Latest update June 15th, 2026 1:01 AM
Soldier drowns at army training school
Army officials are probing the death of a Guyana Defence Force private, who drowned at around 13.00 hrs yesterday at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School, (CRMJATS) located at Makouria, Essequibo.
Sources identified the victim as Darrel Prince, and said he resided at Corentyne, Berbice. Indications are that the rank drowned in the Essequibo River while training. However, army officials were unable to provide any information on the circumstances that led to the tragedy.
It was just last year that another rank died by drowning at the same training base.
On April, 21, 2013, army medic Kevin Calder, 28, died while swimming with another soldier in the Essequibo River.
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