Priede
said her
30-year-old
son, who
was
married
a few
years
ago and
was
based at
Canadian
Forces
Base
Gagetown
in New
Brunswick,
was
eager to
capture
images
of
Canada’s
mission
in
Afghanistan.
“We’re
very
proud of
him,”
she
said,
choking
back
tears
and
pausing
to
regain
her
composure.
“Our son
was
exemplary
... He
didn’t
have one
black
mark in
the
military
... He
enjoyed
what he
did
because
he
always
wanted
to
capture
as much
good as
possible.”
Priede
said her
son
entered
the
military
as a
gunner
in 1996
and
later
served
as a
peacekeeper
in
Bosnia.