Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 24, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 24, 2006 Canada in Afghanistan winnipegfreepress.coma7 military mourns fallen Soldier saluted As generous Friend Mother supports Canadas Mission by Matt Goerzen and Gabrielle Giro Day c feb Shilo ? friends and family of the latest Soldier killed in Afghanistan Are mourning the loss of a generous Friend they said died doing a Job he loved and believed in. Cpl. David Braun 27, of Raymore sask., died tuesday after a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives struck a resupply Convoy Braun was travelling with. Three other cab Shilo soldiers were injured in the attack. Braun had been stationed with the Sec Ond battalion Princess Patricia a Cana Dian Light infantry at cab Shilo for the last four years. In a written statement released yesterday his Mother Patty Braun she said her son dreamed of being in the military since he was 12 years old. On two occasions when he was Home for leave he came to the school in his Hometown and spoke to students about not Only his Job but his passion said body of afghan boy returned to family the Raymore based woman. In a normally noisy classroom you could hear a pin Braun smother speaking on behalf of his two Brothers and sister said the fam ily is very proud of his bravery and asked the Public to support the troops in Afghanistan. The suicide attack took place just out Side Camp Nathan Smith the base that a Home to Canadas provincial reconstruction team. An afghan boy was also killed shortly following the blast a 10-year-old who was a passenger on a Motorbike that Mil itary officials shot at after they said it crossed a Security perimeter around the bombing site. Braun who was single shared a town House at cab Shilo with two other Young men. He had been deployed in Afghanistan for less than a month. He was polite and pretty much kept to himself said a Neighbour yesterday who said the atmosphere at the cab Shilo base was serious. Only last wednesday 120 soldiers returned from Afghanistan to Joyful family members by Terry Pedwell Kandahar Afghanistan ? a Canad an Soldier killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan was sent Home yesterday As the body of a 10-year-old afghan boy shot and killed by a Canadian after the attack was returned to his grieving parents. In the darkness of the afghan night Cpl. David Braun a casket was carried onto a c-130 Hercules aircraft at Kan Dahar air Field. Terry Pedwell / Canadian pres the body of Cpl. David Braun is carried onto a c-130 Hercules aircraft at the Kandahar air Field. At cab Shilo after completing a tour of of his career in the infantry Sharpe duty. Said. This is an extremely sad Day for a close Friend of the Braun family yes the battalion and the Ter Day described him As a quiet Man who As Nightfall came to Kandahar air hated to lose a portrait echoed by Shilo Field yesterday Braun a casket was car based Neighbours and friends. Ried onto a c-130 Hercules aircraft for . Stuart Sharpe 2ppcli?s com his final journey Home. A funeral will be manding officer called Braun a highly held in Raymore in the coming Days said regarded Friend and Comrade within a cab Shilo spokeswoman with a memo battalion ranks. Rial at the base sometime to follow. Braun is the fifth Soldier from Shilo of the three other Canadian soldiers to be killed since Canadian forces first injured in the attack two remain in hos began deploying to Afghanistan in 2002, Pital. And the eighth Canadian to be killed in the other has reportedly returned to and photo Southern Afghanistan this month. Work. Cpl. David Braun was described As he was a motivated hard working and proud Soldier who loved All aspects ? with files from Canadian press a quiet Man who hated to lose. Braun 27, based in Shilo Man., was Early 2002. Motorcycle after several warnings to killed tuesday in a suicide attack in Kan three other soldiers were injured in Stop. Dahar the Southern afghan City known tuesdays attack. Isaf soldiers signalled the Motorbike As the Birthplace of the Taliban. He was the 10-year-old boy was killed by a to Stop and fired two warning shots originally from Raymore sask. Canadian Bullet two hours after the Sui nato said in a statement. Our country honours this Brave sol cide bomber struck the nato military the rider and passenger were both Dier who exemplifies the Best that Cana Convoy. Hit and wounded by a single a has to offer prime minister Stephen the boy whose name has not been within the past few weeks a new Rota Harper said in a statement of Condo released was the passenger on a motor Tion of nearly 2,200 Canadian soldiers Lence. Cycle that military officials say crossed has replaced an almost equal number of Braun was the eighth Canadian Soldier a Security perimeter that was set up soldiers who had finished More than six killed in Afghanistan since aug. 3, and around the bombing site. Months on duty in Afghanistan. The 27th to die since Canada deployed officials said soldiers were fearful of ? Canadian press soldiers to the South asian country in another suicide attack and fired on the Auto West a 2002 grand am se1 7 available. 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