Military service
Age:
41
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Regiment
Division:
3rd Battalion Group
Birth:
October 15, 1961
Enlistment:
February 27, 1990
Death:
October 2, 2003
Kabul, Afghanistan
Additional information
Husband of Susan Dawn Short, father of Charissa and Joshua of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Son of Murray Donald Short of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Additional citations
Dag Hammarskjöld Medal, Canadian Forces Decoration, Sacrifice Medal (Posthumous)
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Memorial
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Memorial Service
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Photo of Robert Alan Smith
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Personal sketch of fallen comrade
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Newspaper clipping
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Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Alan Short
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 216 of the In the Service of Canada, Vol. I (1947 – 2014) Book of Remembrance.
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