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QUOTE: After the funeral, three members of the Kurdish Youth Association of Canada stood across the street from the cathedral to pay their respects to Doiron. One young man held a sign that read, “Thank you for your sacrifice” and another man carried a poster that said, “Kurdistan mourns with you.” “Yes, he died on our soils, but he didn’t die just for Kurdish people — and what he did, it was a heroic action,” said Yusuf Celik, the association’s vice-president.
“He was there to train people to build a safer Middle East for everyone, for all the ethnic groups and religious groups.”
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QUOTE: Bilingual- “Known for his intellect and precision, he was meticulous in thought and action,” the program said.
“He was a force that loomed larger than life.”
Troops, loved ones fill
Ottawa cathedral for Sgt. Andrew Doiron’s funeral
ANDY
BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS
Published March 14, 2015 - 8:54am
Last Updated March 14, 2015 - 6:40pm
Published March 14, 2015 - 8:54am
Last Updated March 14, 2015 - 6:40pm
Followed by mourners pall bearers carry the urn of Sgt.
Andrew Doiron out of the Notre-Dame Basilica during a funeral service in
Ottawa on Saturday. Sgt. Doiron was killed by friendly fire during
Operation Impact on March 6, in northern Iraq. (FRED CHARTRAND / The
Canadian Press)
OTTAWA — A huge Canadian flag snapped in the wind Saturday outside an
Ottawa cathedral where loved ones and dozens of uniformed soldiers said
their final goodbyes to the soldier who was killed a week ago in Iraq.Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron, known to those close to him as Drew, died March 6 after his special forces unit was surprised by the crack of gunfire in the night-time darkness from a group of Kurdish allies.
The peshmerga troops were part of the same local group Canadian soldiers have been assigned to train in the fight against the Islamic State.
Three other Canadian soldiers were wounded in what has been called a friendly-fire incident.
On Saturday, soldiers carried Doiron’s urn to and from the cathedral in a silent, ceremonial manner that unfolded under the watch of a nearby military guard of honour.
Mourners who attended the private funeral service were greeted by a large Canadian flag that was raised across the street. It hung from the top of two extended fire-truck ladders and was flanked by two other Maple Leafs flying at half-mast.
Doiron’s urn was to be buried later Saturday at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa.
The 31-year-old native of Moncton, N.B., was first Canadian soldier to die in the country’s military effort in Iraq, which began last fall.
Doiron’s death came just weeks before the military mission in Iraq is set to expire. The federal government is preparing to announce whether it will extend the campaign and, if so, how the mission might be shaped moving forward.
The elite special forces troops are helping Kurdish peshmerga fighters by guiding airstrikes against Islamic State fighters, a task the government doesn’t consider combat. The Canadian soldiers have also been engaged in at least three firefights after coming under fire near the front line.
The program handed out at the funeral described Doiron as someone who adored skiing, motorcycles, physical fitness training and dogs — especially his “beloved Gretel.”
The biography said Doiron enlisted in the Canadian Forces in 2002 and served with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton. He was selected to join the Canadian Special Operations Regiment in 2006 after passing the demanding course.
He later completed three tours in Afghanistan. Doiron, the program said, spent a lot of time teaching and mentoring young soldiers.
“Known for his intellect and precision, he was meticulous in thought and action,” the program said.
“He was a force that loomed larger than life.”
After the funeral, three members of the Kurdish Youth Association of Canada stood across the street from the cathedral to pay their respects to Doiron. One young man held a sign that read, “Thank you for your sacrifice” and another man carried a poster that said, “Kurdistan mourns with you.”
“Yes, he died on our soils, but he didn’t die just for Kurdish people — and what he did, it was a heroic action,” said Yusuf Celik, the association’s vice-president.
“He was there to train people to build a safer Middle East for everyone, for all the ethnic groups and religious groups.”
An obituary posted on the Beechwood website said Doiron left behind his parents, Raymond and Peggy, and his sister Lindsay.
“Andrew lived the warrior mentality and strived to be the best at whatever he chose to do,” the obituary read.
“He lived and breathed the military, proudly serving Canada.”
Canadian officials have said they don’t expect the friendly-fire incident to affect the mission, even though their account of the events that led to the shooting differ from the version brought forward by the Kurds.
Kurdish officials have said their soldiers fired on the unsuspecting Canadians after they showed up near the front line unannounced. A peshmerga spokesman alleged the Canadians answered in Arabic when the Kurds asked them to identify themselves.
A senior Canadian government official later rejected that claim, saying Doiron’s group had been at the same position earlier in the day and informed the Kurds they would return later that night. He added that not long before the shooting, the Canadians passed other peshmerga checkpoints close to the position where Doiron was killed.
Several investigations have been launched to get to the bottom of Doiron’s death.
A military spokeswoman said Saturday that one of the soldiers wounded in the incident has returned to Canada to receive more medical treatment, but his life is not in danger.
“He’s improving,” Dominique Tessier said.
The other two injured soldiers, she added, remained in Iraq and are expected to return to duty once they’ve fully recovered.
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LOVED ONES, TROOPS SAY A GOODBYE 2 ‘DREW’ A CANADIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ
Sgt.
Andrew Doiron died in a friendly fire incident in Iraq last week
March 14, 2015
OTTAWA – A huge Canadian
flag snapped in the wind Saturday outside an Ottawa cathedral where loved ones
and dozens of uniformed soldiers said their final goodbyes to the soldier who
was killed a week ago in Iraq.
Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron,
known to those close to him as Drew, died March 6 after his special forces unit
was surprised by the crack of gunfire in the night-time darkness from a group
of Kurdish allies.
The peshmerga troops were part
of the same local group Canadian soldiers have been assigned to train in the
fight against the Islamic State.
Three other Canadian soldiers
were wounded in what has been called a friendly-fire incident.
On Saturday, soldiers carried
Doiron’s urn to and from the cathedral in a silent, ceremonial manner that
unfolded under the watch of a nearby military guard of honour.
Mourners who attended the
private funeral service were greeted by a large Canadian flag that was raised
across the street. It hung from the top of two extended fire-truck ladders and
was flanked by two other Maple Leafs flying at half-mast.
Doiron’s urn was to be buried
later Saturday at the Beechwood National Military Cemetery in Ottawa.
The 31-year-old native of
Moncton, N.B., was first Canadian soldier to die in the country’s military
effort in Iraq, which began last fall.
Doiron’s death came just weeks
before the military mission in Iraq is set to expire. The federal government is
preparing to announce whether it will extend the campaign and, if so, how the
mission might be shaped moving forward.
The elite special forces troops
are helping Kurdish peshmerga fighters by guiding airstrikes against Islamic
State fighters, a task the government doesn’t consider combat. The Canadian
soldiers have also been engaged in at least three firefights after coming under
fire near the front line.
The program handed out at the
funeral described Doiron as someone who adored skiing, motorcycles, physical
fitness training and dogs — especially his “beloved Gretel.”
The biography said Doiron
enlisted in the Canadian Forces in 2002 and served with the 3rd Battalion
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton. He was selected to
join the Canadian Special Operations Regiment in 2006 after passing the
demanding course.
He later completed three tours
in Afghanistan. Doiron, the program said, spent a lot of time teaching and
mentoring young soldiers.
“Known for his intellect and precision,
he was meticulous in thought and action,” the program said.
“He was a force that loomed
larger than life.”
