<p>Sepoy Sunil Suryawanshi should have arrived in his village on February 16 for house-warming ceremonies and the first birthday of his daughter. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Suryawanshi, one of the nine soldiers buried in an avalanche in Siachin, instead arrived in a coffin. His last rites were performed with full military honours on Tuesday in Satara district. <br /><br />Born in Maskarwadi in Satara district of western Maharashtra, Suryawanshi, 24, completed his education from Dahiwadi College and enrolled in the armed services. He was posted since September 30, 2010. <br /><br />Suryavanshi spoke to his wife Rekha just days before the tragedy.<br /><br /> He had plans to visit home for the house-warming of his new house and wanted to be with his daughter Tanvi’s first birthday on February 19. <br /><br />"It is sad...we have lost a boy," said Jallinder Kharat, a retired soldier from the village, who had also served at Siachen. <br /><br />On Monday, a week after the body was airlifted, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Pune’s National War Memorial. <br /><br />Suryawanshi completed his basic training from Army Medical Corps Centre and College on April 9, 2011, and got his first posting at Command Hospital, Eastern Command. <br /><br /><em>Farewell to Kerala martyr</em><em>The tiny village of Munroethuruthu in Kollam district on Tuesday bid a tearful farewell to Lance Naik Sudheesh B who died – along with nine others – in an avalanche in Siachen, reports DHNS from Thiruvananthapuram. The mortal remains of Sudheesh (29) were cremated with military honours in the presence of hundreds who turned up at his native village. </em></p>
<p>Sepoy Sunil Suryawanshi should have arrived in his village on February 16 for house-warming ceremonies and the first birthday of his daughter. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Suryawanshi, one of the nine soldiers buried in an avalanche in Siachin, instead arrived in a coffin. His last rites were performed with full military honours on Tuesday in Satara district. <br /><br />Born in Maskarwadi in Satara district of western Maharashtra, Suryawanshi, 24, completed his education from Dahiwadi College and enrolled in the armed services. He was posted since September 30, 2010. <br /><br />Suryavanshi spoke to his wife Rekha just days before the tragedy.<br /><br /> He had plans to visit home for the house-warming of his new house and wanted to be with his daughter Tanvi’s first birthday on February 19. <br /><br />"It is sad...we have lost a boy," said Jallinder Kharat, a retired soldier from the village, who had also served at Siachen. <br /><br />On Monday, a week after the body was airlifted, a wreath-laying ceremony was held at Pune’s National War Memorial. <br /><br />Suryawanshi completed his basic training from Army Medical Corps Centre and College on April 9, 2011, and got his first posting at Command Hospital, Eastern Command. <br /><br /><em>Farewell to Kerala martyr</em><em>The tiny village of Munroethuruthu in Kollam district on Tuesday bid a tearful farewell to Lance Naik Sudheesh B who died – along with nine others – in an avalanche in Siachen, reports DHNS from Thiruvananthapuram. The mortal remains of Sudheesh (29) were cremated with military honours in the presence of hundreds who turned up at his native village. </em></p>
