Afghanistan LAV III Memorial at CFB Shilo
Refurbished Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) III mounted on a cement pad, lighted and with an adjoining stone cairn commemorating all those who served in Afghanistan.
Inscription
In recogition and memory of the efforts of approximately
40,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel who served and
the 162 Canadians who died in the cause of bringing peace
and freedom to the people of Afghanistan
2001 – 2014
Erected here on the 26th day of June 2018 by the Shilo & Region Service Club in honour of their 50th anniversary on behalf of a grateful community “at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them”
LEST WE FORGET
Monument du VBL III en l’honneur des soldats ayant combattu en Afghanistan, à la BFC Shilo
Véhicule blindé léger (VBL) III remis à neuf, installé sur une dalle de ciment et éclairé, à côté d’un cairn commémorant les sacrifices de tous ceux et celles qui ont servi en Afghanistan.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.