After the funeral, three
members of the Kurdish Youth Association of Canada stood across the street from
the cathedral to pay their respects to Doiron. One young man held a sign that
read, “Thank you for your sacrifice” and another man carried a poster that
said, “Kurdistan mourns with you.”
“Yes, he died on our soils, but
he didn’t die just for Kurdish people — and what he did, it was a heroic
action,” said Yusuf Celik, the association’s vice-president.
“He was there to train people
to build a safer Middle East for everyone, for all the ethnic groups and
religious groups.”
An obituary posted on the
Beechwood website said Doiron left behind his parents, Raymond and Peggy, and
his sister Lindsay.
“Andrew lived the warrior
mentality and strived to be the best at whatever he chose to do,” the obituary
read.
“He lived and breathed the
military, proudly serving Canada.”
Canadian officials have said
they don’t expect the friendly-fire incident to affect the mission, even though
their account of the events that led to the shooting differ from the version
brought forward by the Kurds.
Kurdish officials have said
their soldiers fired on the unsuspecting Canadians after they showed up near
the front line unannounced. A peshmerga spokesman alleged the Canadians
answered in Arabic when the Kurds asked them to identify themselves.
A senior Canadian government
official later rejected that claim, saying Doiron’s group had been at the same
position earlier in the day and informed the Kurds they would return later that
night. He added that not long before the shooting, the Canadians passed other
peshmerga checkpoints close to the position where Doiron was killed.
Several investigations have
been launched to get to the bottom of Doiron’s death.
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Funeral and Service arrangements for Sergeant Doiron
March 13, 2015 By web admin
Sgt. Andrew Joseph
Doiron will be laid to rest in Ottawa on Saturday.
The funeral for the
fallen soldier will take place at Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica on Saturday at
11 a.m.
Doiron, 31, a
member of the Petawawa-based Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR), was
killed in Iraq last Friday in a friendly-fire incident when his unit was
mistakenly shot at by Kurdish Peshmerga militia as they returned to an
observation post behind the front lines.
The service will be
closed to the public. However, as a show of support to the family, members of
the general public who want to show their respects are asked to line St.
Patrick St., and Beechwood Ave., as the procession goes to and from the church.
After the service,
which will run approximately one hour, the procession will continue to the
Beechwood National Memorial Centre, where Sgt. Doiron will be buried at 12:30
p.m.
Family will be
receiving condolences at a visitation on Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the
Hall of Colours of the Beechwood National Memorial Centre.
At the request of
the family, the public will not be permitted on the cemetery grounds during
visitation hours or at the burial.
“..files from
Keaton Robbins, Ottawa Sun…”
OUR CANADIAN SON IS HOME....
Body of Sgt. Andrew Doiron arrives at CFB Trenton for repatriation ceremony
The Canadian Press — Mar 10 2015
TRENTON, Ont. - The flag-draped casket carrying the body of a Canadian soldier killed in Iraq arrived at an Ontario military base on Tuesday afternoon and began the journey along the "Highway of Heroes" to Toronto.
Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron was honoured in a repatriation ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Trenton attended by Gov. Gen. David Johnston, Defence Minister Jason Kenney and other dignitaries.
Dozens of people also gathered outside the base to pay their respects.
Hunter Vickers, 19, came from nearby Belleville, saying her family's military background has made her appreciate soldiers' hard work and sacrifice.
"I haven't missed a repatriation ceremony yet and I'm not about to, regardless of the circumstances," she said.
Reg Kirkland, who served in the military for 33 years before retiring, said "it's something we should all come out to if we can."
"I try to make them all," he said.
After the ceremony, a motorcade carrying Doiron's casket headed west to Toronto, where an autopsy will be conducted. That stretch of highway became known as the "Highway of Heroes" during the Canadian mission in Afghanistan.
People began to line the route hours in advance, with some setting up Canadian flags on highway overpasses in the Toronto area even before the ceremony got underway.
Doiron was shot and killed in what has been described as a friendly fire incident in the darkness of night as his special forces unit was returning to an observation post.
Officials with the Kurdish peshmerga have blamed the Canadians for the shooting, a claim Canadian officials have denied.
Kurdish officials say their forces, allies of Canada in the fight against ISIL, opened fire on the unsuspecting Canadians after they showed up at the front line unannounced.
Canadian officials have said the Canadians were not at fault and had been at the same position earlier in the day and informed the Kurds they would return later that night.
Three Canadians were wounded in the firefight.
One of them was evacuated to Germany while the other two were still in the Iraqi city of Irbil for treatment of more minor injuries.
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QUOTE: Hillier also said he was puzzled by the
report that a member of the Canadian party — which included four soldiers from
the Special Operations Regiment — spoke Arabic, not Kurdish, when confronted
Egan: 'It hurts,' but friendly fire death no surprise
to Canadian who joined Kurds
http://ottawacitizen.com/author/kellyjosephegan
Kelly
Egan, Ottawa CitizenMore from Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen
Kelly
Egan, Ottawa CitizenMore from Kelly Egan, Ottawa Citizen
Published
on: March 8, 2015
Last Updated: March 8, 2015 6:31 PM EDT
Last Updated: March 8, 2015 6:31 PM EDT
Dillon
Hillier was struck by the news that a Canadian soldier was killed in a
friendly-fire attack in northern Iraq.
“It
hurts.” But not very surprised.
Hillier,
26, has a singular perspective on the tragic story. In November, the ex-soldier
stealthily slipped away from his Perth-area family to volunteer with Kurdish
forces fighting militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
in the northern part of the country.
He
had spent five years with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and
done a six-month tour in Afghanistan. When extremists began killing Canadian
soldiers on our soil (Ottawa, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), he packed his kit and
called his father, Randy, the Lanark-area MPP, from the airport.
The
good fight was on.
Hillier
returned to Canada on Jan. 25, earlier than he expected, but not before getting
a taste of combat. Reached Sunday, he said he wasn’t at all startled to read
that Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron, a Moncton native based in Petawawa, had died in
a friendly-fire exchange.
“When
I was there, during one battle, I’m sure we took friendly fire. But nobody was
hit. The communication was pretty lacking. There can be a lot of different
units operating in the same area.”
The
Kurdish Peshmerga are a reasonably well organized army, he said, but lack
equipment common in Western armies. During combat, much of the communication,
as far as he could discern, was being done over cellphones.
“So,
you can’t really talk to multiple units at the same time with cellphones.”
Hillier’s
friendly fire incident occurred during daylight, just south of Kirkuk, he said,
estimating the small-arms fire was coming from about 600 metres away.
Fortunately, his unit had cover.
“We
just kept pushing up. They realized what direction we were going in and just
stopped.”
He
described the Peshmurga fighters as more like reserves than a militia. They do
follow a chain of command and have a logistics network but, in peacetime, have
other occupations.
Hillier
described conditions in northern Iraq that bring to mind the expression “the
fog of war”.
He
said fighters from ISIL would sometimes fly the Kurdish flag, then attack when
Kurdish supporters would approach.
“There’s
a lot of deception going on.” Attacks often occurred at night, he added, and
the ISIL extremists dressed like Kurdish civilians.
Hillier
also said he was puzzled by the report that a member of the Canadian party —
which included four soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment — spoke
Arabic, not Kurdish, when confronted.
This
would immediately raise suspicion, he explained. Or worse. Reports from Kurdish
commanders suggest the Canadians arrived “unannounced” during or just after an
intense battle and that the language mixup appears to have contributed to the
fatal error in identification.
