Dawson & Hereshel Island). Dawson Patrol Tragedy, 1911
Enlistment:
April 28, 1888
Death:
February 14, 1911
Fort McPherson
Additional information
Prior to joining the NWMP, Special Constable Carter was a carpenter. He was posted at Hamilton, Ontario. On September 30, 1910, he was discharged to pension as a Constable from the RNWMP and hired as a Special Constable to guide the patrol for the trip from McPherson to Dawson. He died from starvation, exposure and exhaustion while on the MacPherson Dawson patrol. He was married with two children.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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