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Special Constable Robert William Cochrane Thomas

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Service number: S/2886
Age: 21
Rank: Special Constable
Force: RCMP
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Birth: Peguis Reservation, Manitoba
Enlistment: January 4, 1985
Death: March 6, 1986 Powerview, Manitoba
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S/Cst. Thomas was raised on the Peguis Indian Reservation in Manitoba and served as a band constable prior to joining the RCMP. At 1:00 am on the day of his death, he noticed a vehicle stopped at a local gas station. He got out of the police vehicle and spoke to the driver to see if he needed help. As S/Cst. Thomas started to walk towards the police vehicle, the driver got out of his car and shot S/Cst. Thomas in the back. He is buried in the graveyard beside the United Church on the Peguis Reserve.

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Page 180 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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