MCpl Kristal Giesebrecht, Pte Andrew Miller - Canadian Forces Health Services - 26 June 2010
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Emotions run high at farewell for slain Canadian medics
The Canadian Press
27 June 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A group of Canadian medics said goodbye to members of their military family Sunday during a ceremony for Canada's two latest victims in the war against the Taliban.
Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht, 34 and Pte. Andrew Miller, 21 were attached to a unit that was enroute to deal with a mine found in the doorway of a home Saturday when their vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device.
Giesebrecht and Miller were both medical technicians attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.
The incident occurred at 11 a.m. local time about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.
There are only about 130 medical personnel within Task Force Kandahar and losing Giesebrecht and Miller is a blow.
"There's several people on this Roto (rotation) right now that I've been deployed with so we all know each other and it definitely is a big family. We count on each other for just about anything," said Lt. Navy Melissa Mertens after a private memorial for the two soldiers.
"I talked about it with my family before coming here and it's not what anybody wants when they come here but everybody thinks it's not going to be them. It's something that we are all aware of but it can happen," she added.
The latest deaths brings to 150 the number of Canadian Forces members to die as part of the Afghanistan mission since it began in 2002.
Two civilians -- diplomat Glyn Berry and journalist Michelle Lang -- have also been killed in Canada's mission to Afghanistan.
For medics - the risks that come with the job are quite simply a fact of life.
"I've been in the situation that they were in before. I know that they're out there to help. That's our goal out there," explained medic Pte. Jon Forsyth.
"We just want to help our soldiers so bad. We know the dangers when we go out and we accept the risk when we sign the contract."
Operational requirements by the military resulted in a scaled down nighttime ceremony for Giesebrecht and Miller, with only about 150 people allowed to attend.
While a piper played Amazing Grace their flag draped caskets were slowly carried aboard a military aircraft for their journey back to Canada.
Such services, known as ramp ceremonies, are never easy for soldiers serving in Afghanistan, however losing two individuals who provided medical aid in the field makes it even more difficult. But they realize the importance of the job.
"They were risking their lives for fellow Canadian soldiers, for fellow NATO soldiers, for the Afghan public. As medics we truly will help anybody. We have helped everybody and we'll continue to do that," said Master Cpl Sergio DeFranco.
The medics were focusing on their memories of Giesebrecht and Miller.
"Kristal was an absolute sweetheart. She would open her heart to absolutely everybody. She loved being a medic and she loved helping people," said Mertens. "I was blessed to be able to call her friend and I was really lucky to have met her and have as part of my life."
"Miller was a great soldier. He was always eager. He was the first one to always volunteer for any task that came down," said DeFranco.
"He truly, truly loved being a Canadian soldier. He wanted nothing more than to come to Afghanistan to serve his country."
The Canadian Press
27 June 2010
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A group of Canadian medics said goodbye to members of their military family Sunday during a ceremony for Canada's two latest victims in the war against the Taliban.
Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht, 34 and Pte. Andrew Miller, 21 were attached to a unit that was enroute to deal with a mine found in the doorway of a home Saturday when their vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device.
Giesebrecht and Miller were both medical technicians attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.
The incident occurred at 11 a.m. local time about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.
There are only about 130 medical personnel within Task Force Kandahar and losing Giesebrecht and Miller is a blow.
"There's several people on this Roto (rotation) right now that I've been deployed with so we all know each other and it definitely is a big family. We count on each other for just about anything," said Lt. Navy Melissa Mertens after a private memorial for the two soldiers.
"I talked about it with my family before coming here and it's not what anybody wants when they come here but everybody thinks it's not going to be them. It's something that we are all aware of but it can happen," she added.
The latest deaths brings to 150 the number of Canadian Forces members to die as part of the Afghanistan mission since it began in 2002.
Two civilians -- diplomat Glyn Berry and journalist Michelle Lang -- have also been killed in Canada's mission to Afghanistan.
For medics - the risks that come with the job are quite simply a fact of life.
