<Pte. W. Dunne 2nd Btn 3rd (East Kent) Regiment ('The Buffs') & Sgt. O. Hydenburg (Aydenburg) Natal Native Contingent,)

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Photo by TIm Needham, taken on his recent visit to the Zulu War Battlefields.

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Inscription on Dunne's headstone shown above:-

Sacred to the memory
Private William Dunne
The Buffs
Who was mortally wounded
In action on the 22nd January 1879
On the Ekowe Heights
Nobely doing his duty
Also
Sergeant Hydenburg NNC
Who died from Wounds Received
In action at Inyezana
on the 22nd January 1879
and is buried in the same grave
T.H. 84th Reg
1891

His 'second' stone at Gingindlovu cemetery, though he is not buried here.

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Pvt William Dunne was mortally wounded during the joint attack with the Naval Brigade on the spur at Nyezane on the 22nd January 1879. He died and was buried near the church inside the fort at Eshowe.
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