Welcome to NATO Veterans
Website
Welcome you have reached the site of the "NATO Veterans Organization" the first in Canada and we are here to honour our Armed Forces that have served in the past in Europe and the Balkans and are still serving now in Afghanistan under NATO
The serving in Afghanistan has kind of stirred us up, as they are not recognized any where in Canada but they should be. This NATO Veterans Organization is also the first in Canada that is coming together and is a group of all NATO Vets be they have served in the Navy at Sea, Army in Germany, Bosnia Afghanistan, Air Force in France and there are even more places
The main Aim of the organization shall be:
a.) To constitute an organization for individuals,
1. Who have served with the NATO Forces
2. Who supported, by virtue of their employment, NATO Forces, and
3. For the individual's partners
b.) To bring about the unity of all who have so served
c.) To serve as a social focus and a means of mutual assistance for its members.
d.) To perpetuate the members and deeds of fallen comrades and dependents who lost their lives in defence of Freedom and Peace
e.) To keep alive the spirit and camaraderie of those listed in a) 1b & 2 only
f.) To liaise with other organizations whose purposes and objects are wholly or in part the same as or similar
g.) To pass on to their families and dependants the tradition for which they stand
h.) To engage only in activities which will be to the credit and benefit of our communities and which will encourage and promote the positive reputation of those as listed in a) 1 & 2 only
i.) Non political and non-sectarian
Our second Aim is to honour our 570 members of the Navy, Army and Air Force. that are buried in Europe as well as the 927 Dependents since WW II or since 1951. They are buried in 44 cemetery's and we have them listed with us and you can visit their website at:
Europe's Cemetery
and Personal Gravesites
Click
here
You will be surprised of the numbers and their ages. You can search by name and place of the Cemetery. This is a good site for families that have lost their off spring both military and dependents
However we sadly have to say that since 1993 we have lost many again in Bosnia and Afghanistan and the honour roll lists 17 Canadian Soldiers and 1 Diplomat while engaged in a wartime situation as part of the:
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION ( NATO )
L'ORGANISATION DU TREATÉ DE L'ANTIQUE NORD (OTAN)
Updated 26 Sep 2007 Mise a Jour le 26 sep 2007
Wo Michael Peace 2nd Bn RCR 6 Oct 2000 Bosnia-Herzogovina
Sgt Marc Leger A Coy 3rd Bn PPCLI 17 Apr 2002 Afghanistan War 2002
Cpl Ainsworth Dyer A Coy 3rd Bn PPCLI 17 Avrl 2002 Afghanistan War 2002
Pte Richard Green A Coy 3rd Bn PPCLI 7 Apr 2002 Afghanistan War 2002
Pte Nathan Smith A Coy 3rd Bn PPCLI 17 Avrl 2002 Afghanistan War 2002
Sgt Robert A Short 3rd Bn RCR 2 Oct 2003 Afghanistan
Cpl Robbie C Beerenfenger 3rd Bn RCR 2 Oct 2003 Afghanistan
P.O. 2 J.S. Morissette R.C.N. 13 Dec 2003 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Cpl Jamie B Murphy 1st Bn RCR 27 Jun 2004 Afghanistan- Kandahar
Cpl A D Johnson RCD att 1st Bn RCR 29 Jan 2004 Bosnia
Pte Braun S Woodfield 2nd Bn RCR 24 Nov 2005 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Mr Glyn Barry Diplomate Equipe Canadienne 15 Jan 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Paul James Davis B Coy 2nd Bn PPCLI 2 Mar 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Timothy Wilson B Coy 2nd Bn PPCLI 2 Mar 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Robert Costall C Coy 1st Bn PPCLI 29 Mar 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Bdr Myles Mansell 5e (BC)Reg de Campagne RCA 22 Avrl 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Lt William Turner Canadian Military Operations Off 22 Apr 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Randy Payne Military Police-Close Protection Team 22 Apr 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Mathew Dinning 2nd Cdn Mechanized Bde 22 Apr 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Capt Nichola Goddard 1st Regt R.C.H.A. 17 May 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Anthony Boneca Lake Superior Scottish Regt. 9 Jul 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Francisco Gomez 1st Bn PPCLI 21 Jul 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Jason P Warren Black Watch - Montreal 21 Jul 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Cristopher Reid 1st Bn PPCLI 3 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Bryce Jeffrey 1 st Bn PPCLI 3 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Vaugn Ingram 1 st Bn PPCLI 3 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Kevin Dallaire 1 st Bn PPCLI 3 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Raymond Arndt Loyal Edmonton Rgt 5 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Jeffrey S Walsh 2nd Bn PPCLI 9 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Andrew Eykelenboon 1st Field Ambulance 11 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl David Braun 2nd Bn PPCLI 22 Aug 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
