An RCMP officer who died while working in southwestern Manitoba back in 1968 is one of two people that has been added to the list of fallen R-C-M-P officers.


The names were added during the force's National Memorial Service in Regina on the weekend.

Cpl. George Ronald Hawkins died in 1968 from encephalitis related to a tick bite he suffered while on duty. He was tracking a suspect in the Turtle Mountains in southwestern Manitoba.

The other name added was Const. David Wynn was shot while attempting to apprehend a suspect in a stolen vehicle investigation north of Edmonton in January.