Airborne Regiment
Association of Canada

2006 Annual Wegner Point Memorial Ceremony to honour 7 paratroopers who drowned in the Ottawa river as a result of a night drop, the 8th of May 1968.

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Memorial Cairn and wreaths	ARAC flag and 3 RCR Cadet	Memorial Cairn, wreaths, frame with pictures of the 7 paratroopers	3 RCR Cadet Corps
The RCR, Canada and RCSigs flags	Parade	Gen Maurice Baril, Ray Clowes, Steven Fields, son of D.H. Fields who drowned on 8 May 1968	Parade Commander, Col. Mike Barr
Gen Maurice Baril, inspecting Airborne veterans on parade	Gen Maurice Baril, Col Mike Barr inspecting parade	Airborne Veterans on parade	Padre Gerry Peddle and Master of Ceremonies, Major Claude Villeneuve
Survivors of the 8 May 1968, jump and the son of D. H. Fields  (L to R) Mike Barr, Steven Fields, Ray Clowes, Gen Maurice Baril, David Jannison, Bob Fraser	Lowering the flags to half staff	Yvan Teasdale, Gen Maurice Baril, Joe Drouin, John Power	John Clark, Cheryl Gallant, Padre Gerry Peddle, Col Mike Barr, Gen Maurice Baril
The monument with the names of the honoured paratroopers	Mike Lapierre giving a donation to the Petawawa Legion for the excellent lunch prepared	Signing of the Charter for the new Branch 5 of ARAC, Petawawa, Ontario	Tom Murphy, John Clark and Cheryl Gallant

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