Master Corporal Jeffrey Scott Walsh, of Regina SK, with the second battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was accidentally shot by a fellow soldier, two days after his 33rd birthday and just days after arriving in Kandahar, Afghanistan to begin his tour of duty.The father of three was killed August 9, 2006.

In 2007 a project was undertaken to train a mine detection dog (MDD) named 'Jeff'. The MDD will be deployed in Afghanistan.

Major donors to this effort were:

• Sarnia Muslim Association
• Rotary Club of Belleville