"I've been in the situation that they were in before. I know that they're out there to help. That's our goal out there," explained medic Pte. Jon Forsyth.
"We just want to help our soldiers so bad. We know the dangers when we go out and we accept the risk when we sign the contract."
Operational requirements by the military resulted in a scaled down nighttime ceremony for Giesebrecht and Miller, with only about 150 people allowed to attend.
While a piper played Amazing Grace their flag draped caskets were slowly carried aboard a military aircraft for their journey back to Canada.
Such services, known as ramp ceremonies, are never easy for soldiers serving in Afghanistan, however losing two individuals who provided medical aid in the field makes it even more difficult. But they realize the importance of the job.
"They were risking their lives for fellow Canadian soldiers, for fellow NATO soldiers, for the Afghan public. As medics we truly will help anybody. We have helped everybody and we'll continue to do that," said Master Cpl Sergio DeFranco.
The medics were focusing on their memories of Giesebrecht and Miller.
"Kristal was an absolute sweetheart. She would open her heart to absolutely everybody. She loved being a medic and she loved helping people," said Mertens. "I was blessed to be able to call her friend and I was really lucky to have met her and have as part of my life."
"Miller was a great soldier. He was always eager. He was the first one to always volunteer for any task that came down," said DeFranco.
"He truly, truly loved being a Canadian soldier. He wanted nothing more than to come to Afghanistan to serve his country."
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Medics slain in Afghanistan start journey home
Matthew Fisher, Canwest News Service
27 June 2010
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Medics+slain+Afghanistan+start+journey+home/3208765/story.html
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht and Pte. Andrew Miller were bid adieu by colleagues at a solemn ramp ceremony in Afghanistan on Sunday night, moments before the two combat medics began their final 11,000-kilometre journey home to Ontario in a CC-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
As a lone piper played "Amazing Grace," the flag-draped caskets of M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, 34, of Wallaceburg, Ont., and Pte. Miller, 21, of Sudbury, Ont., were slowly marched to a waiting transport aircraft by 16 soldiers from the close-knit military medical corps.
The two medics from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, about 160 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, had died 36 hours earlier — the 149th and 150th Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan — when their armoured vehicle struck a makeshift landmine in a Taliban-infested area about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. Another Canadian wounded in the same explosion was in stable condition at the NATO hospital here.
“Too soon, we again find ourselves gathered on this airfield to grieve the falling of two comrades,” Padre Claude Lussier told soldiers who had gathered on the tarmac.
At the time they were killed, M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, Pte. Miller and other Canadian troops were responding to a call for help by an Afghan family whose doorway had been rigged by the Taliban with an improvised explosive device.
In a show of respect and love for their fallen comrades, four medics and a nurse gathered to speak to journalists before attending the service of remembrance.
“It was definitely a big shock,” said Pte. Vanessa Jacobs, a medic attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons. “At first it was a guessing game. We didn’t know who it was. But all the medics know each other, so it didn’t matter who it was,” she said, her voice tailing off.
Lieut. Melissa Mertens, who works as a nurse at the NATO hospital, said Giesebrecht, who was married to Matt and had a stepson, Jonathan, “would open her heart to anyone. She had the biggest smile and so much enthusiasm.”
“Everybody loved her,” said Master Cpl. Sergio De Franco. “She was truly a sweetheart.”
“Kristal was an exceptional friend to many of us here and back home,” said Cpl. Angela Glena. “She touched so many lives.”
Pte. Miller was with 2 Field Ambulance.
So is Pte. Jon Forsyth. He had known Miller, who is survived by his mother, Wendy, father, Raymond, and partner, Staci Jessup, since he signed up about two years ago.
“This is definitely hard because he was one of my best friends,” Forsyth said. “I know the situation he was in. I’ve been in it. He really wanted to help.”
“He was a jokester, that’s for sure,” Jacobs said of Miller. “He had a real sense of humour. He liked to play a few pranks here and there. He is definitely a good guy.”
M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, who was with 1 Canadian Field Hospital, was the third Canadian woman to be killed in action in Afghanistan.
