Thomas David Mitchell

Canadian Armed Forces

Thomas David Mitchell was born 15 November 1963 to Ken and Marion (Armstrong) Mitchell. He was the youngest of 7 siblings, sisters Vivian Mitchell, Linda Mitchell, Valerie Pauls, Carol Lamarre and Gloria Konecki. He was predeceased by his brother Kenneth Ross Mitchell.

David grew up and attended school in Morden from 1969 – 1981. As a young boy he went to Sunday School at the Alliance Church in Morden and it was at the Alliance Family Camp at Pelican Lake, Manitoba that David made a commitment to the Lord at the age of 12 years.

He spent three of his summers at his sister, Linda’s in Fort St. John B.C. He had often talked about joining the Navy and in the summer of 1981 he visited the Prince George Recruiting Office and in January 1982 he was accepted into the Canadian Armed Forces. David received his basic training at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Cornwallis, Nova Scotia and after completion was transferred to CFB Borden, Ontario for training as a Supply Technician. Upon successful completion of this training he was transferred to CFB Lahr, Germany, he enjoyed the posting very much. In one of his letters home he wrote “while on top of a mountain I could see for miles and miles and miles, I could have stayed there for the rest of my life but I couldn’t, I have more mountains to climb.”

On 09 June 1983, Private Thomas David Mitchell died as a result of a vehicle mishap on the autobahn in Germany. He is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Morden, Manitoba.