Military family matriarch who lost son in Afghanistan named Silver Cross Mother
Nov 1, 2019 | 10:06 AM
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OTTAWA — The matriarch of a military family whose youngest son was killed 12 years ago in Afghanistan has been named this year’s National Silver Cross Mother by the Royal Canadian Legion.
Reine Samson Dawe of Kingston, Ont., will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial on Remembrance Day on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in service to Canada.
Capt. Matthew Dawe was among six Canadian soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in Kandahar in July 2007.
A platoon commander, he was 27 years old at the time and died on the same day his son turned two years old.