“Arabic
is not a language you want to be speaking over there right now.”
As
an ex-soldier, Hillier understands that personnel are vulnerable to friendly
fire attack, just as they can be hurt or killed in training exercises.
“I
don’t think there’s been a war in history where friendly fire hasn’t taken
place. The fact is, it has only happened once. We should feel fortunate. I
wouldn’t let it discourage our government.”
Indeed,
one of the more excruciating losses during the Afghanistan campaign was the
death of four Canadian soldiers — including Sgt. Marc Leger, 29, whose parents
live in Lancaster, Ont. — by a U.S. bomb dropped during a training exercise in
2002 outside Kandahar.
“We
shouldn’t let this get in the way of doing the right thing,” said Hillier, who
met some of Canada’s roughly 70 Special Operations soldiers in Iraq.
“To
be taken by friendly fire, it’s not what you signed up for. It’s a lot
different than being killed in combat by the people you’re there to fight
against. But, you know, accidents happen, and it’s just really unfortunate.”
Hillier
had planned a six-month stay in Iraq but his plans were cut short when the
brass in the U.S.-led coalition made clear they didn’t want volunteers on the
front lines.
“I’m
still pretty choked about having to leave.” He’s now making plans to get on
with his life in Toronto.
Back
in Ottawa, meanwhile, there will be further parsing of what “combat” really
means, and “advising” and front line versus back line and whether CF-18s
dropping bombs constitute war.
But
this much is true today that wasn’t last week: we’re not just aiding the cause,
we’re dying for it too.
To
contact Kelly Egan, please call 613-726-5896 or email kegan@ottawacitizen.com.
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"He is profane and irreverent, living as he does in a world full of capriciousness, frustration and disillusionment. He is perhaps the best-educated of his kind in history, but will rarely accord respect on the basis of mere degrees or titles. He speaks his own dialect, often incomprehensible to the layman.
He can be cold, cruel, even brutal and is
frequently insensitive. Killing is his profession and he strives very hard to
become even more skilled at it. His model is the grey, muddy, hard-eyed slayer
who took the untakeable at Vimy Ridge, endured the unendurable in the Scheldt
and held the unholdable at Kapyong. He is a superlative practical diplomat; his
efforts have brought peace to countless countries around the world. He is
capable of astonishing acts of kindness, warmth and generosity. He will give
you his last sip of water on a parched day and his last food to a hungry child;
he will give his very life for the society he loves.
Danger and horror are his familiars and his
sense of humour is accordingly sardonic. What the unknowing take as callousness
is his defence against the unimaginable; he whistles through a career filled
with graveyards.
His ethos is one of self-sacrifice and
duty. He is sinfully proud of himself, of his unit and of his country and he is
unique in that his commitment to his society is Total. No other trade or
profession dreams of demanding such of its members and none could successfully
try.
He loves his family dearly, sees them all
too rarely and as often as not loses them to the demands of his profession.
Loneliness is the price he accepts for the privilege of serving.
He accounts discomfort as routine and the
search for personal gain as beneath him; he has neither understanding of nor
patience for those motivated by self-interest, politics or money. His loyalty
can be absolute, but it must be purchased. Paradoxically, the only coin
accepted for that payment is also loyalty.
He devours life with big bites, knowing
that each bite might be his last and his manners suffer thereby. He would
rather die regretting the things he did than the ones he dared not try. He
earns a good wage by most standards and, given the demands on him, is woefully
underpaid.
He can be arrogant, thoughtless and
conceited, but will spend himself, sacrifice everything for total strangers in
places he cannot even pronounce. He considers political correctness a podium
for self-righteous fools, but will die fighting for the rights of anyone he
respects or pities.
He is a philosopher and a drudge, an
assassin and a philanthropist, a servant and a leader, a disputer and a
mediator, a Nobel Laureate peacekeeper and the Queen's Hitman, a brawler and a
healer, best friend and worst enemy. He is a rock, a goat, a fool, a sage, a
drunk, a provider, a cynic and a romantic dreamer. Above it all, he is a hero
for our time. You, pale stranger, sleep well at night only because he exists
for you, the citizen who has never met him, has perhaps never thought of him
and may even despise him. He is both your child and your guardian. His devotion
to you is unwavering.
He is a Canadian soldier."
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Miscommunication led to 'friendly-fire' death of Canadian soldier
Pallbearers from the
Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) carry the casket of their fallen...
Pallbearers from the Canadian
Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) carry the casket of their fallen comrade,
Sergeant Andrew Joseph Doiron, during the ramp ceremony at the Erbil
International Airport, Iraq, on March 8, 2015. (NATIONAL DEFENCE CANADA)
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Mar 9, 2015
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The
"friendly-fire" death of Canadian soldier Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron
and the wounding of three others in Iraq was a result of a miscommunication, a
Kurdish forces commander says.
Doiron, a member of the
Petawawa, Ont.-based Special Operations Regiment, was killed Friday after being
hit by gunfire from Kurdish Peshmerga militia members, the defence department
said Saturday.
Cmdr. Mosa Gardi explained
what transpired to BasNews, an independent and multilingual news agency based
in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Click image for gallery of
ramp ceremony for Sgt. Doiron
“During fighting the
Canadian advisers left their vehicle and walked to the area. They got very
close to the fighting without our co-ordination and when the Peshmerga saw
them, they asked who they were. The Canadians answered in Arabic, leading the
Peshmerga to believe they were IS militants, and shot them,” Gardi told
BasNews.
But Defence Minister Jason
Kenney told CTV's Question Period on Sunday that the Canadian soldiers “weren’t
on the front lines."
Last year, Canada deployed
soldiers to Iraq as part of a training mission to teach Kurdish soldiers how to
fight members of the so-called Islamic State in the Levant, often known as ISIS
or ISIL.
“We have confidence in our
special operations force. This is a sad and tragic incident of mistaken
identity and friendly fire,” Kenney said Saturday.
Members of that militia
opened fire on Canadian troops – their allies – because in the dark they
mistook them for ISIS combatants, he said.
Friendly fire is “one of the
inherent risks of any kind of military deployment,” Kenney added.
An inquiry will be called
into the events that led to the death of Doiron, 31, of Moncton, N.B., and
determine if any lessons can be learned from the tragedy, he added.
On Sunday, Doiron's family
released this statement through the Defence Department: "Our son gave all
and through his loss, we gave all. We've lost our beloved son and we kindly ask
the media to give our family space and privacy to grieve."
The Canadian Heroes Foundation
posted that Doiron's body is expected to be repatriated midweek. He will be
flown to CFB Trenton, Ont., and then transported along the Highway of Heroes to
the Toronto coroner's office.
A ramp ceremony was held for
Doiron in Erbil on Sunday, during which his flag-draped coffin was placed
aboard an aircraft after being carried past rows of solemn Canadian and
coaltion soldiers.
In Doiron's hometown,
friends remembered him as a dedicated soldier who always wanted to be in the
military.
“He was super excited to
join the army,” Janelle McLean, a classmate of Doiron's from Mathieu-Martin
High School, who praised his loyalty to his friends, said Sunday.
“It was his dream since he
was very young.”
Doiron is the first Canadian
soldier to die in Iraq.
“I saw him every day, he was
a great guy and friend,” said Veronica Docken, an employee at Doiron's
favourite gym. “He was totally dedicated to his work. The army lost a
phenomenal soldier. He was so disciplined, he did all the exercises by the
book."
