Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
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Death Overseas Pte John Marshall 17/12/1980 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA On 25 Nov 1980, Pte John Marshall (20), 48 Inf Bn was admitted to SwedMedCoy in Naqoura suffering from tonsillitis. Complications set in and he was transferred to Ram Bam Hospital in Haifa but he died there around midday on 17 Dec 1980. He was from Glin Ave, Coolock, Dublin and he…
Death Overseas Cpl Martin Tynan 13/12/1992 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the death thirty years ago of Cpl Martin Tynan at an early age from natural causes in Dec 1992. Cpl Martin Tynan (30) lived at Cowpasture, Monasterevin, Co Kildare with his wife Evelyn and their children Martin, Leona and Daryl. His home unit was Dep MP Corps at the…
Deaths Overseas Cpl Fallon, Sgt Mulcahy, Lieut Riordan & Pte Wickham December 1961 – Congo
By PRO IUNVA In this article we remember the four peacekeepers from A Coy, 36 Inf Bn who were killed during combat operations in Elisabethville in the Congo during Dec 1961. The main body of 36 Inf Bn arrived in the Congo between 5 and 24 Dec 1961 in twenty chalks transported by USAF in…
Takeover of Military Installations in Dublin during Dec 1922
By PRO IUNVA Twenty six military barracks, posts and other properties were taken over by the National Army of Saorstát Eireann (the Irish Free State) during the month of December 1922 and just two are in use today by Óglaigh na hÉireann, McKee Bks and Bricin’s Military Hospital. On Thursday 14th December six installations were…
Death Overseas Pte William O’Brien 06/12/1986 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the killing of Pte William O’Brien thirty six years ago while he was serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. On Saturday 6 Dec 1986, Pte William O’Brien (25) C Coy, 60 Inf Bn was struck in the head by a ricochet round fired from a HMG…
Death Overseas Sgt Derec Mooney 27/11/ 2003 – Liberia
By PRO IUNVA The death of Ireland’s only casualty in the high risk and dangerous peace support operation in Liberia is covered in this article. Sgt Derek (Derec) Mooney (33) was born in Dublin on 21 Mar 1970 and he joined the DF in 1987. On 19 Nov 2003 he deployed as a member of…
Death Overseas Comdt Michael O’Hanlon 21/11/1989 – Lebanon
In this article we remember Comdt Michael Pacellis O’Hanlon (39) who died in Nov 1989 while on his second UN tour of duty in Lebanon. Comdt Michael (Mick) O’Hanlon was born in Cork on 6 Jul 1950, he joined the DF as a Cadet with 47 Cdt Class in Apr 1972 and he was commissioned…
Death Overseas Cpl Michael McCarthy 15/11/1991 – Lebanon
By PRO IUNVA In this article we remember Cpl Michael McCarthy (33) who was shot dead by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) controlled militia, the so-called South Lebanon Army (SLA) on Friday 15 Nov 1991. Cpl McCarthy B Coy, 70 Inf Bn arrived in Lebanon on 23 Oct 1991 on his third tour of UN…
Deaths Overseas Niemba Ambush 08/11/1960 – Congo
By PRO IUNVA In this article we remember the day 62 years ago when the DF suffered the highest death toll at a crossing point on the Luweyeye River in the Congo. On Tuesday, 8 Nov 1960, an eleven-man patrol from 2 Pl, A Coy, 33 Inf Bn was attacked by a large number of…
