A retired Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) was dedicated as a living memorial to Corporal Nathan Hornburg on September 10, 2017. A plaque with Nathan Hornburg's likeness was unveiled during the ceremony as a permanent tribute to the Regular and Reserve soldiers who served in Afghanistan. On September 24, 2007, while serving on a NATO mission in Afghanistan, Corporal Hornburg was killed while helping to rescue a disabled tank in the Panjwai District, Kandahar. Hornburg’s tank commander noted that he was one of “those rare individuals that just had a very soft, big, caring heart, but who was also a warrior and a professional.”
The Taurus ARV was originally used to recover and tow armoured vehicles disabled by combat damage or mechanical failure during military operations. Acquired by The Military Museums in November 2016, it was previously deployed in Afghanistan used in support of operations with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), B Squadron, who deployed there in October 2006.
