Media Advisory: Canadian Armed Forces Contingent to Honour the Fallen at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 07/17/13 -- On July 18, a Canadian contingent of over 200 marchers participating in the 97th annual International Four Days Marches Nijmegen will visit the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands. The contingent will stop two-thirds of the way through their daily 40-kilometre march to pay their respects to over 2300 Canadian soldiers and airmen who died in the various battles to liberate the Netherlands in 1944 and 1945.
Attending the event will be the following VIPs: Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga; Brian Macdonald, Member of New Brunswick's Legislative Assembly; Honorary Colonel Elisabeth Rybak of 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's); Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Sol Rolingher of 1 Military Police Regiment (Edmonton); Shawn MacDougall, Director of Access to Information and Privacy, Veterans Affairs Canada; Comrade Chris Blondin of the Royal Canadian Legion; and Lieutenant-General Walter Semianiw, of the Canadian Armed Forces, seconded to Veterans Affairs Canada as Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Communications and Commemoration.
Notes to editor / news director: For more information or interview requests with CAF personnel at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, please contact Captain Valerie Lanouette, Joint Task Force Nijmegen Public Affairs Officer at 1-613-894-0498 or .
Still imagery will be available on the Canadian Forces Image Gallery at: .
Imagery and stories from the Nijmegen Marches will be posted on the following website: .
For more information about the CAF's participation in the Nijmegen Marches, please consult the following link: .
For the most recent news stories, videos and photos of CAF training and participation in the Nijmegen Marches, media can visit the official Facebook page at: .
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Datum: 17.07.2013 - 12:00 Uhr
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