Denis Doiron, who graduated
high school with Doiron in 2001, said, “We shared good times and laughter, we
even shared the same last name.
“It was surreal to hear he
died like that.”
Canada has a “very real
national security imperative” in training Iraqis to fight ISIL because it has
“declared war” on Canada, Kenney said.
The Canadian Special
Operations Regiment is a relatively new regiment in the Canadian Forces. It was
created in 2006 to combine mobility, firepower and “special operations skills”
to help military operations at home and overseas, the regiment's website says.
-- With files from Reuters,
Corey Larocque and Baptiste Zapirain
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IRAQ NEWS
Canadian soldier killed, 3
others injured in friendly fire incident in northern Iraq
March 8, 2015 by Abdelhak
Mamoun
IraqiNews.com) The
international coalition announced Sunday, the killing of one soldier and the
injury of three others in a friendly fire incident in northern Iraq.
The coalition said in a
statement received by IraqiNews.com, “A soldier was killed and three others
were wounded as a result of exposure to friendly fire in northern Iraq,” adding
that “The four soldiers were on a mission to provide technical support and
training to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.”
The coalition added, “The
soldiers were transferred to a medical center belonging to the coalition, but
one of them died because of his injuries,” pointing out that, “The incident is
still under investigation.”
The coalition refused to
reveal the identities or nationalities of the dead and the wounded; while the
military rules require the participated countries in the coalition to announce
their victims.
For its part, the Canadian
Ministry of Defense confirmed that the soldiers were among the elements of
special operations forces. They were shot accidentally by members of the
Peshmerga forces during their return to a site for monitoring beyond the ISIS
front lines in northern Iraq.”
Commander of the Canadian
operations Michael Rolju revealed on January 20th that the Canadian troops had
clashed with ISIS in northern Iraq.
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AUSTRALIA-
Canadian soldier Sergeant
Andrew Joseph Doiron killed, three injured in friendly fire incident in Iraq
Updated 8 March 2015, 10:45
AEDT
A Canadian soldier dies in a
friendly fire incident after being accidentally shot by Kurdish allies in Iraq.
A Canadian soldier has been
killed in a friendly fire incident in Iraq, in the first fatality for the
country during its current mission there fighting the Islamic State (IS)
militant group.
Three other Canadian
soldiers were injured when Kurdish forces allies accidentally opened fire on
them as they returned to an observation post, Canada's defence department said.
The military identified the
slain solider as Sergeant Andrew Joseph Doiron from Ontario, who was part of a
mission in Iraq training and advising Kurdish forces.
"He was a gifted
special operator and a great leader," said Brigadier General Michael
Rouleau, head of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command.
The three injured soldiers,
who were not immediately identified, were receiving medical care and are in a
stable condition, the defence minister said in a statement.
Canadian special forces have
exchanged fire with Islamic State militants at least three times since being
deployed to train Iraqi forces and also identify targets for air strikes.
Ottawa is due to decide in a
few weeks whether to extend the six-month mandate of its military mission
there.
In addition to about 70
Canadian special forces operating in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, Canada
has provided six jets to take part in US-led bombing missions against IS
militants.
AFP/Reuters
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THE TREWS- HIGHWAY OF HEROES
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Highway of Heroes, is the section of the MacDonald-Cartier freeway named
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COMMENT: I'm so sorry for the family and friends of
this young brave man. May the perpetual light shine upon him. Rest in peace.
Canadian special forces soldier killed by friendly fire from Kurdish
militants he was helping to fight ISIS
Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian
special forces killed Friday
Kurdish peshmerga fighters mistakenly
thought Sgt Doiron and comrades were Islamic militants
Incident happened in the Iraqi city of
Bashiq, not far from the ISIS stronghold of Mosul
By Associated Press
Published: 12:23 GMT, 8
March 2015 | Updated: 16:01 GMT, 8 March 2015
A Canadian special forces
soldier was killed in a friendly fire incident after he and others ignored an
order to stay in their car and showed up to the front line unannounced, a
spokesman for Iraq's Kurdish forces said Sunday.
The death Friday of Sgt.
Andrew Joseph Doiron marked Canada's first casualty as part of the U.S.-led
coalition's war on the extremist Islamic State group.
Canadian officials could not
be immediately reached for comment Sunday on the peshmerga claim, though
Canada's defense minister previously acknowledged Doiron's death came as a
result of 'a case of mistaken identity.'
Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd
Hekmat said a group of Canadian soldiers showed up unannounced Friday to the
village of Bashiq, in Iraq's Nineveh province near the militant-held city of
Mosul.
The area had seen heavy
fighting against Islamic State militants the previous day.
'When they returned, the
peshmerga asked them to identify themselves,' Hekmat told The Associated Press.
'They answered in Arabic, that's when peshmerga started shooting. It was their
fault.'
Hekmat added that he doesn't
know why the Canadians were there. 'I consider it an improper action by the
Canadians and illogical,' he said.
Two Kurdish officials later
told the AP that Doiron's body was flown to Canada early Sunday following a
military ceremony at Irbil International Airport. They spoke on condition of
anonymity as they were not authorized to brief journalists.
Canada's defense department
on Saturday announced the death of Doiron, a soldier in the Canadian Special
Operations Regiment based at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario. Three other Canadian
soldiers were wounded in the incident and are in stable condition, Canadian
Defense Minister Jason Kenney said.
Sgt Doiron and other
soldiers were shot when they unexpectedly showed up at the front line in
Bashiq, Iraq on Friday. Bashiq is located not far from the ISIS stronghold city
of Mosul
Sgt Doiron and other
soldiers were shot when they unexpectedly showed up at the front line in
Bashiq, Iraq on Friday. Bashiq is located not far from the ISIS stronghold city
of Mosul
Canada has 69 special forces
soldiers with Kurdish peshmerga fighters in what the government calls an
advising and assisting role. They were sent to help train Kurdish fighters last
September in a mission that was billed as noncombat with the elite troops
working far behind the front lines
The fact that Canadian
special forces have been training and assisting on the front lines and
directing airstrikes has stirred controversy in the country, but Kenney said
the rules of engagement will remain the same.
Kenney said Doiron's death
had 'nothing to do with combat,' saying it was a case of mistaken identity on
the part of Kurdish fighters at night.
'It was caused by a failure
of identification. There will be an inquiry,' Kenney said.
The Islamic State group
currently holds a third of Iraq and Syria. The U.S.-led coalition began
airstrikes targeting the extremists in August.
So far, four other troops
have been killed as part of the coalition, not counting Iraqi forces. They
include a U.S. Marine presumed lost at sea in October, a Marine killed in a
noncombat incident in Baghdad in October, a U.S. Air Force pilot killed in December
when his jet crashed in Jordan and a captive Jordanian pilot burned to death in
a cage by the Islamic State group.
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JAPAN
Canadian soldier killed in
Iraq after showing up at front line unannounced
AP, Reuters Mar 8, 2015
TORONTO/IRBIL, IRAQ – A
spokesman for Kurdish forces in Iraq said a Canadian soldier was killed in a
friendly fire incident after he and others ignored an order to stay in their
car and showed up to the front line unannounced.
Peshmerga spokesman Halgurd
Hekmat said a group of Canadian soldiers showed up in the village of Bashiq on
Friday unannounced. The area had seen heavy fighting against Islamic State
militants.
“When they returned, the
peshmerga asked them to identify themselves,” Hekmat said Sunday. “They
answered in Arabic, that’s when peshmerga started shooting.”
