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BRISBANE - David Ronald Pearce, or Poppy to his fellow diggers, was a loving father, a respected leader, and above all, a good mate.
In a funeral that temporarily halted an election campaign, mourners - including Prime Minister John Howard and Labor leader Kevin Rudd wives - yesterday packed a Brisbane cathedral to farewell Trooper Pearce who was killed by a bomb serving in Afghanistan last week.
- AAP
