Canadian UN observer's body returned home
Last Updated Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:39:26 EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/04/hess-von-kruedener-repatriation.html
Canadian military officials, colleagues and friends and family gathered at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario Friday evening as a repatriation ceremony was held for Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener.
Military pallbearers carry the casket of Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener, whose remains were returned to Canada on Friday. (Fred Chartrand/ Canadian Press) Military pallbearers carry the casket of Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener, whose remains were returned to Canada on Friday. (Fred Chartrand/ Canadian Press)
Hess-von Kruedener, 43, was serving with the UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Khiyam area of southern Lebanon when an Israeli air strike hit a marked UN post on July 25. The attack also killed UN observers from Austria, China and Finland.
The plane carrying the soldier's remains arrived shortly before 8 p.m. ET.
Gov. Gen Michaëlle Jean, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier were among the officials attending the ceremony.
As bagpipes played, a guard of honour met the casket before pallbearers transported it to a waiting hearse. Cynthia Hess-von Kruedener, the soldier's widow, and sister Tonya Hess tearfully embraced at the back of the hearse.
Hess-von Kruedener is also survived by two grown children, a stepson and a daughter from his first marriage.
Known as Wolf to his friends and colleagues, Hess von-Kruedener was a member of the Edmonton-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who had served in Cyprus, Congo and Bosnia.
He joined the UN team last October and was nearing the end of his mission in Lebanon when he was killed.
Following the destruction of the post, the UN pulled out 50 unarmed observers from along the border between Israel and Lebanon.
Last Updated Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:39:26 EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/08/04/hess-von-kruedener-repatriation.html
Canadian military officials, colleagues and friends and family gathered at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario Friday evening as a repatriation ceremony was held for Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener.
Military pallbearers carry the casket of Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener, whose remains were returned to Canada on Friday. (Fred Chartrand/ Canadian Press) Military pallbearers carry the casket of Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener, whose remains were returned to Canada on Friday. (Fred Chartrand/ Canadian Press)
Hess-von Kruedener, 43, was serving with the UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Khiyam area of southern Lebanon when an Israeli air strike hit a marked UN post on July 25. The attack also killed UN observers from Austria, China and Finland.
The plane carrying the soldier's remains arrived shortly before 8 p.m. ET.
Gov. Gen Michaëlle Jean, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier were among the officials attending the ceremony.
As bagpipes played, a guard of honour met the casket before pallbearers transported it to a waiting hearse. Cynthia Hess-von Kruedener, the soldier's widow, and sister Tonya Hess tearfully embraced at the back of the hearse.
Hess-von Kruedener is also survived by two grown children, a stepson and a daughter from his first marriage.
Known as Wolf to his friends and colleagues, Hess von-Kruedener was a member of the Edmonton-based Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry who had served in Cyprus, Congo and Bosnia.
He joined the UN team last October and was nearing the end of his mission in Lebanon when he was killed.
Following the destruction of the post, the UN pulled out 50 unarmed observers from along the border between Israel and Lebanon.
