Mrs. Agatha Dyer, of Montréal, Quebec, was appointed 2004 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother. During the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on November 11, 2004, she laid a wreath at the base of the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost a child in military service to Canada.
On April 17, 2002, her son, Corporal Ainsworth Dyer, died as a result of a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan, where he was serving with the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
Mrs. Dyer, née Dawkins, was born in Clarendon, Jamaica. In 1972, she immigrated to Canada. She married the late Paul Dyer of Toronto and together they had four children.
Mrs. Dyer is retired and lives in Ville Saint-Laurent, the largest of Montreal’s boroughs.