Private Thomas Welch killed himself less than three months after returning from Afghanistan. The Royal Canadian Legion’s naming of his mother, Anita Cenerini, symbolically draws attention to soldiers and veterans who die of invisible wounds after serving their country with courage and valour. Indeed, while Welch was the first Canadian soldier to end his life after serving in Afghanistan, sadly he was not the last. In fact, Welch is among more than 80 Canadian soldiers and veterans who killed themselves after returning from that war. Sadly, Sharpe was not honoured at the time of his death even as another MP who died in that war, Lt.-Col. George Baker, was.

Source: thestar November 11, 2018 11:04 UTC