Walter Alphonsus Dunne

Subject: Walter Alphonsus Dunne Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:37 pm

Walter Alphonsus Dunne (Commissariat) Died 2nd July 1908 Buried Verano Cemetery, Rome Italy.
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Subject: Re: Walter Alphonsus Dunne Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:48 pm

DUNNE, COL. WALTER ALPHONSUS, C.B., of 28, Victoria St., S.W., and of the Junior United Service Club ; son of the late Jas. Dunne of Dublin, was born Feb. 10, 1853 ; was educated at Queen's Univ., Ireland ; joined the Army in 1873, and has seen active service in the Kafir War of 1877-8 ; the Zulu War (being present at Rorke's Drift and Ulundi) ; the Sekukuni Expedition of 1880 (despatches), the Boer War 1S80-1 (siege of Potchefstroom ; despatches) ; the Egyptian Campaign, 1882,(present at Tel-el-Kebir) ; and the Suakin Expedition, 1885. Col. Dunne has been Asst. Q.M.G-. at Army Headquarters since Jan. 1900, and represents the War Office on the Army Med. Advisory Board. He married, July 23, 1885, Winifred, dau. of the late John Bird, C.M.G., Treasurer of Natal.

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