The Royal Canadian Legion named the 2011 National Silver Cross Mother on Tuesday, ahead of the Remembrance Day ceremony in which she will lay a wreath on behalf of all bereaved mothers.
Patricia Elaine Braun will carry the title until Nov. 1, 2012, when her successor will be chosen.
Braun, originally from Semans, Sask., lost her son Cpl. David Braun to a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on Aug. 22, 2006.
Braun, who would have turned 32 this year, was a member of the Shilo, Man.-based 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry when he was killed while on patrol.
Braun will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial on Nov. 11 in Ottawa, representing all mothers who have lost sons or daughters in the military, para-military, the RCMP or in service to Canada.
She will stand alongside Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston at the formal ceremony.
Braun succeeds Mabel Girouard, last year's recipient. Her son Chief Warrant Officer Robert Michael Girouard was 46 when he was killed by a suicide bomber in 2006, leaving behind a wife and three children.
