Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cst. Thompson was raised in Gimli, Manitoba and was able to speak Icelandic fluently. He died at Selkirk, Manitoba, of injuries received while on duty on September 26, 1957, when Police Transport was struck by the wheels of a landing aircraft near Lethbridge Airport, Alberta. He is buried in the Cemetery of Gimli.
Digital gallery of Constable Joseph Thor Thompson
Digital gallery of
Constable Joseph Thor Thompson
Digital gallery of
Constable Joseph Thor Thompson
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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