LFCA MA 09-02 - March 10, 2009
OTTAWA –Our fallen soldier, Trooper Marc Diab from The Royal Canadian Dragoons based at CFB Petawawa, will return home to Canada on Thursday, March 12, 2009.
Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
What: At the wishes of the families, media will be permitted on the tarmac.
Present to pay their respects will be Her Excellency The Governor General of Canada, The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk and other dignitaries.
Trooper Diab was killed and four other Canadian soldiers were injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near an armoured vehicle during a patrol in the Shah Wali Kot District. The incident occurred north-east of Kandahar City at around 1:15 p.m., Kandahar time, on 8 March, 2009.
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Note to Editors/News Directors:
Interested media may contact Captain Mark Peebles, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Public Affairs Officer, who can be reached at 613-392-2811, ext. 2041, or at: peebles.m@forces.gc.ca
For general queries, please contact the Media Liaison Office at 1-866-377-0811, or on weekends at 613-792-2973. For flight information, please contact the Air Passenger Terminal at 1-800-487-1186.