Hekmat says he doesn’t know
why the Canadians were there. Canadian officials could not be immediately
reached for comment.
Canada identified the slain
soldier as Sgt. Andrew Joseph Doiron of the Canadian Special Operations
Regiment. Doiron had been based in Petawawa, Ontario.
The fatality was the first
for the country during its current military mission there.
The three injured soldiers,
who were not immediately identified, were receiving medical care. Jason Kenney,
Canada’s defense minister, said in a statement all three are in stable
condition.
Canadian political leaders
from all parties expressed condolences, as did the White House, which said “the
United States and over 60 coalition partners proudly stand with Canada.”
Canadian special forces have
exchanged fire with Islamic State militants at least three times since being
deployed to train Iraqi forces and also identify targets for airstrikes.
Canada is due to decide in a
few weeks whether to extend the six-month mandate of its military mission
there.
Kenney said in his statement
that Canadians “remain committed to our mission of supporting our allies.”
CBC News reported that
Kenney said Doiron’s death would not affect the government’s decision about
whether to extend the mission in Iraq.
In addition to about 70
Canadian special forces troops operating in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region,
Canada has provided six jets to take part in U.S.-led bombing missions against
Islamic State militants.
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U S Media Tribute to Highway of Heroes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc6t6HLt7vA
Published on Sep 21, 2013
I
initially uploaded this to YouTube Nov 11, 2008 under my sudo account.
I've decided to close out the sudo account, so I'm re-uploading it to my
own account.2day we mourn another Canadian son and pray 4 his wounded comrades- Canada's True Patriot Love
CANADA - WE REMEMBER
ALWAYS...
Heaven was needing a hero (Hommage Canadien
2012 Canadian Tribute)-Jo Dee Messina
Remembering Canada's son's
and daughters.... and all those beautiful Canadian children we have lost.....
and to our 6,000 wounded.... we got your backs.... of that you can be sure....
no political games on this one... we will ensure it gets fixed... and fast.....
God bles you all.- and all our Nato Coalition Sons and Daughters from 47
countries.... we are still here.... each and every day..
158 Canadian soldiers, two
aid workers, one journalist and one diplomat have been killed since the
Canadian military deployed to Afghanistan in early 2002.
CANADA: Timeline: Death toll in Afghanistan 2013
Master Corporal Byron Garth
Greff Age: 28
Deceased: October 29, 2011
Unit: 3rd Battalion Princess
Patricias's Canadian Light Infantry
Hometown: Swift Current, Saskatchewan
Incident: Improvised explosive device, Kabul,
Afghanistan
Deceased: June Francis Roy
Deceased: May 27, 2011:
Bombardier Karl Manning; Hometown: 5th Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada
of the 1er Royal 22e Régiment Battle GroupIncident: Non combat related
Deceased: March 28, 2011:
Corporal Yannick Scherrer : 24 of Montreal, Quebec: 1st Battalion, Royal 22nd
Regiment, based in CFB Valcartier in Quebec: Yannick's First tour,Nakhonay, southwest
of Kandahar City
Deceased: December 18, 2010:
Corporal Steve Martin -Age: 24-Hometown: St-Cyrille-de-Wendover (Québec)-Unit:
3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment-Incident: Improvised explosive device,
Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan.
Deceased February 10, 2010- at home but still on
active duty to Afghanistan- Captain Francis (Frank) Cecil Paul to the official
list of Canadian Forces (CF) casualties sustained in support of the mission in
Afghanistan. Capt Paul died in Canada
last February while on leave from Kandahar.
Deceased: August 30,
2010 Corporal Brian Pinksen, Age: 21,
Hometown: Corner Brook , Newfoundland and Labrador ,Unit: 2nd Battalion , Royal
Newfoundland Regiment, Incident: Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i District,
Afghanistan.
Deceased: July 20, 2010
Sapper Brian Collier Age: 24 Hometown: Bradford, Ontariom Unit: 1 Combat
Engineer Regiment Incident: Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i District,
Afghanistan
Deceased: June 26, 2010
Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht Age: 34 Hometown:Wallaceburg, Ontario.Unit:
1 Canadian Field Hospital Incident: Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i
District, Afghanistan
Deceased: June 26, 2010
Private Andrew Miller Age: 21 Hometown: Sudbury, Ontario Unit: 2 Field
Ambulance Incident: Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i District,
Afghanistan.
Deceased: June 21, 2010
Sergeant James Patrick MacNeil Age: 29 Hometown: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Unit: 2 Combat Engineer Regiment Incident:
Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan.
Deceased: June 6, 2010
Sergeant Martin Goudreault Age: 35 Hometown: Sudbury, Ontario Unit: 1 Combat
Engineer Regiment Incident: Improvised explosive device, Panjwa'i District,
Afghanistan.
Deceased: May 24,
2010Trooper Larry Rudd Age: 26 Hometown: Brantford, Ontario Unit: Royal
Canadian Dragoons Incident: Improvised explosive device, southwest of Kandahar
City, Afghanistan.
Deceased: May 18,
2010Colonel Geoff Parker Age: 42 Hometown: Oakville, Ont.Unit: Land Forces
Central Area Headquarters Incident: Suicide bomber, Kabul, Afghanistan
May 13 Pte. Kevin Thomas
McKay, 24, was killed by a homemade landmine while on a night patrol near the
village of Nakhoney, 15 southwest of Kandahar City.
May 3 Petty Officer Second
Class Douglas Craig Blake, 37, was on foot with other soldiers around 4:30 p.m.
Monday near the Sperwan Ghar base in Panjwaii district when an improvised
explosive device detonated.
Apr 11 Private Tyler William
Todd, 26, originally from Kitchener, Ont., was killed when he stepped on an
improvised explosive device while taking part in a foot patrol in the district
of Dand, about eight kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.
Mar 20 Corporal Darren James
Fitzpatrick, a 21-year-old infantryman from Prince George, B.C., succumbed to
wounds received from a roadside bomb that detonated during a joint
Canadian-Afghan mission 25 kilometres west of Kandahar City.
Feb. 12 Corporal Joshua
Caleb Baker, a 24-year-old Edmonton-based soldier died in an explosion during a
"routine" training exercise at a range four kilometres north of
Kandahar City.
Jan. 16 Sergeant John Wayne
Faught, a 44-year-old section commander from Delta Company, 1 Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry of Edmonton. Faught was killed when a land
mine exploded underneath him while he led a foot patrol near the village of
Nakhoney, about 15 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.
2009
Dec. 30 Private Garrett
William Chidley, 21, of Cambridge, Ont.; Corporal Zachery McCormack, 21, of
Edmonton; Sergeant George Miok, 28, of Edmonton; Sergeant Kirk Taylor, 28, of
Yarmouth, N.S.; and Canwest journalist Michelle Lang of Calgary. All were
killed when a massive homemade land mine blew up under the light-armoured
vehicle that was carrying them on a muddy dirt road on Kandahar City's southern
outskirts.
Dec. 23 Lieut. Andrew
Richard Nuttall, 30, originally from Prince Rupert, B.C., was serving with the
Edmonton-based 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. died
when a homemade bomb detonated as he led a foot patrol in the dangerous Panjwaii
district southwest of Kandahar City.
Oct. 30 Sapper Steven
Marshall, 24, a combat engineer with the 11th Field Squadron, 1st Combat
Engineer Regiment had been in Afghanistan less than one week when he stepped on
a homemade landmine while on patrol in Panjwaii District about 10 kilometres
southwest of Kandahar City.
Oct. 28 Lt. Justin Garrett
Boyes, 26, from the Edmonton-based, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry was killed by a homemade bomb planted while on patrol with Afghan
National Police near Kandahar City.
Sep. 17 Private Jonathan
Couturier, 23, of Loretteville, Que., with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd
Regiment, died when an armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device
about 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in Panjwaii district. Eleven
other soldiers suffered slight injuries.
Sep. 13 An armoured vehicle
struck an improvised explosive device near Kandahar City, killing Pte. Patrick
Lormand, 21. Four other soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment received
minor injuries in the blast.
Sep. 6: Major Yannick Pepin,
36, of Victoriaville, Que., commander of the 51st Field Engineers Squadron of
the 5th Combat Engineers, and Cpl. Jean-Francois Drouin, 31, of Quebec City,
who served with the same unit, were killed and five other Canadians were
injured when their armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in
Dand District, southwest of Kandahar City.
Aug 1: Sapper Matthieu
Allard, 21, and his close friend, Cpl. Christian Bobbitt, 23, were killed near
Kandahar City by an improvised explosive device when they got off their
armoured vehicle to examine damage to another vehicle in their resupply convoy
that had been hit by another IED. Both men served with the 5th Combat Engineers
Regiment from Valcartier, Que.
Jul 16: Private Sebastien
Courcy, 26, of St. Hyacinthe, Que., with the Quebec-based Royal 22nd Regiment
was killed when he fell from "a piece of high ground" during a combat
operation in the Panjwaii District.
Jul. 6: Two Canadian
soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan when the Griffon helicopter they
were aboard crashed during a mission. Master Cpl. Pat Audet, 38, from the 430
tactical helicopter squadron; and Cpl. Martin Joannette, 25, from the third battalion
of the Royal 22nd Regiment, both based in Valcartier, Que.
Jul. 4: Master Cpl.
Charles-Philippe Michaud, 28, died in a Quebec City hospital from injuries he
sustained after stepping on a landmine while on foot patrol June 23.
Jul. 3: Corporal Nicholas
Bulger, 30, hailed from Peterborough, Ont., and was with the Edmonton-based 3rd
Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. The convoy which
transports Canada's top soldier in Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb, killing
Bulger who was a member of the general's tactical team and injuring five
others.
Jun. 14: Corporal Martin
Dubé, 35, from Quebec City, Quebec with the 5 Combat Engineer Regiment killed
by an improvised explosive device, in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan.
Jun. 8: Private Alexandre
Péloquin, 20, of Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec with 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd
Regiment. Was killed by an improvised explosive device, Panjwayi District,
Afghanistan.
Apr. 23: Major Michelle
Mendes, based in Ottawa, Ont. was found dead in her room at the Kandahar
Airfield in Afghanistan.
Apr. 13: Trooper Karine
Blais, 21, with the 12th Armoured Regiment based in Val Cartier, Que., was
killed in action when her vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb.
Mar. 20: Master Cpl. Scott
Vernelli of the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, and Pte. Tyler Crooks
of 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, died when they were hit by an IED
while on a foot patrol in western Zahri District as part of Operation Jaley. An
Afghan interpreter was also killed. Five other soldiers from November Company
were wounded as was another Afghan interpreter. About two hours later, Trooper
Jack Bouthillier and Trooper Corey Hayes from a reconnaissance squadron of the
Petawawa-based Royal Canadian Dragoons died when their armoured vehicle struck
an IED in Shah Wali Khot District about 20 kilometres northeast of Kandahar.
Three other Dragoons were wounded in the same blast.
Mar. 8: Trooper Marc Diab,
22, with the Royal Canadian Dragoons based in Petawawa was killed by a roadside
bomb north of Kandahar City.
Mar. 3: Warrant Officer
Dennis Raymond Brown, a reservist from The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, based
in St. Catharines, Ont., Cpl. Dany Olivier Fortin from the 425 Tactical Fighter
Squadron at 3 Wing, based in Bagotville, Que., and Cpl. Kenneth Chad O'Quinn,
from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signals Squadron, in
Petawawa, Ont., were killed when an IED detonated near their armoured vehicle
northwest of Kandahar.
Jan. 31: Sapper Sean
Greenfield, 25, was killed when and IED hit his armoured vehicle while driving
in the Zhari district, west of Kandahar. He was with the 2 Combat Engineer
Regiment based in Petawawa.
Jan. 7: Trooper Brian
Richard Good, 42, died when the armoured vehicle he was traveling in was struck
by an improvised explosive devise, or IED. Three other soldiers were injured in
the blast, which occurred around 8 a.m. in the Shahwali Kot district, about 35
kilometres north of Kandahar City.
2008
Dec. 27: Warrant Officer
Gaetan Joseph Maxime Roberge and Sgt. Gregory John Kruse died in a bomb blast
while they were conducting a security patrol in the Panjwaii district, west of
Kandahar City. Their Afghan interpreter and a member of the Afghan National
Army were also killed. Three other Canadian soldiers were injured in the blast.
Dec. 26: Private Michael
Bruce Freeman, 28, was killed after his armoured vehicle was struck by an
explosive device in the Zhari dessert, west of Kandahar City. Three other
soldiers were injured in the blast.
Dec. 13: Three soldiers were
killed by an IED west of Kandahar City after responding to reports of people
planting a suspicious object. Cpl. Thomas James Hamilton, 26, Pte. John Michael
Roy Curwin, 26, and Pte. Justin Peter Jones, 21, members of 2nd Battalion, The
Royal Canadian Regiment from CFB Gagetown, N.B., died.
Dec. 5: An IED kills W.O.
Robert Wilson, 38, Cpl. Mark McLaren, 23, and Pte. Demetrios Diplaros, 25, all
members of the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ont.
All three are from Ontario - Keswick, Peterborough and Scarborough
respectively.
Sep. 7: Sergeant Prescott
(Scott) Shipway, 36, was killed by an IED just days away from completing his
second tour of Afghanistan and on the same day the federal election is called.
Shipway, a section commander with 2nd battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry based out of Winnipeg, was killed in the Panjwaii district. He
is from Saskatchewan.
Sep. 3: Corporals Andrew
(Drew) Grenon, 23, of Windsor, Ont., and Mike Seggie, 21, of Winnipeg and Pte.
Chad Horn, 21, of Calgary, infantrymen with the 2nd Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from CFB Shilo, where killed in a Taliban
ambush. Five other soldiers were injured in the attack.
Aug. 20: Three combat
engineers attached to 2nd Battalion Batallion Princess Patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry in Edmonton are killed by an IED in Zhari district. Sgt. Shawn
Eades, 34, of Hamilton, Ont., Cpl. Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden,25, of the
Spiritwood, Sask., area, and Sapper Stephan John Stock, 25, of Campbell River,
B.C. A fourth soldier was seriously injured.
Aug. 13: Jacqueline Kirk and
Shirley Case, who were in Afghanistan with the International Rescue Committee,
died in Afghanistan's Logar province after the car they were riding in was
ambushed. Kirk, 40, was a dual British-Canadian citizen from Outremont, Que.
Case, 30, was from Williams Lake, B.C.
Aug. 11: Master Cpl. Erin
Doyle, 32, of Kamloops, B.C., an Edmonton-based soldier of 3rd Battalion
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed in a firefight in
Panjwaii district.
