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January 6, 2008: WO Hani Massouh, and Cpl. Eric Labbé with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment from CFB Valcartier near Quebec City - killed when their armoured vehicle rolled over on a muddy dirt path, about 40 kilometres southwest of Kandahar
August 20, 2008: Sgt. Shawn Eades, Sapper Stephan Stock and Cpl. Dustin Wasden were killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb detonated near their armoured vehicle on a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway in southern Afghanistan.
December 5, 2008: Pte. Demetrios Diplaros, Cpl. Mark Robert McLaren, and Warrant Officer Robert Wilson, based at CFB Petawawa in eastern Ontario, were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The three were in an armoured vehicle when it struck the IED west of Kandahar city
December 27, 2008: Warrant Officer Gaetan Joseph Roberge, a member of the Royal 22nd Regiment who was serving with the Irish Regiment of Canada in Sudbury, Ontario, and Sgt. Gregory John Kruse, from 24 Field Squadron, 2 Combat Engineer Regiment based in Petawawa, Ontario, serving as a member of 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment battle group, were killed while on a security patrol in the Panjwai district.
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Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord. And let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls, and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
For the Armed Forces Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
For Peace O God, it is your will to hold both heaven and earth in a single peace. Let the design of your great love shine on the waste of our wraths and sorrows, and give peace to your Church, peach among nations, peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts; through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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January 15, 2008: Trooper Richard Renaud was a member of
the Valcartier-based 12e Régiment blindé du Canada, which can be
informally translated as the 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The unit has no
formal English name.) - killed when his armoured vehicle hit an improvised
explosive device, about 10 kilometres north of Kandahar.
January 24, 2008: Cpl. Étienne Gonthier killed when his light
armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb about 35 kilometres southwest of Kandahar.
March
2, 2008: Trooper Michael Yuki Hayakaze
killed after his armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in southern
Afghanistan.
March
12, 2008: Bombardier Jérémie Ouellet, served with the 1st
Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, based in Shilo, Manitoba.
March 16, 2008:
Sgt. Jason Boyes, of Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry, based at CFB Shilo, was killed Sunday night while on
foot patrol in the volatile Panjwai district southwest of Kandahar City.
April
5, 2008: Pte. Terry John Street, of the 2nd Battalion, Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Manitoba, was killed in
the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province as he and his colleagues were
redeploying for the evening following their day’s activities in the area.
May
6, 2008: Cpl. Michael Starker, with the Edmonton-based 15 Field
Ambulance Regiment, was ambushed while soldiers were trying “to show their
presence [and] interact with the local population” in the Pashmul region.
June
3, 2008: Capt. Richard Leary, a platoon commander of the 2nd
Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light
Infantry regiment, based in Shilo, Manitoba, was struck when Afghan and Canadian
soldiers came under small-arms fire in the Panjwaii district.
June
7, 2008: Capt. Jonathan Snyder, a member of 1st Battalion
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry,
based in Edmonton, was a mentor to the Afghan National Army. He fell into a well
during a night-time patrol west of Kandahar.
July
4, 2008: Cpl. Brendan Downey, a Saskatchewan-based soldier who died
last week while serving at a military base in the Persian Gulf . The body of
Cpl. Brendan Anthony Downey was found early Friday in the living quarters of
Camp Mirage, a secretive desert base which offers logistical support to Canada's
mission in Afghanistan.
July
6, 2008: Pte. Colin Wilmot, a Canadian military medic who lobbied
hard to be sent to Afghanistan died after a bomb exploded while he was on
overnight foot patrol with troops from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry in the Panjwaii district.
July
18, 2008: Cpl. James Arnal, a member of the 2nd Battalion, Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, stationed at Canadian Forces Base Shilo in
Manitoba, was killed late Friday by a roadside bomb explosion in southern
Afghanistan during a night patrol in Panjwaii district near Kandahar city.
August
9, 2008: Master Cpl. Josh Roberts, of the 2nd Battalion of the
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based out of Shilo, Manitoba died of
injuries sustained in a firefight with insurgents in Zhari district of Kandahar
province.
August
11, 2008: Master Cpl. Erin Doyle, of the 3rd Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was killed early Monday in southern
Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his combat outpost in the Panjwaii
district.
September
3, 2008: Cpl. Andrew Grenon, Pte. Chad Horn and Cpl. Mike Seggie were
killed Wednesday morning when their armoured vehicle came under direct attack in
southern Afghanistan.
September 7, 2008: Sgt.
Prescott Shipway died after his armoured vehicle struck an improvised
explosive device during a security patrol in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar
province.
December
13, 2008: Cpl. Thomas James Hamilton, Pte. John Michael Roy Curwin
and Pte. Justin Peter Jones were killed Saturday in a roadside bombing
west of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.. The three served as members of the
Provincial Reconstruction Team and their job was to conduct regular security
patrols. On the day they were killed, the members of Golf Company, 2nd
Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, were sent out to investigate a report that
someone may have been trying to plant a bomb along the road.
December 26, 2008:
Pte. Michael Freeman, who served with November Company, 3rd
Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment from CFB Petawawa, Ontario, was killed in
the Zhari District of Kandahar province about 24 kilometres west of Kandahar
City.
