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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->AGAINST the mournful strains of a bugle, a gunshot salute rang out at the Mandai Crematorium yesterday afternoon as family, friends and Singapore Armed Forces officers bade farewell to Second-Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit in a full military funeral.
The 21-year-old only child of a housewife and an engineer died last Friday after an army Land Rover rolled backwards and pinned him underneath.
Soldiers lined the crematorium driveway in the rain, each wearing a black band on the arm, as the hearse made a slow procession with 2nd Lt Chan's parents trailing behind. Eight of his coursemates from the Officer Cadet School carried his coffin, draped with the Singapore flag, into the fully packed hall.
There was not a dry eye in the hall as 2nd Lt Chan's cousin, Mr Reuben Leong, 20, delivered the eulogy on the man with the 'cheeky and heartwarming smile' they all affectionately called 'Nicky Boy'.
One of 2nd Lt Chan's men also spoke of him as a 'fair and compassionate' leader.
His parents remained composed as they accepted a folded Singapore flag and their son's ceremonial sword and peak cap.
KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->AGAINST the mournful strains of a bugle, a gunshot salute rang out at the Mandai Crematorium yesterday afternoon as family, friends and Singapore Armed Forces officers bade farewell to Second-Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit in a full military funeral.
The 21-year-old only child of a housewife and an engineer died last Friday after an army Land Rover rolled backwards and pinned him underneath.
Soldiers lined the crematorium driveway in the rain, each wearing a black band on the arm, as the hearse made a slow procession with 2nd Lt Chan's parents trailing behind. Eight of his coursemates from the Officer Cadet School carried his coffin, draped with the Singapore flag, into the fully packed hall.
There was not a dry eye in the hall as 2nd Lt Chan's cousin, Mr Reuben Leong, 20, delivered the eulogy on the man with the 'cheeky and heartwarming smile' they all affectionately called 'Nicky Boy'.
One of 2nd Lt Chan's men also spoke of him as a 'fair and compassionate' leader.
His parents remained composed as they accepted a folded Singapore flag and their son's ceremonial sword and peak cap.
KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN
