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On Sep 24th 2006, Corporal Randy Payne and Corporal Matthew Dinning will have their names added to the Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial which is located on Parliament Hill.

The Memorial Service is held each year to honour Peace and Police Officers who have died in the line of duty.

Currently there are over 600 police officers and over 100 peace officers on the Honour Roll.

For each of the last three years, over 5,000 people have attended the Services on Parliament Hill.

Information about the memorial service can be found on the Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial Association website.

Things are starting to look good as details and contracts get finalized for the Cpl Randy Payne’s Children Benefit Concert!

Corporal Randy Payne was killed on April 22, 2006 while serving in Afghanistan.
On 22 Sep 2006 at 5:00 PM, on Baker’s Island, CFB Trenton (open to the public),
country singer Julian Austin is putting on a benefit concert with all proceeds being donated to the education fund for my brothers children, Tristan and Jasmine.

Special guests include appearances by the Skyhawks (Canadian Forces Parachute Team), The McDonough Band and the Col Angus band.

More information can be found out by clicking on the logo above or click here http://www.corporalpayne.ca

Thank you very much.

The recent death of my brother has caused me to do alot of thinking lately…

I wish I could say that I actually came up the following. I didn’t, but I truly believe in it.

I have had a couple of newspapers publish a little article explaining that there has been a trust fund established for the children and provided the details for people willing to donate something towards the childrens future. Anything we can do to get more people aware of it and possibly contributing is a good thing I think.

The National Post article can be found here.

The Edmonton Sun article can be found here.

For those wishing to help provide a future for my brothers children: son Tristan (7) and daughter Jasmine (5) there has been a trust fund setup at the TD Canada Trust in Gananoque.

All donations need to be made out to account ……. in Gananoque but can be made at any branch.

The family thanks you for your generosity and kindness in this difficult situation.

2008 UPDATE: Thanks very much for all of your support. The trust fund has now been closed. As far as people contacting me looking for a means of showing any kind of support, I would recommend a purchase of the specially designed Military Police Support the Troops pins that have been created for this initiative and are available through the Canadian Association of Military Police Veterans site.

For those of you who knew my brother Cpl. Randy Payne, there has been a guestbook setup in his honour. You can view it by clicking on this link and then click on “Guest Book”.

Many thanks to legacy.com and their CanWest newspaper affiliates as they have very generously decided to permanently sponsor the page so that it will be available forever to the family, friends and all that have heard the goodness and generosity of Randy and the contributions he has made to his country and the world. He has made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our continued freedom.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

A fitting excerpt from “For the Fallen” by Laurence Binyon (1869 – 1943).