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Son of Mabel Girouard (2010 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother).
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Girouard was killed by a suicide car bomber while on duty near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2006. He was serving as the regimental sergeant major for the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group that was serving there at the time. He was 46 years old and a 29-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross posthumously.
He left behind his wife of 26 years, Jacqueline, and three children, Robert Jr., Jocelyne and Michael. He was originally from Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Meritorious Service Cross (Posthumous), Canadian Forces Decoration, Sacrifice Medal (Posthumous)
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Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
Digital gallery of
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michel Joseph Girouard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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