Saskatchewan honours fallen via place names

[The Bread Guy]

Nice touch ....

.... Eight people who lost their lives serving the province and country are being honoured by the provincial government.

The new names are:

* Anderson Lake, Cpl. Jordan Anderson, Iqaluit, Nunavut. Anderson served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry before being killed in Afghanistan in 2007. He attended school and enlisted for the armed forces in Saskatchewan.

* Goddard Lake, Capt. Nichola Goddard, Papua New Guinea. Goddard was serving with Princess Patrica’s Canadian Light Infantry as a forward observation officer when she was killed during a 2006 firefight in Afghanistan. She spent parts of her youth in Saskatchewan and was the first Canadian female killed in combat during the Afghanistan mission.

* Greff Lake, M/Cpl. Byron Greff, Swift Current. Greff served with the Patricias. He was in an armoured bus when it was rammed by a car full of explosives in 2011. He had been part of the mission to train the Afghan National Army.

* Lang Bay, Michelle Lang, Vancouver. Lang was a journalist who worked in Moose Jaw and at the Leader-Post. Lang was embedded with the Canadian military in Afghanistan when she was killed by a roadside bomb in 2009.

* Blair Lake, Pvt. Alfred Blair, Chaplin. Blair was part of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He parachuted into France during the Second World War before being killed.

* Willows Lake, Cpl. Willmit Willows, Maple Creek. Willows served with the Calgary Highlanders during the Second World War and was wounded by bombing during a push to win back an area of France. He died shortly after.

* Pineo Point, Const. Derek Pineo, Halifax. Pineo was an RCMP officer serving in Saskatchewan when he died in a car accident. He was an active member of the Nipawin and Wilke communities while he was stationed with the RCMP.

* MacKenzie Lake, Capt. Juli-Ann MacKenzie, Weyburn. MacKenzie was a member of the air force when a helicopter she was in crashed. MacKenzie was a passenger in the aircraft as it made its way through severe weather during a 2002 search and rescue mission in Labrador.

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More on SK's Geomemorial program here.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Capt Mackenzie was the co-pilot of the Griffon, not the passenger.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Capt Mackenzie was the co-pilot of the Griffon, not the passenger.

Interesting - here's the SK government's account ....

•Lake MacKenzie – Named after Capain Juli-Ann Dawn MacKenzie (Weyburn, Saskatchewan), who, while serving with the Canadian Air Force, was killed with her co-pilot on July 18, 2002, when her helicopter crashed during severe weather while on a search and rescue mission in Labrador.

.... and here's an obit ....

.... Died tragically 18 July 2002 in a helicopter crash near Goose Bay, Labrador, where she was serving as a pilot of a CH-146 Griffon ....

.... as well as what sounds like an official statement from the GG's office ....

.... Capt Mackenzie died July 18, 2002 in a helicopter crash near Goose Bay, Labrador, where she was serving as a pilot of a CH-146 Griffon with 444 Combat Support Squadron. She was returning from a search and rescue tasking in the vicinity of Davis Inlet, Labrador, endeavouring to locate an overdue fishing vessel. Capt Mackenzie was killed along with fellow pilot, Captain Colin Sonoski ....

.... and a media report .....

.... The bodies of the two dead pilots - Capt. Colin Sonoski, 39, of Etobicoke, Ont., and 30-year-old Capt. Juli-Ann Mackenzie of Weyburn, Sask. - were recovered the next day and brought to St. John‘s, Nfld., for an autopsy ....

Sounds like the media needs to do a bit more research - will share this with them.

 

[Old Sweat]

They also imply that Nichola Goddard was a Patricia.