Spence Bay (May 02/05) - Taloyoak Grade 11 student Kendall Greenley will represent Nunavut during a ceremony in honour of the 60th anniversary of the Second World War liberation of the Netherlands this week.

Kendall Greenley, 17, from Taloyoak is heading to the Netherlands to honour Canada's fallen soldiers from the second World War.

A youth from every province and territory will be there.

The Canadian youths selected for the trip had to research a fallen Canadian soldier and write a speech about him to present during the ceremony which is organized by Veterans Affairs.

It struck Greenley that the Canadian soldier she will read a speech about, Frank Mombourquette from Cape Breton, was her age, just 17, when he went off to war.

Mombourquette was a member of the Canadian ground force fighting the Nazis near Amsterdam. He died May 1, 1945, when a young Nazi climbed to a rooftop and shot him.

"I got to know how they felt," said Greenley. "It turns out the people from Cape Breton were 16 and 17. Frank really wanted to go."

He wanted to go so badly, he lied about his age. You had to be 18 to enlist.

Greenley learned all this from Mombourquette's brother Joseph, who is now in his 80s and lives in Nova Scotia.

Veterans Affairs helped her find Joseph in order to conduct her research.

While Greenley finds the tales of war upsetting and hard to take, she liked the writing project and the chance to travel overseas for such a momentous occasion.

"I found him really interesting. His brother said nothing really got him upset or made him mad," she said.

"The biggest thing I have learned is respect for other people - and the sacrifices other Canadian soldiers have made."

Greenley will read her speech right beside the memorial gravestone to the soldiers in Holland.

She gets back to Taloyoak May 12.