Lt Justin Garrett Boyes: KIA 28 Oct 09

[Eye In The Sky]

RIP Sir. 

 

[Snakedoc]

RIP..thank you for your sacrifice

 

[The Bread Guy]

This, from the Canadian Press:

Canadian soldiers gathered in the late afternoon sun Thursday to mark the return home of Lt. Justin Boyes.  The 26-year-old Boyes was killed in an IED blast Wednesday morning in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district that also injured two other Canadian soldiers. More than 2,500 Canadian and international troops lined the tarmac at Kandahar Airfield as Lt. Boyes' flag-draped coffin was carried onto a military transport plane ....

Ramp ceremony of Lt. Justin Boyes at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The 26-year-old Boyes was killed in an IED blast Wednesday morning in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district that also injured two other Canadian soldiers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Montpetit

 

[steph_3007]

RIP Lt, condolences to the family and friends 

 

[CEhopeful]

RIP

forever thankful

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Media Advisory
Our Fallen Comrade Returns Home
LFCA MA 09-18 - October 30, 2009

OTTAWA – Our fallen comrade, Lieutenant Justin Boyes from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, Alberta, returns home to Canada tomorrow.

Where:  8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When:  Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
What:    At the request of the families, media will be permitted on the tarmac.

Present to pay their respects will be the Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter MacKay, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk and other dignitaries.

Lieutenant Boyes was killed and two other Canadian soldiers were injured by an improvised explosive device that detonated near their dismounted patrol. The incident occurred approximately 20 kilometres south-west of Kandahar City at around 9 a.m., Kandahar time, on 28 October 2009.

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For more information:            Captain Mark Peebles, 8 Wing/CFB Trenton Public Affairs Officer
Tel: (613) 392-2811, ext. 2041,
E-mail: Mark.Peebles@forces.gc.ca

 

[old medic]

http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/10/31/11592011.html

Body of Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan arrives
By CANADIAN PRESS

TRENTON, Ont. — The body of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan earlier this week has arrived home.

A group of soliders carried the casket of Lt. Justin Boyes from a plane at CFT Trenton, Ont., on Saturday afternoon.

The Edmonton-based Boyes was killed and two other Canadian soldiers were injured by an improvised explosive device that detonated near their foot patrol Wednesday, southwest of Kandahar city.

Boyes was the 132nd Canadian soldier to die in the Afghan mission.

Another soldier, Sapper Steven Marshall, was killed Friday afternoon when his patrol struck an IED in Kandahar’s Panjwaii district.

His body began its journey home after a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield on Saturday.

 

[old medic]

Saskatchewan salutes soldier
Officer killed on Afghanistan patrol
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
8th November 2009

SASKATOON -- Citizens hung Canadian flags over a highway overpass and lined the route as the funeral procession for a soldier killed in Afghanistan wound its way through Saskatoon yesterday.

Lt. Justin Boyes was killed Oct. 28 in an explosion while he was leading a foot patrol southwest of Kandahar City. It came only 10 days into the 26-year-old infantryman's second tour of duty in the country.

Among those who came out to pay honour to the young soldier was George Cook, a 90-year-old veteran of the Second World War.

"I wanted to see a young man put to rest," explained Cook, who sat in his wheelchair with a blanket over his lap to ward off the chill air. "It's just hard to let your son go into the battlefield when you know he might come home like this."

Scott Walls choked back tears and watched as a group of Royal Canadian Air Cadets, including his daughter, saluted when the hearse drove by.

SAD DAY

"I just figured it was the thing to do," he said. "Honour (Boyes) for our freedom. That's about all I can say."

Randy Dombowski, who stood beside Walls, said it was a sad day.

"It's the least that we can do to come out and pay our respects for someone that was willing to fight for our freedoms around the world." said Dombowski. "It's not a big sacrifice for us to be here."

Boyes, who was married with a three-year-old son, was based in Edmonton with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Alanna Boyes described her husband was a selfless, loving, courageous man who was a wonderful father.

Recently he told her he was worried some Canadians are undermining the military's efforts.

"Justin and I believe in the mission in Afghanistan," she has said.

Boyes was the 132nd Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since the mission began in 2002. A few days later, Sapper Steven Marshall was also killed.