3059 (or 3039) Colour Sergeant A Mulvaney, 1st Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. His battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Bavarian on 10 Nov 1899, arrived at the Cape about the 28 Nov 1899, and was sent on to Durban. Along with the 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Border Regiment, and 1st Connaught Rangers, they formed the 5th Brigade under Major General Fitzroy Hart. They fought at the battle of Colenso on 15 Dec 1899, at Venter's Spruit on 20 Jan 1900 and in the battle of Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb 1900). Shortly after the relief of Ladysmith, Colour Sergeant Mulvaney fell ill and died of dysentery at 14 Stationary Hospital, Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. He was buried in Fort Napier Cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142).
3059 (or 3039) Colour Sergeant A Mulvaney, 1st Battalion the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. His battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Bavarian on 10 Nov 1899, arrived at the Cape about the 28 Nov 1899, and was sent on to Durban. Along with the 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Border Regiment, and 1st Connaught Rangers, they formed the 5th Brigade under Major General Fitzroy Hart. They fought at the battle of Colenso on 15 Dec 1899, at Venter's Spruit on 20 Jan 1900 and in the battle of Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb 1900). Shortly after the relief of Ladysmith, Colour Sergeant Mulvaney fell ill and died of dysentery at 14 Stationary Hospital, Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. He was buried in Fort Napier Cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Boer War memorial on the Fusilier Arch, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland (see: http://www.irishwarmemorials.ie/Memorials-Detail?memoId=142).
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