‘We miss him so much’ – War memorial unveiled in hometown of Afghan missions last casualty
LACOMBE, Alta. — Family and friends of Master Cpl. Byron Greff don’t want the 28-year-old to be remembered as a footnote to Canada’s mission to Afghanistan.
On Oct. 29, 2011 Greff, who was serving with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, was riding in an armoured bus as part of a military convoy in Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the bus – killing 17 people including Greff.
He became Canada’s final casualty in Afghanistan – and the only Canadian soldier killed after Canada had completed its military mission several months before.
“Remembrance Day is every day for us and that’s my motto. Doing something like this brings everyone together and it’s just a reminder of the sacrifice,” his wife Lindsay told The Canadian Press in an interview after the unveiling of an Afghanistan memorial in his hometown of Lacombe, Alta.