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Andrew Ooyoumut
In memory of:
Special Constable Andrew Ooyoumut
July 21, 1954
Kikatavyuk River, Northwest TerritoriesRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
S/9161
39
Baker Lake, North West Territories
Additional Information
June 1, 1946
S/Cst. Ooyoumut was hired as an Inuit special constable in Baker Lake, Northwest Territories (now known as Nunavut) He was a skilled hunter,traveler interpreter, and guide. S/Cst. Ooyoumut drowned in the Kikatavyuk River, Nunavut, (formerly known as Northwest Territories, while on special duty.
He was married to Rhoda and they had four children.
Commemorated on Page 227 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Honour Roll Book.
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