Month: April 2022

From PRO IUNVAIn Apr 1981, 48 Inf Bn was directed by UNIFIL HQ to establish a new Observation Post 6-22D west of Dyar Ntar village in South Lebanon, 6-22D was opened on 10 Apr. The OP was about 1.5 Km from Post 6-22 by road and from there it was accessible only on foot by…

By PRO IUNVA This article tells the story of how two Irish peacekeepers, Pte Thomas Barrett and Pte Patrick Derek Smallhorne were murdered in south Lebanon forty two years ago. It was forty years before the killer was brought to justice and this took a protracted campaign by military veterans and the two families. The…

By PRO IUNVA Pte Stephen Griffin (21) was fatally wounded on 7 Apr 1980 in At Tiri, South Lebanon when he was shot in the head by the De Facto Forces (DFF) who were under the control of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). He was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel where he died…

From PRO IUNVA Twenty years ago on 15 Apr 2002, SS Peadar MacDara Ó Flatharta (21), 8 Irish Component with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was accidentally shot. He had been on a three-day patrol in the Fataluro area approximately 3 Km from the Irish base near Taroman village. The twelve…

From PRO IUNVA Sgt John Hamill, Armd Car Gp, 4 Inf Gp UNFICYP lost his life in a road traffic accident at approximately 0750 hours on 7 Apr 1965, he was the second DF casualty in Cyprus. He had been travelling in a convoy consisting of four Panhard AML 60 armoured cars and an ammunition…