Seven medics have now died Although largely unheralded, medical technicians have one of the most dangerous and important trades in the military. They routinely go forward with infantry and combat engineers into the most perilous areas.
Describing the medical corps, which has about 130 members in Kandahar, as “a big family, Lieut. Mertens said: “We count on each other for everything.”
“They were risking their lives for their fellow Canadians soldiers, for fellow NATO soldiers, for the Afghan public,” M. Cpl. De Franco said of M. Cpl. Giesebrecht and Pte. Miller. “As medics we will truly help anyone.”
Matthew Fisher, Canwest News Service
27 June 2010
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Medics+slain+Afghanistan+start+journey+home/3208765/story.html
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht and Pte. Andrew Miller were bid adieu by colleagues at a solemn ramp ceremony in Afghanistan on Sunday night, moments before the two combat medics began their final 11,000-kilometre journey home to Ontario in a CC-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
As a lone piper played "Amazing Grace," the flag-draped caskets of M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, 34, of Wallaceburg, Ont., and Pte. Miller, 21, of Sudbury, Ont., were slowly marched to a waiting transport aircraft by 16 soldiers from the close-knit military medical corps.
The two medics from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, about 160 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, had died 36 hours earlier — the 149th and 150th Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan — when their armoured vehicle struck a makeshift landmine in a Taliban-infested area about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. Another Canadian wounded in the same explosion was in stable condition at the NATO hospital here.
“Too soon, we again find ourselves gathered on this airfield to grieve the falling of two comrades,” Padre Claude Lussier told soldiers who had gathered on the tarmac.
At the time they were killed, M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, Pte. Miller and other Canadian troops were responding to a call for help by an Afghan family whose doorway had been rigged by the Taliban with an improvised explosive device.
In a show of respect and love for their fallen comrades, four medics and a nurse gathered to speak to journalists before attending the service of remembrance.
“It was definitely a big shock,” said Pte. Vanessa Jacobs, a medic attached to the Royal Canadian Dragoons. “At first it was a guessing game. We didn’t know who it was. But all the medics know each other, so it didn’t matter who it was,” she said, her voice tailing off.
Lieut. Melissa Mertens, who works as a nurse at the NATO hospital, said Giesebrecht, who was married to Matt and had a stepson, Jonathan, “would open her heart to anyone. She had the biggest smile and so much enthusiasm.”
“Everybody loved her,” said Master Cpl. Sergio De Franco. “She was truly a sweetheart.”
“Kristal was an exceptional friend to many of us here and back home,” said Cpl. Angela Glena. “She touched so many lives.”
Pte. Miller was with 2 Field Ambulance.
So is Pte. Jon Forsyth. He had known Miller, who is survived by his mother, Wendy, father, Raymond, and partner, Staci Jessup, since he signed up about two years ago.
“This is definitely hard because he was one of my best friends,” Forsyth said. “I know the situation he was in. I’ve been in it. He really wanted to help.”
“He was a jokester, that’s for sure,” Jacobs said of Miller. “He had a real sense of humour. He liked to play a few pranks here and there. He is definitely a good guy.”
M. Cpl. Giesebrecht, who was with 1 Canadian Field Hospital, was the third Canadian woman to be killed in action in Afghanistan.
Seven medics have now died Although largely unheralded, medical technicians have one of the most dangerous and important trades in the military. They routinely go forward with infantry and combat engineers into the most perilous areas.
Describing the medical corps, which has about 130 members in Kandahar, as “a big family, Lieut. Mertens said: “We count on each other for everything.”
“They were risking their lives for their fellow Canadians soldiers, for fellow NATO soldiers, for the Afghan public,” M. Cpl. De Franco said of M. Cpl. Giesebrecht and Pte. Miller. “As medics we will truly help anyone.”
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When my wife and I saw this on the news we were both speechless. There are times when these tragedies really hit hard. Our sincerest condolences go out to the families and friends of Kristal and Andrew.
