Canada in Afghanistan

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Media advisory - Repatriation of the remains of Master-Corporal Timothy Wilson and Corporal Paul Davis
OTTAWA, March 5 /CNW Telbec/ - The remains of Master-Corporal Timothy
Wilson and Corporal Paul Davis, both soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Shilo, Man., are scheduled to
return home to Canada this evening.

Where: 8 Wing Trenton, Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ontario.
When: Sunday, March 5 at approximately 5:00 p.m.
What: This will be a photo opportunity. No interviews will be scheduled
or given.

The Minister of National Defence, Gordon O'Connor, Chief of the Defence
Staff, General Rick Hillier, Commander Canadian Expeditionary Force Command,
Major-General Michel Gauthier, and the Commander of Land Force Central Area,
Brigadier-General Guy Thibault, will attend to pay their respects.
Master-Corporal Wilson and Corporal Davis died from injuries sustained
when the light armoured vehicle (LAV III) they were travelling in was involved
in a traffic accident in Kandahar, Afghanistan on March 2, 2006.

NOTE TO THE EDITOR:

Interested media must contact Captain Nicole Meszaros, 8 Wing Public
Affairs Officer. Capt Meszaros can be reached at the following phone numbers:
(613) 392-2811 ext 2041 or mobile at (613) 391-5233.
For more information on Canadian Forces activities in Afghanistan, please
visit our Online Newsroom. For more information on the Government of Canada's
efforts to help rebuild Afghanistan, please visit the Rebuilding Afghanistan
site.
For flight information on Service Flight 3527, contact the Air Passenger
Terminal at 1-800-487-1186.



For further information: Interested media must contact Captain Nicole
Meszaros, 8 Wing Public Affairs Officer. Capt Meszaros can be reached at the
following phone numbers: (613) 392-2811 ext 2041 or mobile at (613) 391-5233