Soldier with the Royal Canadian Dragoons based in Petawawa, Ontario. Corporal Rob Mitchell, aged 32, is survived by his wife Leanne Hass and their three young children, aged five, three and two. Also left to mourn are his parents Bob and Carol Mitchell, brother Mark, and other family members.
Known to his friends as Jim, he grew up in Owen Sound, ON and had his first military posting in Edmonton before returning to Ontario with the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Cpl Mitchell and Sgt Craig Gillam were killed and five others injured after they were attacked by mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from insurgents while they provided security to a construction project in the Panjwayi area west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This occurred in an area from where Taliban fighters had been cleared just weeks earlier.
Repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton held on October 6, 2006. Funeral service and burial in the National Military Cemetery held October 13, 2006.
*Thanks to Mike Thompson for the photo.
Known to his friends as Jim, he grew up in Owen Sound, ON and had his first military posting in Edmonton before returning to Ontario with the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Cpl Mitchell and Sgt Craig Gillam were killed and five others injured after they were attacked by mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from insurgents while they provided security to a construction project in the Panjwayi area west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This occurred in an area from where Taliban fighters had been cleared just weeks earlier.
Repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton held on October 6, 2006. Funeral service and burial in the National Military Cemetery held October 13, 2006.
*Thanks to Mike Thompson for the photo.
Soldier with the Royal Canadian Dragoons based in Petawawa, Ontario. Corporal Rob Mitchell, aged 32, is survived by his wife Leanne Hass and their three young children, aged five, three and two. Also left to mourn are his parents Bob and Carol Mitchell, brother Mark, and other family members.
Known to his friends as Jim, he grew up in Owen Sound, ON and had his first military posting in Edmonton before returning to Ontario with the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Cpl Mitchell and Sgt Craig Gillam were killed and five others injured after they were attacked by mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from insurgents while they provided security to a construction project in the Panjwayi area west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This occurred in an area from where Taliban fighters had been cleared just weeks earlier.
Repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton held on October 6, 2006. Funeral service and burial in the National Military Cemetery held October 13, 2006.
*Thanks to Mike Thompson for the photo.
Known to his friends as Jim, he grew up in Owen Sound, ON and had his first military posting in Edmonton before returning to Ontario with the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
Cpl Mitchell and Sgt Craig Gillam were killed and five others injured after they were attacked by mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire from insurgents while they provided security to a construction project in the Panjwayi area west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. This occurred in an area from where Taliban fighters had been cleared just weeks earlier.
Repatriation ceremony at CFB Trenton held on October 6, 2006. Funeral service and burial in the National Military Cemetery held October 13, 2006.
*Thanks to Mike Thompson for the photo.
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