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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry   Cpl Paul James Davis
  
 
  Service Number: D23844486    Rank: Corporal  
  Born: Dec 19, 1977     Bridgewater, Nova Scotia  
  Enlisted: January 1998   Discharged:  Deceased  
  Served In: Afghanistan
  Service: CF (Canadian Forces)   
  Regiment: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry  
  Training: Shilo, Manitoba  
  Service Details :  
  Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, Afghanistan. Cpl. Davis was a rifleman and a qualified light armoured vehicle commander and gunner  

Sacrifice Medal (SM)
 
Service Notes: Cpl. Paul James Davis was serving with the second battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in CFB Shilo in Manitoba, when he was deployed as part of Canada's role to fight the war on terrorism. The Bridgewater-born soldier was part of a convoy accompanying high-ranking allied officials to a special meeting in southern Kandahar. Mr. Davis learned of his son's orders on the same day he made the supreme sacrifice - March 2, 2006. The soldiers taking part said a prayer prior to leaving in a Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV), in which Cpl. Davis would be the gunner. The officer in charge, wanting to maintain a professional presence, declined another soldier's desire to wear a good luck hat. Canadian Forces officials told Mr. Davis that the LAV was travelling 60 to 70 km/h. Drivers are trained to maintain speeds and not stop or slow down for anything or anyone unless ordered to do so. The LAV's usual driver was ill on this day, so another soldier went behind the wheel. They were just five kilometres from base when a taxi came barrelling toward the same intersection the convoy was approaching. Sometimes civilian vehicles are equipped with explosives and made to be makeshift mobile bombs. Determining the car not to be a threat, the officer in charge declined to give Cpl. Davis the order to fire.
Pre/Post War: Paul was loved by everyone from my side of his family and will be so greatly missed. There were weeklong canoe trips he and I took alone. We spent many summer days with uncles, aunts and cousins at family cottages. Golf games and ski trips to the United States added to the fun. His grandparents, Paul and Mildred Davis, who are no longer with us, loved him deeply
Deceased: 03/02/2006 at Kandahar, Afghanistan
Cemetary:
Obituary: Cpl. Paul Davis was remembered "as a valued brother and an inspirational and honourable Canadian soldier''. Davis, married and the father of two young children, was the gunner in the vehicle when it careened off the road. An Afghan interpreter and six Canadian soldiers were also injured. Davis, who grew up near Halifax and Bridgewater, N.S., leaves behind his wife and two daughters, age 5 and 3.
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Cpl Paul James Davis
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A temporary memorial was set-up at Camp Nathan Smith for the memorial service held for Master Corporal Timothy Wilson and Corporal Paul Davis on 6 March 2006.
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