Saints of God, come to their aid;
Come to meet them, angels of the Lord.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them
Saints of God, come to their aid;
Come to meet them, angels of the Lord.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them
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Repatriation for fallen soldiers Tuesday
Jun 28, 2010 - 11:37 AM
http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/157116
DURHAM -- Repatriation ceremonies for the latest two Canadian soldiers killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan will be held on Tuesday, June 29.
Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht and Private Andrew Miller, both medics from CFB Petawawa, died Saturday when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. Both were with the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.
The airbus will arrive in Trenton at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the repatriation ceremony wrapping up at about 2:45 p.m. The motorcade will then begin travelling down Hwy. 401, passing through Durham Region at about 3:30 p.m.
Hundreds of area residents are expected to gather on overpasses along the Highway of Heroes to pay tribute to the soldiers.
Jun 28, 2010 - 11:37 AM
http://www.newsdurhamregion.com/news/article/157116
DURHAM -- Repatriation ceremonies for the latest two Canadian soldiers killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan will be held on Tuesday, June 29.
Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht and Private Andrew Miller, both medics from CFB Petawawa, died Saturday when their armoured vehicle hit an improvised explosive device. Both were with the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group.
The airbus will arrive in Trenton at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the repatriation ceremony wrapping up at about 2:45 p.m. The motorcade will then begin travelling down Hwy. 401, passing through Durham Region at about 3:30 p.m.
Hundreds of area residents are expected to gather on overpasses along the Highway of Heroes to pay tribute to the soldiers.
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This is one of the pics sent us by the HSS RSM of the ramp ceremony - not the normal size apparently due to ops.
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Our Fallen Comrades Return Home
LFCA MA 10-014 - June 28, 2010
OTTAWA – Our fallen comrades, Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht from 1 Canadian Field Hospital, and Private Andrew Miller from 2 Field Ambulance, both based in Petawawa, Ontario, return home to Canada tomorrow.
Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 2 p.m.
What: At the request of the families media will not be permitted on the tarmac.
Present to pay their respects will be the Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter MacKay, Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk and other dignitaries.
The two Canadian soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in as part of a convoy struck an improvised explosive device. The incident occurred approximately 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, in the Panjwa’i District, at approximately 11 a.m. Kandahar time on 26 June 2010.
Both were serving in Afghanistan with the Task Force Kandahar Health Services Unit.
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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.
Our Fallen Comrades Return Home
LFCA MA 10-014 - June 28, 2010
OTTAWA – Our fallen comrades, Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht from 1 Canadian Field Hospital, and Private Andrew Miller from 2 Field Ambulance, both based in Petawawa, Ontario, return home to Canada tomorrow.
Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 2 p.m.
What: At the request of the families media will not be permitted on the tarmac.
Present to pay their respects will be the Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter MacKay, Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk and other dignitaries.
The two Canadian soldiers were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in as part of a convoy struck an improvised explosive device. The incident occurred approximately 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City, in the Panjwa’i District, at approximately 11 a.m. Kandahar time on 26 June 2010.
Both were serving in Afghanistan with the Task Force Kandahar Health Services Unit.
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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.
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Fallen soldier to be remembered
http://www.malcolmanddeavitt.com/obits.html#GIESEBRECHT,_Master_Cpl._Kristal_
GIESEBRECHT, Master Cpl. Kristal
(Member of 1 Canadian Field Hospital, CFB Petawawa)
Suddenly in Afghanistan on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht of Petawawa, dearly loved wife of Matt Giesebrecht. Stepmother of Jonathan. Daughter of Angela Mercer (husband Bill), Chatham; and Dan Brant (Linda), Wallaceburg. Sister of Shannon Shepley, Chatham and aunt to Katelyn, Sara and Melissa; and sister of Dan Brant, Wallaceburg. Daughter-in-law of Don and Sandy Giesebrecht, Petawawa; and sister-in-law of Sarah Lamothe (husband Jason), Oshawa.
