THE Jamaica Defence Force family was thrown into mourning when news broke of the tragic passing of Lieutenant Gawaine Peart.

Peart died in a traffic collision on the Palisadoes main road in Kingston last month.

He was 24 years old.

Life Tributes joins with his loved ones, colleagues and friends in paying tribute to this fallen soldier.

Rest well Gawaine Peart.

Mourn 2: Members of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard mourn their departed lieutenant, Gawaine Peart, as the coffin with his body is taken from the Garrison Church of the Ascension, Up Park Camp, two Fridays ago.

Mourn 1: Lt Gawaine Peart’s hat sits atop his coffin as fellow members of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard carry it from the Garrison Church of the Ascension, Up Park Camp.

mourn 4: The late Lt Gawaine Peart

mourn 3: Lt Gawaine Peart’s mother, Lorraine Peart (right foreground), comforts family friend Doniell Lawrence, while her daughter Lori-Ann Peart gives support to the late soldier’s grandmother Roseann Richards. The soldier, who died in a motor vehicle accident on the Palisadoes road in Kingston last month, was buried at Up Park Camp, headquarters of the Jamaica Defence Force.

(PHOTOS: PETE SANKEY)