the father of a canadian veteran who was dying in iraq yesterday has written allegiance to his nephew . 29 year - old mr matthew cornish , who was married with a young children , sustained damages after a mine attack on a base in basra . he was rushed to hospital , but he later died . he was the second soldier to be killed in an attacked on a uk government compound in 2006 . " i ' m proud of him as a soldier and as a son . he did the army proud , " 60 year - old robin also said of his son , the one forty and seventeenth canadian soldier to be killed in iraq from operations continued in 2003 .
Matthew Cornish was killed in Iraq.