Slain SAS soldier Doug Grant who was killed in action in Afghanistan last month was one of a group of soldiers who built the Mistletoe Bay Eco Village in the Marlborough Sounds.
Mistletoe Bay Trust chairman Simon Heath said Corporal Grant, 41, was one of 20 soldiers in the Engineer Regiment based at Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North, working in small groups building cabins and other buildings in 2006.
Mr Heath sent a letter of condolence to the camp and Corporal Grant's family on behalf of the trust.
"The trust is really saddened by the whole thing.
"It just shows you how small the world really is."
Mr Heath did not remember Corporal Grant specifically, but was at the bay every week talking and meeting the soldiers during their 10-week stay.
"While I didn't get to know them personally they were a great example of young people working in the community."
A group of about 24 soldiers from the Linton Camp who will be at the site doing more building over the coming 10 weeks would have known and worked with Corporal Grant, he said.
Corporal Grant was killed on August 19 when he was shot during a Taleban attack on the British Council diplomatic offices in Kabul, Afghanistan.
About 1500 people gathered at the Linton Military Camp for a full military funeral for Corporal Grant on August 29.
- The Marlborough Express
SIMON WONG
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