Repatriation Ceremony/Crmonie de Rapatriement 16 Sep 09
> The repatriation for Pte Lormand is scheduled for Wednesday 16 Sep 2009 at 1400 hrs local on the east ramp at 8 Wing Trenton.
> All personnel are requested to gather in the common area of the passenger terminal outside of the departure lounges.
The repatriation of Pte Lormand will once again fill the bridges and overpasses of this highway. May he rest in peace in the Advance Party.
Le rapatriement de Pte Lormand remplira de nouveau les ponts et les traverses de cette route nationale. Peut il se reposer dans la paix dans l'quipe d'avant-garde.
Environ 2,500 Canadien, les Etats-Unis, les soldats nerlandais et britanniques ont t calmement dans la crmonie nocturne lundi comme le cercueil drap de drapeau de Lormand tait lentement port bord d'un avion d'Hercule C-130 pour le long voyage la maison.
Le Premier ministre Stephen Harper, le Ministre de Dfense Peter MacKay et le Gouverneur-gnral Michalle Jean toutes les dclarations publies offrant leurs condolances la famille de Lormand.
Il a cass mon coeur aujourd'hui pour apprendre de la mort, a crit Jean dans une dclaration publie sur son site Internet. Nous avons perdu un Canadien extraordinaire.
Les membres de la famille de Pte Lormand rencontreront son coffret et voyageront avec l'honneur le long de la Route nationale de Hros.
About 2,500 Canadian, U.S., Dutch and British soldiers stood quietly in the nighttime ceremony Monday as Lormand's flag-draped coffin was slowly carried aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft for the long trip home.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Governor General Michalle Jean all issued statements offering their condolences to Lormand's family.
It broke my heart today to learn of the death, Jean wrote in a statement published on her website. We have lost an extraordinary Canadian.
The members of Pte Lormand's family will meet his casket and travel with honour along the Highway of Heroes.
As one hero is returned in a Flag Draped casket, another unit of 2500 men and women from CFB Edmonton are currently enroute to carry on with Canada's mission. A farewell BBQ was held at CFB Edmonton
Colonel Andre Corbould, the Commander of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group took to the stage, before a free concert from Ty Roberts and his country music band.
Colonel Corbould told the troops he had three messages. He said the soldiers were trained and more than prepared for the dangerous deployment. He told the families to take advantage of the greater military family while their loved-one is serving overseas. And, he thanked everyone in the Edmonton-area for their massive support, both moral and physical.
Maureen Eykelenboom was at the BBQ to remember her son, Corporal Andrew Boomer Eykelenboom, killed by a suicide bomber three years ago. Maureen set up BoomersLegacy.ca to raise funds to be spent where soldiers see the need. (ED, ccg)
On the Net: BoomersLegacy.ca
As more members of the Invisible Army worry about their loved ones, perhaps on their first tour. Mothers like Maureen Eykelenboom and Laurie Greenslade. Always show their support for the soldiers fighting the fight that their sons were doing.
God Bless them one and all. Our Troops and our Invisible Army of silent warriors.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
