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Month: June 2022

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First Chaplin to the Defence Forces to Serve Overseas

By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the service of the first DF chaplain who deployed on overseas service with the United Nations in Jul 1960. Fr Cyril Patrick Crean was known as Fr Paddy and he was ordained in Rome in 1933. He worked in Harold’s Cross in Dublin before he joined the British Army…

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Deaths Overseas

Death Overseas – Pte Niall Byrne – 23/06/1981 – Lebanon

By PRO IUNVA On 23 Jun 1981 Pte Niall Byrne (21), C Coy 49 Inf Bn was killed in a traffic accident when a Land Rover in which he was travelling in as front seat passenger overturned, the driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.  A DF statement said one of the vehicle’s wheels went off the…

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Death Overseas – CQMS Declan Stokes – Lebanon 14 /06/1993

From PRO IUNVAOn 14 Jun 1993 CQMS Declan Stokes (39), 28 IrComp (Irish Component, Camp Comd, UNIFIL HQ) collapsed while playing in an inter-unit football match at Haris in South Lebanon. He was evacuated by helicopter to the UNIFIL Hospital at Naqoura but he was declared dead at the hospital from a heart attack. His…

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Death Overseas of Pte Brendan Cummins – Cyprus 11/06/1971

From PRO IUNVAPte Brendan Cummins (23), HQ Coy, 20 Inf Gp UNFICYP, died from natural causes on 11 Jun 1971. He had been admitted to Princess Mary’s Hospital, RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus for treatment for heart disease and he passed away after an operation. His parent unit was 2 Inf Bn and he was on his…

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Death Overseas – CPL James Fagan – 10/06/1968 – Cyprus

By PRO IUNVA On Monday 10 Jun 1968, Cpl James Fagan (28) Armd Car Gp 10 Inf Gp was killed in a road traffic accident at Pano Zodia, Cyprus. He was taken to the mining company hospital at Pendayia, Xeros where he died after five hours. He was the 33rd member of the DF to…

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Death Overseas of Comdt Thomas Wickham – 07/06/1967 – Syria

By PRO IUNVA This article tells of the killing of Comdt Thomas P Wickham, an unarmed UN observer who was shot dead fifty five years ago on 7 Jun 1967 during the Six Day War (5 – 10 Jun 1967). Comdt Thomas P Wickham (48) was a native of Dublin and he joined the DF…

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