Media Advisory
Our fallen soldier returns home
LFCA MA 09-003 - February 2, 2009
OTTAWA – Our fallen soldier, Sapper Sean Greenfield, from 2 Combat Engineer Regiment based at CFB Petawawa, Ontario, returns home to Canada tomorrow.
Where: 8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Wednesday, February 3, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
What: At the wishes of the family, media will not 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.
Sapper Greenfield was killed on January 31, 2009, when his armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device about 40 km west of Kandahar City in the Zharey District of Afghanistan.
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Note to Editors/News Directors:
Interested media must contact Captain Mark Peebles, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Public Affairs Officer, who can be reached at (613) 392-2811, ext. 2041, (613) 243-6358 (mobile), or at: mark.peebles@forces.gc.ca
For flight information, please contact the Air Passenger Terminal at 1-800-487-1186.
For all other queries, please contact the Media Liaison Office at (866) 377-0811.