VISITATION AT THE MALCOLM, DEAVITT & BINHAMMER FUNERAL HOME,, 141 Renfrew St., Pembroke on Monday 2-4 & 7-9. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT CFB PETAWAWA - Building Y101 on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Interment in Calvin United/First Presbyterian Cemetery. (As an expression of sympathy donations to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario would be appreciated). Online condolences and donations are available at www.malcolmanddeavitt.com
Fallen soldier to be remembered
http://www.malcolmanddeavitt.com/obits.html#GIESEBRECHT,_Master_Cpl._Kristal_
GIESEBRECHT, Master Cpl. Kristal
(Member of 1 Canadian Field Hospital, CFB Petawawa)
Suddenly in Afghanistan on Saturday, June 26, 2010.
Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht of Petawawa, dearly loved wife of Matt Giesebrecht. Stepmother of Jonathan. Daughter of Angela Mercer (husband Bill), Chatham; and Dan Brant (Linda), Wallaceburg. Sister of Shannon Shepley, Chatham and aunt to Katelyn, Sara and Melissa; and sister of Dan Brant, Wallaceburg. Daughter-in-law of Don and Sandy Giesebrecht, Petawawa; and sister-in-law of Sarah Lamothe (husband Jason), Oshawa.
VISITATION AT THE MALCOLM, DEAVITT & BINHAMMER FUNERAL HOME,, 141 Renfrew St., Pembroke on Monday 2-4 & 7-9. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT CFB PETAWAWA - Building Y101 on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Interment in Calvin United/First Presbyterian Cemetery. (As an expression of sympathy donations to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario would be appreciated). Online condolences and donations are available at www.malcolmanddeavitt.com
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http://www.northernlife.ca/obituaries/MILLER,_Andrew_Christopher_Alexander%282%29.aspx
MILLER, Andrew Christopher Alexander On June 26th, 2010 at approximately 11:30 A.M. Afghanistan time, Private Andrew Miller 21 years was killed by an improvised device in the district of Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Andrew was born and raised in Sudbury and attended St. Charles College before joining the Canadian military at age 17. Andrew trained to become a medic and was assigned to 2 Field Ambulance Unit at the time of his death. Andrew is survived by his mother Wendy Miller and his father Raymond Ealdama, sister Emma and brothers Jordan and Justin all of Sudbury, as well as soul mate Staci Jessup of Foymount and Marita Kennedy husband Greg Kennedy, cousin to Andrew Nathan of New Liskeard and Brian Miller soul mate Sharon Clermont cousin Declan of Sudbury and special nephew of Mark Ealdama soul mate Ashley Perks of Toronto. Andrew was proudly following in his father’s footsteps initially into the military and then by deploying to Afghanistan. His father served in Afghanistan in 2008 as part of the Greater Sudbury Police Service’s contribution to the Canadian Civilian Police training contingent in Kandahar City. Andrew believed strongly in the mission and went to Afghanistan knowing he was making a difference for the Afghan people. Andrew loved his job and died upholding his beliefs and values in the service of his country. The Miller/Ealdama families have been committed to a life time of sacrifice and service to community and country and are deeply saddened by the loss of their son/brother. They take solace in knowing he was doing what he loved and making a difference in the world at the time of his death. Resting at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home 233 Larch St. SudburyFuneral Prayers In the Glad Tidings Tabernacle Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 11 am1101 Regent St. Sudbury. Cremation with interment in the Field of Honour Civic Cemetery. Donations in memory of Andrew to the Military Families Fund would be appreciated.(Friends may call from 2-4; 7-9 P.M. FRIDAY).
MILLER, Andrew Christopher Alexander On June 26th, 2010 at approximately 11:30 A.M. Afghanistan time, Private Andrew Miller 21 years was killed by an improvised device in the district of Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Andrew was born and raised in Sudbury and attended St. Charles College before joining the Canadian military at age 17. Andrew trained to become a medic and was assigned to 2 Field Ambulance Unit at the time of his death. Andrew is survived by his mother Wendy Miller and his father Raymond Ealdama, sister Emma and brothers Jordan and Justin all of Sudbury, as well as soul mate Staci Jessup of Foymount and Marita Kennedy husband Greg Kennedy, cousin to Andrew Nathan of New Liskeard and Brian Miller soul mate Sharon Clermont cousin Declan of Sudbury and special nephew of Mark Ealdama soul mate Ashley Perks of Toronto. Andrew was proudly following in his father’s footsteps initially into the military and then by deploying to Afghanistan. His father served in Afghanistan in 2008 as part of the Greater Sudbury Police Service’s contribution to the Canadian Civilian Police training contingent in Kandahar City. Andrew believed strongly in the mission and went to Afghanistan knowing he was making a difference for the Afghan people. Andrew loved his job and died upholding his beliefs and values in the service of his country. The Miller/Ealdama families have been committed to a life time of sacrifice and service to community and country and are deeply saddened by the loss of their son/brother. They take solace in knowing he was doing what he loved and making a difference in the world at the time of his death. Resting at the Jackson and Barnard Funeral Home 233 Larch St. SudburyFuneral Prayers In the Glad Tidings Tabernacle Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 at 11 am1101 Regent St. Sudbury. Cremation with interment in the Field of Honour Civic Cemetery. Donations in memory of Andrew to the Military Families Fund would be appreciated.(Friends may call from 2-4; 7-9 P.M. FRIDAY).
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Sudbury remembers Pte. Andrew Miller
By: Laurel Myers - Sudbury Northern Life Staff
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/07/Miller-Funeral-030710.aspx
Funeral for fallen Sudbury soldier and medic
Posted By Lara Bradley/The Sudbury Star
http://www.sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2653416
By: Laurel Myers - Sudbury Northern Life Staff
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/07/Miller-Funeral-030710.aspx
Funeral for fallen Sudbury soldier and medic
Posted By Lara Bradley/The Sudbury Star
http://www.sudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2653416
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Tue Jul. 06 2010 6:40:22 AM
Funeral today in Petawawa for medic killed in Afghanistan
The Canadian Press
PETAWAWA, Ont. — A funeral will be held today for a Canadian Forces medic killed in Afghanistan.
Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht died on June 26th when her vehicle hit a roadside bomb near Kandahar City.
Private Andrew Miller, another medic based at CFB Petawawa in eastern Ontario, was also killed in the blast and was buried Saturday in Sudbury, Ont.
Giesebrecht was 34 and on her second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
She is the first female medic to be killed during the conflict and leaves behind a husband and son.
A ceremony for Giesebrecht will take place at CFB Petawawa at 10 a.m.
Funeral today in Petawawa for medic killed in Afghanistan
The Canadian Press
PETAWAWA, Ont. — A funeral will be held today for a Canadian Forces medic killed in Afghanistan.
Master Corporal Kristal Giesebrecht died on June 26th when her vehicle hit a roadside bomb near Kandahar City.
Private Andrew Miller, another medic based at CFB Petawawa in eastern Ontario, was also killed in the blast and was buried Saturday in Sudbury, Ont.
Giesebrecht was 34 and on her second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
She is the first female medic to be killed during the conflict and leaves behind a husband and son.
A ceremony for Giesebrecht will take place at CFB Petawawa at 10 a.m.
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"Grenville Street - Master Cpl Kristal Giesebrecht & Pte Andrew Miller":
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"Family, friends honour fallen soldier
By CAROL MULLIGAN, THE SUDBURY STAR
Updated 2 days ago
The parents of a Sudbury soldier killed in Afghanistan fulfilled his wish to hold a celebration of his life and invite his army buddies, if anything should happen to him while he was on tour.
Wendy Miller and Ray Ealdama did just that Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the death of their son, Pte. Andrew Miller, 21.":
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3189258
By CAROL MULLIGAN, THE SUDBURY STAR
Updated 2 days ago
The parents of a Sudbury soldier killed in Afghanistan fulfilled his wish to hold a celebration of his life and invite his army buddies, if anything should happen to him while he was on tour.
Wendy Miller and Ray Ealdama did just that Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the death of their son, Pte. Andrew Miller, 21.":
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3189258
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