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| Governor General Michaelle Jean (back right) and Defence Minister Peter MacKay look on as the family of Sapper Steven Marshall including his mother (left, holding rose) are escorted to view his coffin in the back of the waiting hearse during his repatriation ceremony in Trenton, Ontario on Tuesday November 3, 2009. Marshall, 24, died Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near Kandahar City.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn |
TRENTON, Ont. - A plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan arrived at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario, on Tuesday afternoon.
Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, died Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near Kandahar City. The Calgary native, who was based in Edmonton, was the 133rd Canadian soldier to die during the Afghan mission.
Marshall’s body was taken along the Highway of Heroes to Toronto to the coroner’s office.
The street to the office was lined with people, including a group of reservists, who saluted as the hearse drove by.
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