Glace Bay soldier homeward bound as two more killed in Afghanistan
Posted Jun 28, 2010 06:29:28 AM.
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The body of a Canadian soldier killed last weekend in Afghanistan is on the final leg of the long journey home to Cape Breton.
The Cape Breton Post reports the remains of Sgt. James “Jimmy” MacNeil will arrive at the Sydney airport at 6:15 Tuesday evening.
His family is hoping to see a long procession of people along the highway from the airport to a Glace Bay funeral home.
Meanwhile, the bodies of the two latest Canadian soldiers killed this weekend are coming home.
Master Cpl. Kristal Geisebrecht, 34, and Pte. Andrew Miller, 21, were both medical technicians.
The pair was enroute to deal with a mine found in the doorway of a home on Saturday when an IED detonated.
There are only about 130 medical personnel within Task Force Kandahar and losing Giesebrecht and Miller is a blow.
Their deaths raise to 150 the number of Canadian Forces members to die as part of the Afghanistan mission since it began in 2002.
Giesebrecht was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario and was a member of 1 Canadian Field Hospital, based at CFB Petawawa.
Miller was born in Sudbury, Ontario and was a member of 2 Field Ambulance based at CFB Petawawa.