WO Frank R Mellish 1st Bn RCR 3 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
WO Richard F Nolan 1st Bn RCR 3 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Shabe Stacknik 2nd Combat Engineer Regt 4 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Mark A Graham 1st Bn RCR 3 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte William JJ Cushley 1st Bn RCR 3 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Glen Arnold 2nd Bn PPCLI 18 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Keith Morley 2nd Bn PPCLI 18 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Shane Keating 2nd Bn PPCLI 18 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte David Byers 2nd Bn PPCLI 18 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Josh Kluskie 1st Bn RCR 29 Sep 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Craig P Gillam "A" Sq RCD 3 Oct 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl R T J Mitchell "A" Sq RCD 3 Oct 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Mark A Wilson "A" Sq RCD 7 Oct 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Darcy Tedford 1st Bn RCR 14 Oct 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Blake Williamson 1st Bn RCR 14 Oct 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
CWO Robert Giriouard (RSM) 1st Bn RCR 27 Nov 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Albert Storm 1st Bn RCR 27 Nov 2006 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Donald Lucas 2nd Bn RCR 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Kevin Kennedy 2nd Bn RCR 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte David Greenslade 2nd Bn RCR 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Brent Poland 2nd Bn RCR 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Aaron Williams 2nd Bn RCR 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Chris Stannix Princess Louise Fusilliers 8 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Trp Patrick Pentland Royal CDN Dragoons 11 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandaher
M/Cpl Allan Steward Royal CDN Dragoons 11 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Anthony Klunpenhouwer Special Forces 18 Apr 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Matthew McCully Royal Cdn Signals 25 May 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Darrell Priede Combat Cameraman 30 May 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Trooper Darreyl Caswell Royal CDN Dragoons 11 Jun 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Christos Karigiannis 3rd Bn PPCLI 20 Jun 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Stephen Bouzana 3rd Bn PPCLI 20 Jun 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Joel Wiebe 3rd Bn PPCLI 20 Jun 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Capt Matthew Dawe 3rd Bn PPCLI 4 Jul 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Cole Bartsch 3rd Bn PPCLI 4 Jul 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Jordan Anderson 3rd Bn PPCLI 4 Jul 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Lane Watkins 3rd Bn PPCLI 4 Jul 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Capt Jefferson Francis 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 4 Jul 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Collin Bason The Royal Westminister Regt. 4 Jul 2007 Aghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Simon Longtin 3rd Bn R22eR 19 Aug 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
MWO Mario Mercier B Coy 2 Bn R22eR 22 Aug 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
M/Cpl Christian Duchesne 5th Field Ambulance 22 Aug 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Major Raymond Ruckpaul Armoured Corps 29 Aug 2007 Afghnistan-Kandahar
Cpl Nathan Hornsburg King's Own Calgary Regiment 24 Sep 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Raymond Beauchamp 5th Field Ambulance 17 Nov 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Michel Levesque 3rd Bn R22eR 17 Nov 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Gunner Jonathan Dion5th Regt d'Artillerie legere du Canada 30 Dec 2007 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Eric Labbé 2nd Bn R22eR 6 Jan 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
