PO2 Craig Blake first RCN member killed in Afghanistan
It s been nearly 11 years since Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Douglas Craig Blake was killed in Afghanistan.
But the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) never forgets its heroes.
PO2 Blake, a member of Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic), died after an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated about 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in Panjwai district on May 3, 2010.
Only two weeks into his first tour of the country as an explosive ordnance disposal operator, he was returning to camp after successfully disposing of another IED when the blast went off at about 4:30 p.m. local time.