Corporal Nick Bulger
Corporal Nick Bulger
Corporal Nicholas Bulger was born on 4 June 1979 in Toronto, Ontario. He joined the military in September 2000 and after completing Battle School joined 1 PPCLI in May 2001.
Corporal Bulger was then posted to Ottawa, Ontario in September 2003 and returned to the Regiment with 3 PPCLI in January 2008. He deployed with the National Command Element of Task Force Afghanistan under General Vance in February 2009.
Corporal Bulger was a determined soldier who attacked every challenge head-on. Friends and fellow soldiers of the unit describe him as a motivator who would say "what had to be said when it needed to be said."
Committed as he was to being a soldier and motivating others, Corporal Bulger was always family-orientated. He loved his wife and two daughters more than anything in the world. He never missed a chance to talk about his family and how proud he was to have them in his life.
Close friends and comrades-in-arms describe him as someone who would always be there when needed "whether they were teammates, friends, or family." He was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Kandahar province.
He is survived by his spouse, Rebeka, and two daughters, Brooke-Lynn and Elizabeth. He will be sorely missed and dearly remembered by his family, teammates, friends, and the Regimental Family.
Family Statement
Never forgotten, my husband and their daddy.
We love you as high as the sky
and as deep as the ocean