Thousands bid farewell to latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
Posted Apr 12, 2010 07:06:19 AM.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The body of the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan has begun the long journey home.
More than 1,500 Canadian and NATO soldiers attended a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield for Pte. Tyler William Todd, who was killed by a roadside bomb while on foot patrol Sunday southwest of Kandahar city.
His best friend, Pte. Christian Winter of Vancouver, delivered a tearful tribute, saying Todd had a way of keeping his buddies happy all the time and that his death is a terrible loss for the platoon.
Winter said it was a privilege to know him.
Todd, who was 26, was born and raised in Ontario’s Waterloo region and was member of the Edmonton based 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
The blast that killed him occurred in Belanday, a village in Dand district, where there have been a number of Canadian casualties over the last few months.
Todd’s death raises to 142 the number of Canadian soldiers killed since the Afghan mission began in 2002.
