CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The body of a Canadian soldier found dead at a Middle Eastern military base returned home Monday in a ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in eastern Ontario.

The military is investigating the death last Friday of Cpl. Brendan Downey, which they describe as a non-combat casualty. Downey, a military policeman based in Dundurn, Sask., was posted to a little-known Canadian base in the Arabian Desert that offers logistical support to the military operation in Afghanistan.

His family described him as a "committed patriot" who joined the military in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Downey will receive a military tribute and his name will be added to Kandahar Airfield's memorial for the 86 other Canadian soldiers and one diplomat killed during the Afghanistan mission.

His death is the mission's 11th non-combat fatality.

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