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Two Canadians Killed During Battle in Ukraine, Global Affairs Says

May 2, 2023
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Paul Hughes says one of the most difficult moments of his life was placing a Canadian flag over the body bag of a soldier from Alberta killed during a bloody battle in eastern Ukraine. Hughes carefully drove an ambulance carrying the body of Kyle Porter for more than four hours from an area near Bakhmut…

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Mom of Last Canadian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Named Silver Cross Mother

November 1, 2022
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We’ll see you at Christmas. It was October 2011 and Candy Greff was standing outside a restaurant in Morinville, Alta., saying goodbye to her son Byron Greff. Little did she know that it would be the last time she would see him alive. A 28-year-old master corporal with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light…

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Canadian Soldier of the First World War Identified Years After Death in France

July 28, 2022
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A Canadian soldier killed in battle during the First World War has been identified – more than a century later. The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces publicly confirmed the identity of Company Sgt.-Maj. David George Parfitt on Thursday. Parfitt was one of 156 members of the 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion killed…

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Canadian Soldier Found Dead in His Quarters in Afghanistan: Military

March 5, 2021
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OTTAWA—A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul on Feb. 25. A statement says the cause of death is under investigation and is being assessed as “non-operational.” Law was originally…

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