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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
19879
Age:
19
Rank:
Second Class Constable
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
O Division, Orillia Detachment
Birth:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
April 5, 1957
Death:
June 7, 1958
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
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2/Cst. Perry was awarded the Royal Life Saving Society for swimming and lifesaving ability. He accidentally drowned while on patrol in Lake Simcoe, near Georgina Island, Ontario. 2/Cst. Perry’s body was recovered 23 days after the accident. At the time of his death, he was posted at the Orillia Detachment. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in North Burnaby, British Columbia.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 95 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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