Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 105 GREEN, Richard A. AFGHANISTAN Private Richard A. Green (May 26, 1980 – April 17, 2002). Born in Edmonton, AB, in 1980 and grew up in Mill Cove, NS. Green joined the Canadian Army in September 1998 shortly after graduating high school. He served with the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton. He was killed in a friendly fire incident near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2002. He had previously served on a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Green’s mother, Doreen Coolen, was named the Silver Cross Mother in 2002 by The Royal Canadian Legion. Submitted by Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion. HALL, Gordon Murray WWII Gordon was born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, in 1918 and joined the Canadian Army Service Corps serving in Canada, Britain and Northwest Europe. He was a Dispatch Rider on the front lines during the war. He received the 1939-45 Star, the FranceGermany Star, the Defence Medal, the CVSM & Clasp and the 1939-45 War Medal. Gordon passed away in 2001. Submitted by the Alvin Foster Memorial Branch #098 of The Royal Canadian Legion. HAMILTON, Thomas James AFGHANISTAN Corporal Thomas James Hamilton (1982 – December 13, 2008) age 26 was born in Truro and grew up in Upper Musquodoboit. Corporal Hamilton served with 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment based in Gagetown, NB. He was a member of the Force Protection Company of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team and was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near his armoured vehicle during a security patrol in the Arghandab District west of Kandahar City. Hamilton, or “Hammy” had previously served in Haiti and was on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan. He was married and had a young daughter, Annabella. Submitted by Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion. HAMILTON, Ivan Luther WWII Ivan, son of Bradford and Alice May (Fulton) Hamilton of Burnside, was born in 1910 and enlisted in 1939 with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and was stationed at various points around Nova Scotia before going overseas in 1941. He was seriously wounded and lost a leg in 1945 in the same battle in which his neighbour, Cecil Crockett, was killed. After returning to Nova Scotia, he spent some time with his parents in Burnside and later lived in Truro, where he worked as a bookkeeper. Ivan passed away in 1971. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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