Funeral held in Vancouver for 23-year-old soldier killed in CFB Wainwright fire
The ceremony in Vancouver honours one of four Canadian soldiers killed in a fire at a military base in Alberta. The soldier was 23.
Reported by Vancouver Is Awesome; Department of National Defence confirmation pending.
Illustrative photoA funeral is being held in Vancouver on Nov. 8 for a 23-year-old soldier, one of four Canadian soldiers killed in a fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta, Vancouver Is Awesome reported.
The ceremony honours Pte., the rank given for private, who was among the four killed when fire broke out at the military base. The report places the funeral in Vancouver, more than a province away from where the soldiers died.
For readers in the city, the service is a public marker of a loss that began at a base in Alberta and now reaches Vancouver through one of the four families.
Further details about the fire and the soldiers killed are expected from the Department of National Defence.
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