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MEMORIAL TO MASTER CPL. BYRON GREFF UNVEILED
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Photos by SEAN MCINTOSH/Advocate staff
ABOVE: With the tarp getting caught on edges of the memorial, one soldier jumped up on the tank to help fully unveil it on Saturday in Lacombe. RIGHT: Retired sniper Maury Gratrix, of Ponoka, lays a wreath at the base of the Lacombe Afghanistan Memorial Saturday during the unveiling ceremony.
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PAGE 6 band. “That he was a husband, and a father, and we miss him so much.” There were 158 Canadian Forces personnel and four civilians killed during the Afghan conflict. The plaque attached to the decommissioned LAV 3
armoured vehicle read: “In recognition and memory of the efforts of approximately 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served and the 162 Canadians who died in the cause of bringing peace and freedom to the people of Afghanistan.”
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amily and friends of Master Cpl. Byron Greff don’t want the 28-yearold to be remembered as a footnote to Canada’s mission to Afghanistan. On Oct. 29, 2011, Greff, who was serving with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, was riding in an armoured bus as part of a military convoy in Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the bus – killing 17 people, including Greff.
He became Canada’s final casualty in Afghanistan — and the only Canadian soldier killed after Canada had completed its military mission several months before. “Remembrance Day is every day for us and that’s my motto. Doing something like this brings everyone together, and it’s just a reminder of the sacrifice,” said his wife, Lindsay. “It does not get easier with time.” Greff, who was accompanied by her daughter Brielle, 5, broke into tears when asked what she wanted Canadians to know about her hus-
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