Trenton in Quinte West in Hastings County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial

2001 • 2014

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 5, 2024

1. Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

In recognition and memory of the efforts of approximately 40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served and the 162 Canadians who died in the cause of bringing peace and freedom to the people of Afghanistan.

En mémoire et en reconnaissance des efforts des quelque 40 000 membres des Forces armées canadiennes qui ont servi en Afghanistan et des 162 Canadiens qui sont morts pour la cause de la paix et de la liberté du peuple afghan.
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This LAV III was made possible by the leadership and generosity of the following 8 Wing Honorary Colonels and friends of 8 Wing
HCol John Williams - 8 Wing Trenton
HCol Armin Quickert - 8 Wing Trenton
HCol Alan DeQuetteville - 412 Squadron • HCol John Bonn - 424 Squadron
HCol Julie Lange - 436 Squadron • HCol Ken Ellis - 437 Squadron
HCol Kemp Stewart - 429 Squadron • HCol John Smylie-436 Sqadron
HCol William Mills - 2 Air Move Squadron
HCol David Ippolito - Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
HCol Brian Read - Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron
HCol Bernie Ouellet - 8 Air Communications and

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Control Squadron
Dr. Don Whiteman • Dr. Sue Marinovich • William Roberts
Frederick Freeman • Thomas Fleming

Erected by Canada Company/La Compagnie Canada, Honorary Colonels, and Concerned Citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan.

Location. 44° 6.237′ N, 77° 32.921′ W. Memorial is in Quinte West, Ontario, in Hastings County. It is in Trenton. It can be reached from Dundas Street East. Memorial is in Bain Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 327 Dundas Street East, Quinte West ON K8V 5W5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario

and specifically in Southeastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At

Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial LAV III image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 5, 2024

2. Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial LAV III

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial (a few steps from this marker); B-720 modified (approx. one kilometer away); RCAF Association (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Canadian Military Air Traffic Control Memorial (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Overseas Teachers Memorial (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Masonic Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); CC-130 Hercules (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quinte West.

Also see . . .
1. Canada in Afghanistan (2001-2014) (Government of Canada). (Submitted on December 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Canada Company: Our History. (Submitted on December 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Markers and LAV III image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., December 5, 2024

3. Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial Markers and LAV III

Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 8, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.