May 26, 2010
OTTAWA - Our fallen comrade, Trooper Larry Rudd, from The Royal Canadian Dragoons, serving with 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Petawawa, Ontario, returns home to Canada tomorrow.
Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 2 p.m.
What: At the request of the family media will be permitted on the tarmac.
Present to pay their respects will be The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, and other dignitaries.
Trooper Larry Rudd was killed after an improvised explosive device detonated during a routine security operation, about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, in the Panjwa'i District, Afghanistan, at approximately 12:30 p.m. Kandahar time on 24 May 2010.
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For more information: Captain Mark Peebles, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Public Affairs Officer Tel: (613) 392-2811, ext. 2041, Cell: (613)-243-6358 or via e-mail: mark.peebles@forces.gc.ca
As this is a solemn and formal occasion, all attending are requested to dress appropriately.