Aug. 9: Master Cpl. Josh
Roberts, 29, a native of Saskatchewan and a member of 2nd Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Man., died during a
firefight involving a private security company in the Zhari district, west of
Kandahar City. The death is under investigation.
Jul. 18: Corporal James
Hayward Arnal of Winnipeg, an infantryman with 2nd Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was rushed from the patrol in the volatile
Panjwaii district to Kandahar Airfield, where he died from his injuries
sustained from an IED.
Jul. 5: Private Colin
William Wilmot, a medic with 1 Field Ambulance and attached to 2nd Battalion
Batallion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Edmonton, stepped
on an IED while on foot patrol in the Panjwaii district.
Jul. 4: Corporal Brendan
Anthony Downey died at Camp Mirage in an undisclosed country in the Arabian
Peninsula of non-combat injuries. He was in his quarters at the time. Downey, 36,
was a military police officer with 17 Wing Detachment, Dundurn, Sask.
Jun. 7: Captain Jonathan
Sutherland Snyder, a member of 1 Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light
Infantry based in Edmonton, died after falling into a well while on a security
patrol in the Zhari district.
Jun. 3: Captain Richard
Leary, 32, was killed when his patrol came under small arms fire while on foot
patrol west of Kandahar City. Leary, "Stevo" to his friends, and a
member of 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was based
at CFB Shilo, Man.
May 6: Corporal Michael
Starker of the 15 Field Ambulance was fatally wounded during a foot patrol in
the Pashmul region of the Afghanistan's Zhari district. Starker, 36, was a
Calgary paramedic on his second tour in Afghanistan. He was part of a
civil-military co-operation unit that did outreach in local villages. Another
soldier, who was not identified, was wounded in the incident.
Apr. 4: Private Terry John
Street, of Surrey, B.C., and based with 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry in Shilo, Man., was killed when his armoured vehicle
hit an improvised explosive device to the southwest of Kandahar City.
Mar. 16: Sergeant Jason
Boyes of Napanee, Ont., based with 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian
Light Infantry in Shilo, Man., was killed when he steps on a buried explosive
device while on foot patrol in the Zangabad region in Panjwaii District.
Mar. 11: Bombardier Jeremie
Ouellet, 22, of Matane, Que., died in his quarters at Kandahar Airfield. He was
with the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. His death is under
investigation by the National Investigative Service.
Mar. 2: Trooper Michael Yuki
Hayakaze, 25, of Edmonton was killed by an IED just days before his tour was
scheduled to end. He was in a vehicle about 45 kilometres west of the Kandahar
base. He was a member of the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians).
Jan. 23: Sapper Etienne
Gonthier, 21, of St-George-de-Beauce, Que., and based with 5e Regiment du genie
de combat in Val Cartier, Que. was killed and two others wounded in an incident
involving a roadside bomb.
Jan. 15: Trooper Richard
Renaud from Alma, Que., was killed and a second Canadian soldier was injured
when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb Tuesday in Kandahar's Zhari
district. Renaud, 26, of the 12eme Regiment blinde du Canada in Valcartier,
Que., and three other soldiers were on a routine patrol in the Arghandab region,
about 10 Kilometres north of Kandahar City, when their Coyote reconnaissance
vehicle struck the improvised explosive device.
Jan. 6: Corporal Eric Labbe,
31, of Rimouski, Que., and W.O. Hani Massouh died when their light armoured
vehicle rolled over in Zhari district.
2007
Dec. 30: Gunner Jonathan
Dion, 27, a gunner from Val d'Or, Que., died and four others were injured after
their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Zhari district.
Nov. 17: Corporal Nicholas
Raymond Beauchamp, of the 5th Field Ambulance, and Pte. Michel Levesque, of the
Royal 22nd Regiment, both based in Valcartier, Que., were killed when a
roadside bomb exploded near their LAV-III armoured vehicle in Zhari district.
Sep. 25: Corporal Nathan
Hornburg, 24, of the Kings Own Calgary Regiment, was killed by mortar fire
while trying to repair the track of a Leopard tank during an operation in the
Panjwaii district.
Aug. 29: Major Raymond
Ruckpaul, serving at the NATO coalition headquarters in Kabul, died after being
found shot in his room. ISAF and Canadian officials have said they had not
ruled out suicide, homicide or accident as the cause of death. Ruckpaul was an
armoured officer based at the NATO Allied Land Component Command Headquarters
in Heidelberg, Germany. His hometown and other details have not been released.
Aug. 22: Two Canadian
soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb. M.W.O. Mario Mercier of 2nd Battalion
Batallion, Royal 22nd Regiment, based in Valcartier, Que., and Master Cpl.
Christian Duchesne, a member of Fifth Ambulance de campagne, also based in
Valcartier, died when the vehicle they were in struck a suspected mine,
approximately 50 kilometres west of Kandahar City during Operation EAGLE EYE.
An Afghan interpreter was also killed and a third soldier and two Radio Canada journalists
were injured.
Aug. 19: Private Simon
Longtin, 23, died when the LAV-III armoured vehicle he was travelling in struck
an improvised explosive device.
Jul. 4: Six Canadian
soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle. The dead are Capt.
Matthew Johnathan Dawe, Cpl. Cole Bartsch, Cpl. Jordan Anderson and Pte. Lane
Watkins, all of 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
based in Edmonton, and Master Cpl. Colin Bason, a reservist from The Royal
Westminster Regiment and Capt. Jefferson Clifford Francis of 1 Royal Canadian
Horse Artillery based in Shilo Man.
Jun. 20: Three soldiers from
3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, died when their
vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Christos
Karigiannis, Cpl. Stephen Bouzane, 26, and Pte. Joel Wiebe, 22 were on a
re-supply mission, travelling between two checkpoints in an open, all-terrain
vehicle, not an armoured vehicle.
Jun. 11: Trooper Darryl
Caswell, 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Dragoons, was killed by a roadside bomb
that blew up near the vehicle hewas travelling in, while on patrol about 40
minutes north of Kandahar city. He was part of a resupply mission.
May 30: Master Cpl. Darrell
Jason Priede, a combat cameraman, died when an American helicopter he was
aboard crashed in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province, reportedly after
being shot at by Taliban fighters. Priede was from CFB Gagetown in New
Brunswick.
May 25: Corporal Matthew
McCully, a signals operator from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Headquarters and Signals Squadron, based at Petawawa, Ont., was killed while on
foot patrol and another soldier was injured when a roadside bomb exploded near
them during a major operation to clear out Taliban. The soldier, a member of
the mentorship and liaison team, is believed to have stepped on an improvised
explosive device.
Apr. 18: Master Cpl. Anthony
Klumpenhouwer, 25, a special forces member, died from injuries sustained in an
accidental fall from a communications tower in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is the
first death of a special forces member while on duty in Afghanistan.
Apr. 11: Master Cpl. Allan
Stewart, 30, and Trooper Patrick Pentland, 23, were killed by a roadside bomb
in southern Afghanistan. Both men were members of the Royal Canadian Dragoons
based at CFB Petawawa, Ont.
Apr. 8: Six Canadian
soldiers died in southern Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained when
the vehicle they were travelling in hit an explosive device. Sgt. Donald Lucas,
Cpl. Aaron E. Williams, Cpl. Brent Poland, Pte. Kevin Vincent Kennedy, Pte.
David Robert Greenslade, 2nd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment, based in
Gagetown, N.B. were killed in the blast. Cpl. Christopher Paul Stannix, a
reservist from the Princess Louise Fusiliers, based in Halifax, also died. One
other soldier was seriously injured.
