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Photos: Burnaby cadets honor fallen soldiers at poppy-laying ceremony
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Photos: Burnaby cadets honor fallen soldiers at poppy-laying ceremony

Poppies were placed on the headstones of local fallen service members during the No Stone Left Alone ceremony in Burnaby.

Burnaby youth cadets and local dignitaries participated in a ceremony held today, November 3, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (3789 Royal Oak Ave.)

Organized by St John Ambulance, participants placed poppies on veterans’ headstones as part of the event leading up to Remembrance Day.

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St John Ambulance held the annual No Stone Left Alone service at the Last Post Fund Memorial.

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Bugle Sergeant. Elf Zhang.

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Edmund Wu, Hong Kong Veterans Memorial Association.

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Marion MacKenzie, retired Lady of the Order of St John, lays a wreath with senior officers of the St John Ambulance.

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Ted Hawthorne, Regimental Secretary, Committee of Commanding Officers, The BC Regiment (DCO).

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Young cadet Junwen Liang places a poppy.

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Piper Caroline Ng leads the contingent to the grave of SJA World War II veteran Dr Po Tin Chak.

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The contingent heads to the grave of SJA World War II veteran Dr Po Tin Chak.

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Provincial Chaplain Nahum Ip, St. John Ambulance, British Columbia/Yukon, places a poppy at the grave of Second World War veteran Dr. Po Tin Chak.