From PRO IUNVA In the early hours of the morning of 18 Feb 1999, Pte Kevin Barrett (20), Wpns Pl, C Coy, 84 Inf Bn UNIFIL, died in his billet at position 6-42 Brashit from a single gunshot wound to the head, the round had been fired from his personal issue weapon, a Steyr AUG…
From IUNVA PRO On Valentine’s Day, 14 Feb 2000, the DF suffered the highest number of fatalities in a single incident in Lebanon when four young peacekeepers from B Coy 86 Inf Bn, were killed when their vehicle skidded, hit an embankment and turned over twice on the main coastal road at Damour, about 12…
The Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) was formed at a meeting on the 10th Feb 1990 when a group of personnel led by Maj Gen Vincent Savino (Retd) and currently President of (IUNVA) identified a need to look after Veterans and their families who had fallen on hard times and where in some instances…
From PRO IUNVA On Tuesday 10 Feb 1981, Acting Coy Sgt James Martin, died in Israel while was serving with UNIFIL MP Coy at Naqoura, at the time, he was a member of 3 Irish Component UNIFIL HQ. He enlisted in the DF in 1964 and he was on his fifth tour of overseas duty. …
By PRO IUNVA On Friday 24 Feb 1989, Pte Michael Mc Neela (21), A Coy, 64 Inf Bn was shot dead when he was hit in the chest by a 12.7 mm round that was fired by a member of the De Facto Forces, the so-called South Lebanon Army. He was on checkpoint duty at…
In this article we remember the tragic events of sixty one years ago in Nov 1960, when Ireland suffered the highest toll on peacekeeping operations when nine men were killed by Baluba tribesmen near a bridge on the River Luweyeye on a dirt road approximately 23 Km from Niemba village in the northeast of Katanga…
In this article we look at one incident that happened sixty years ago in the Congo in Nov 1961 when Italy suffered thirteen casualties in a mass murder in what has been called the Kindu Massacre. This event shows that UN peacekeepers who might not be considered to be on the frontline were open to…
60TH Anniversary of the deaths of Lt Patrick Riordan and Pte Andrew Wickham on 16 Dec 1961 during the Battle of the Tunnel. The is the third and final article to cover the deaths in combat of 36 Inf Bn personnel in Elisabethville in Dec 1961. Compiled by George Kerton PRO IUNVA. Operation Unokat commenced…
The is the second article to cover the deaths of 36 Inf Bn personnel in Elisabethville in Dec 1961. The first article on the deaths of Irishmen during Operation Unokat mentioned the wounding of Sgt Patrick Mulcahy and four men from A Coy 36 Inf Bn by shrapnel from mortar fire that killed Cpl Michael…
Capt Christopher McNamara was from Crusheen, Co Clare and he joined the Defence Forces as a Cadet with 29 Cadet Class in 1954. He was commissioned on 25 Nov 1956 and appointed to the Supply and Transport Corps. He was appointted to Depot S&T Corps in the Curragh Training Camp and then he served in…
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