Volunteer researchers under the Lost Veterans Initiative have made great strides in identifying unmarked Veterans’ graves across Canada.
Veterans who lie in unmarked graves for more than five years become eligible to be honoured with a military-style marker under the Unmarked Grave Program. Research work is coordinated at the national office to determine eligibility. Once installed, commemorative ceremonies are conducted through the provincial chapters of The Last Post Fund.
“I am honoured to be able to share the success of the Unmarked Grave Program of the Last Post Fund to honour and remember the men and women who have served Canada in a permanent way,” says Glenn Miller, president of the Alberta and Northwest Territories Branch of the Last Post Fund.
“Veterans Affairs Canada will take over the perpetual care of these markers for future generations,” adds Miller.
Canadians, Miller notes, can help honour a person’s military legacy by donating at the individual, organization or corporate level to help mark these heroes who need not remain forgotten.
The Last Post Fund’s mission is to ensure no Veteran is denied a dignified funeral and burial, as well as a military gravestone, due to insufficient funds at the time of death.
Its primary mandate is to deliver the Veterans Affairs Canada Funeral and Burial Program, which provides funeral, burial and grave marking benefits for eligible Canadian and Allied Veterans.
