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Cpl. Matthew Dinning loved the outdoors, sports and physical challenges. He played hockey on two teams and collected memorabilia and hockey cards. Matthew always knew what he wanted. When his high school didn\u2019t have a rugby team, he was part of a group who suggested that the school start one. The team eventually toured England and Wales, and Matthew earned the nickname \u201cHorse\u201d for his long legs and speed on the rugby pitch.<\/p>\n

As a boy, Matthew was always interested in the police; he wore his father\u2019s police hat around home and read books on the subject. Nobody was surprised when he joined the military police. From the start of his military career, Matthew knew he wanted to serve overseas, and he made his wish clear to his superiours. He fulfilled his goal when he was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006.<\/p>\n

After applying and trying out, Matthew was chosen as a member of the close protection team, a small, elite bodyguard group responsible for protecting the coalition commander, Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser. Cpl. Dinning thrived in his role in Afghanistan and was proud of his work. Although he took that work seriously, he also had a genuine sense of humour\u2014and was even known to play the odd prank on fellow soldiers.<\/p>\n

Matthew was outgoing and sociable and had many friends. He was also close to his family.<\/p>\n

A park in Matthew\u2019s honour sits on land his grandparents once lived on in Richmond Hills. His former high school gives out two scholarships in his name and hosts an annual Matt Dinning Memorial Rugby tournament.<\/p>\n

By: Tracey L. Anderson<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait by Shairl Honey<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDinning, Matthew - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/dinning-matthew\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dinning, Matthew - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/dinning-matthew\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T11:14:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T11:17:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-PORTRAIT-DINNING-Matthew-web1HZS-10302014-8641.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/dinning-matthew\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/dinning-matthew\/\",\"name\":\"Dinning, Matthew - 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