WO Hani Massouh 2nd Bn R22eR 6 Jan 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Trooper Richard Renaud 12th Regiment of Blinde du Canada 15 Jan 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Etienne Gonthier 5th Regt. du Genie de Combat 23 Jan 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Trp Michael Yuki Hayakaze Lord Strathcona Horse 2 Mar 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Bombadier Jeremie Oullet 1 Royal Cdn Horse Artillary 11 Mar 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Sgt Jason Boyes B Coy 2nd Bn PPCLI 16 Mar 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Pte Terry Street 2nd BN PPCLI 4 Apr 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Cpl Michael Starker 15 Field Ambulance 6 May 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Capt Richard Leary 2nd BN PPCLI 3 Jun 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
Capt Jonathan Snyder 1st BN PPCLI 8 Jun 2008 Afghanistan-Kandahar
" At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
we will remember them. "
MAY THEY REST IN
PEACE QU'ILS REPOSENT EN
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The response of our first announcement is good and more questions of members are going out after the 17 Mar 2006. At present we have a list of 460 + members that are interested in hearing more and we had our first meeting on Thursday March 30th 2006 at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 4 on Upper Queen St in Fredericton.
In order to check out the list of war graves in Europe of Armed Forces and Dependents check out
http://admieapp.forces.gc.ca/pwg-tag
and you will be surprised of the numbers and their ages. You can search by name and place of cemetery. This is a good site for families who lost their offspring both in the military and/or dependents
We were formed in March 2006 and are growing by leaps and bounds At present we have 460 members that are spread from Vancouver across the Provinces, yes even as far as NATO H.Q. in Brussels
We hope that veterans join us but also the serving members that have done their tours of duty in Bosnia and are in Afghanistan We have a Constitution and By-Laws and are in the process of translating them by one of our own members. The Application form is bi-lingual and we hope to have the second newsletter bi-lingual
Some of the projects we will be looking at for promotion of the organization and to inform the People are :
Request to have Canada Post issue a NATO Stamp in the future
Request for stamp has been sent, waiting for answer
Request from the Royal Mint to issue a mint piece honouring NATO Personnel.
Request for Mint has been send, waiting for answer
Ask the Premier of NB to declare 15 October each year as NATO Day
Ask the Mayor of Fredericton to declare 15 October each year as NATO Day "DONE"
Ask the Government of Canada to declare 15 October each year as NATO Day
Request the Royal Canadian Legion to include the NATO Flag as part of their Colour Party
" Has been Approved "
Order a NATO Flag for our meetings and Parades if any " DONE "
Send a request to Heritage and History Dept to issue a NATO Medal to all that
have served under NATO overseas and in Canada
Send a 2nd request to Governor General of Canada to issue a Volunteer Medal to all
Regular Force members since 1951 but excluding Korea Veterans( DONE )
Have Canada Post make our own issue of a stamp
Ask the Premier of New Brunswick to name the new International Bridge between St
Stephen, NB and Calais, Me as " NATO Veterans Bridge " in honour of all
NATO Veterans in Canada and the USA "DONE"
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We were formed in March 2006 and are growing by leaps and bounds At present we have 96 members that are spread from Vancouver across the Provinces, yes even as far as NATO H.Q. in Brussels
We hope that veterans join us but also the serving members that have done their tours of duty in Bosnia and are in Afghanistan We have a Constitution and By-Laws and are in the process of translating them by one of our own members. The Application form is bi-lingual and we hope to have the second newsletter bi-lingual
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As with most web sites there is always a spot to have links to other sites and we hope that they will have our link on their site, so here are some of them. If you would like to have some on this web site, please contact us
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8 Jun 2008
Webmaster: Thom Joordens Translator: Paul Lalande
Translator: Bill Manning
