Airborne Regiment
Association of Canada
Peacekeeping Day - 6 August 2006
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UN-Day Ceremonies. Celebrating the 18th Anniversary of the Award of the Nobel Peace Prize.
6 August 2006, Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa
Photos of Marcel (Benny) Lemarbe
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| Minister of National Defence, Gordon O'Connor | Saluting the MND | Ceremonial Band | UN Veterans on parade |
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| Canon, David Saunders. Padre in Cyprus during 1974 invasion of Cyprus | Claudette Perron, eldest sister of Gilbert Perron putting the flowers in the morter | MC, Pierre Lamontagne | UN and Airborne Veterans on Parade |
Photos of Marlene Schmidle, ARAC
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| Sylvain Guevrement carrying the Airborne Regiment Association Flag | Airborne veterans on parade | Airborne Veterans on Parade | Ceremonial Band |
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| Flags on parade | Claudette Perron, accompanied by Michel Plouffe (* see note) | The Bugler, didn't miss a note | The monument to all Peacekeepers |
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| Claudette Perron, accompanied by Michel Plouffe and the MND | Claudette Perron putting flowers in the morter. | Quote by Lester B. Pearson | Veterans who were in Cyprus in 1974, with members of the Perron Family (** see note) |
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| MGen Marc Lessard, the Perron Family, Canon David Saunders | BGen Clay Beattie, the Perron family, CWO Joe Drouin | The stone on the wall engraved with the Cyprus mission | The wall depicting all the United Nations missions |
Notes:
* Claudette Perron is the oldest sister of Para Gilbert Perron who was killed in Cyprus in 1974. She is being presented the Memorial Cross, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, UN medal for Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the Dag Hammarskjold Medal.
** Airborne veterans who were in Cyprus in 1974 with the Perron family. Left to Right: Louis Lapierre, David Jannison, Réal Fraser, Roger Galien, Joe Drouin, Mike La Pierre, MGen Marc Lessard (Son of Col. Guy Lessard who was in Cyprus in 1974), Marcelle Perron, Michel Plouffe, Ginette Perron, Daniel Perron, Claudette Perron, Padre David Saunders, Remi Lefebvre (Korea, was not in Cyprus in 1974), Réal Gagnon, BGen Clay Beattie.
