Northwest Mounted Police Federal End of Watch: Saturday, September 26, 1903 Cause: Drowned
Biographical Info Age: 37 Tour of Duty: 19 years Badge Number: 1102 Staff Sergeant Brooke was drowned while trying to cross a river with high water in a wagon. He died at the Blackfoot Reserve, NWT.
The wagon was found the next day 3 miles from where it tried to cross. His body was found a month later two and a half miles from the crossing.
Staff Sergeant Brooke had 19 years service with the North-West Mounted Police. |