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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Service number:
17298
Age:
24
Rank:
Constable
Force:
RCMP
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Division:
N, HQ, J & E Divisions
Birth:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
October 12, 1951
Death:
January 5, 1957
Salmon Arm, British Columbia
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Cst. Cobley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His career took him from Ottawa to New Brunswick to British Columbia. He died of injuries received while on duty when struck by an automobile on the highway near Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Cst. Cobley is buried in Kelowna, British Columbia. He was single.
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 91 of the RCMP Book of Remembrance.
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