Mar. 6: Corporal Kevin
Megeney, 25, a reservist from Stellarton, N.S., died in an accidental shooting.
He was shot through the chest and left lung. Megeney went to Afghanistan in the
fall as a volunteer with 1st Batallion, Nova Scotia Highlanders Militia.
2006
Nov. 27: Two Canadian
soldiers were killed on the outskirts of Kandahar when a suicide car bomber
attacked a convoy of military vehicles. Cpl. Albert Storm, 36, of Niagara
Falls, Ont., and Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, from Bouctouche,
N.B., were members of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ont. They
were in an armoured personnel carrier that had just left the Kandahar Airfield
base when a vehicle approached and detonated explosives.
Oct. 14: Sergeant Darcy
Tedford and Pte. Blake Williamson from 1st Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment in
Petawawa, Ont., were killed and three others wounded after troops in Kandahar
province came under attack by Taliban insurgents wielding rocket propelled
grenades and mortars, according to media reports. The troops were trying to
build a road in the region when the ambush attack occurred.
Oct. 7: Trooper Mark Andrew
Wilson, a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons of Petawawa, Ont., died after a
roadside bomb or IED exploded under a Nyala armoured vehicle. Wilson was a
gunner in the Nyala vehicle. The blast occurred in the Pashmul region of
Afghanistan.
Oct. 3: Corporal Robert
Thomas James Mitchell and Sgt. Craig Paul Gillam were killed in an attack in
southern Afghanistan as they worked to clear a route for a future road
construction project. Both were members of the Petawawa, Ont.-based Royal
Canadian Dragoons.
Sep. 29: Private Josh Klukie
was killed by an improvised explosive device while he was conducting a foot
patrol in a farm field in the Panjwaii district. Klukie, of Thunder Bay, Ont.,
was serving in the First Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment.
Sep. 18: Four soldiers were
killed when a suicide bomber riding a bicycle detonated explosives in the
Panjwaii area. Cpl. Shane Keating, Cpl. Keith Morley and Pte. David Byers, 22,
all members of 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from
Shilo, Man., and Cpl. Glen Arnold, a member of 2 Field Ambulance, from
Petawawa, Ont., were killed in the attack that wounded several others.
Sep. 4: Private Mark Anthony
Graham, a member of 1st Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB
Petawawa, Ont., killed and dozens of others wounded in a friendly fire incident
involving an American A-10 Warthog aircraft. Graham was a Canadian Olympic team
member in 1992, when he raced as a member of the 4 x 400 metre relay team.
Sep. 3: Four Canadian
soldiers - W.O. Richard Francis Nolan, W.O. Frank Robert Mellish, Sgt. Shane
Stachnik and Pte. William Jonathan James Cushley, all based at CFB Petawawa,
west of Ottawa, were killed as insurgents disabled multiple Canadian vehicles
with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Nine other Canadians were
wounded in the fighting that killed an estimated 200 Taliban members.
Aug. 22: Corporal David
Braun, a recently arrived soldier with 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, was killed by a suicide bomber outside the gates of
Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar City. The soldier, in his 20s, was a native of
Raymore, Sask. Three other Canadian soldiers were injured in the afternoon
attack.
Aug. 11: Corporal Andrew
James Eykelenboom died during an attack by a suicide bomber on a Canadian
convoy that was resupplying a forward fire base south of Kandahar near the
border with Pakistan. A medic with the 1st Field Ambulance based in Edmonton,
he was in his mid-20s and had been in the Canadian Forces for four years.
Aug. 9: Master Cpl. Jeffrey
Scott Walsh, based out of Shilo, Man., with 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, was shot in a friendly fire incident, just days after
arriving in Kandahar to begin his tour of duty. He arrived in Kandahar less
than a week earlier.
Aug. 5: Master Cpl. Raymond
Arndt of the Edmonton-based Loyal Edmonton Regiment was killed when a G-Wagon
making a supply run collided with a civilian truck. Three other Loyal Edmonton
Regiment soldiers were also injured in the crash.
Aug. 3: Corporal Christopher
Jonathan Reid, based in Edmonton with the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, was killed in a roadside bomb attack. Later the same
day, Sgt. Vaughn Ingram, Cpl. Bryce Jeffrey Keller and Pte. Kevin Dallaire were
killed by a rocket-propelled grenade as they took on militants around an
abandoned school near Pashmul. Six other Canadian soldiers were injured in the
attack.
Jul. 22: A suicide bomber
blew himself up in Kandahar, killing two Canadian soldiers and wounding eight
more; the slain soldiers were Cpl. Francisco Gomez, an anti-armour specialist
from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton, who was
driving the Bison armoured vehicle targeted by the bomber's vehicle, and Cpl.
Jason Patrick Warren of the Black Watch in Montreal.
Jul. 9: Corporal Anthony
Joseph Boneca, a reservist with the Lake Superior Scottish Regiment based in
Thunder Bay, Ont., was killed as Canadian military and Afghan security forces
were pushing through an area west of Kandahar City that had been a hotbed of
Taliban activity.
May 17: Captain Nichola
Goddard, a combat engineer with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and Canada's
first female combat death, was killed during battle against Taliban forces in the
Panjwaii region, 24 kilometres west of Kandahar.
Apr. 22: Four soldiers were
killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb near Gombad,
north of Kandahar. They were Cpl. Matthew Dinning, stationed at Petawawa, Ont.;
Bombardier Myles Mansell, based in Victoria; Lieut. William Turner, stationed
in Edmonton, and Cpl. Randy Payne of CFB Wainwright, Alta.
Mar. 28-29: Private Robert
Costall was killed in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in the desert north
of Kandahar. A U.S. soldier and a number of Afghan troops also died and three
Canadians were wounded. Costall was a member of 1st Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton. An American inquiry,
made public in the summer of 2007, determined Costall was killed by friendly
fire.
Mar. 5: Master Cpl. Timothy
Wilson of Grande Prairie, Alta., succumbed to injuries suffered in the LAV III
crash on March 2 in Afghanistan. Wilson died in hospital in Germany.
Mar. 2: Corporal Paul Davis
died and six others were injured when their LAV III collided with a civilian
taxi just west of Kandahar during a routine patrol. The soldiers were with 2nd
Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Jan. 15: Diplomat Glyn Berry
was killed and three soldiers injured by a suicide bomber in Kandahar. They
were patrolling in a G Wagon.
2005
Nov. 24: Private Braun Scott
Woodfield, Royal Canadian Regiment, was killed in a traffic accident involving
his light-armoured vehicle (LAV III) northeast of Kandahar. Three others
soldiers suffered serious injuries.
2004
Jan. 27: Corporal Jamie
Murphy died and three soldiers were injured by a suicide bomber while
patrolling near Camp Julien in an Iltis jeep. All were members of the Royal
Canadian Regiment.
2003
Oct. 2: Sergeant Robert Alan
Short and Cpl. Robbie Christopher Beerenfenger were killed and three others
injured when their Iltis jeep struck a roadside bomb outside Camp Julien near
Kabul. They were from 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment.
2002
Apr. 18: Sergeant Marc
Leger, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer, Pte. Richard Green and Pte. Nathan Smith were
killed by friendly fire when an American fighter jet dropped a laser-guided
225-kilogram bomb on the soldiers during a training exercise near Kandahar. All
served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
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