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Mrs. Agatha Dyer of Montreal has been selected by The Royal Canadian Legion as the 2004 Silver (Memorial) Cross Mother. She is the mother of the late army Corporal Ainsworth Dyer. Corporal Dyer was killed in a friendly fire incident at Tarnak Farm in Afghanistan while serving as a member of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan in 2002. Mrs. Dyer will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial during the annual November 11 National Remembrance Day Ceremony on behalf of all Canadian mothers who have lost sons or daughters in the military or Merchant Navy services of the nation. The ceremony is organized and conducted by the Legion on behalf of the Government of Canada and in memory of all Canadians who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of freedom and peace.10/29/2004
