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Date | Original Topic | 11th June 2003 | Last survivor of Isandhlwana By Frank Dunn Does anyone know who the last veteran of this battle was and when they passed on ? | Date | Replies | 11th June 2003 | Julian Whybra I believe (though I have to check my stored notes for this) that it was Dugald MacPhail in 1946. | 11th June 2003 | Lee Stevenson A couple more
D McPhail 4th May 1941 (visit that great Keynsham Light Horse site for a photo of his headstone)
R.J. Hall died 1943
W.H. Stafford died 1945 (?) | 11th June 2003 | Lee Stevenson A couple more
D McPhail 4th May 1941 (visit that great Keynsham Light Horse site for a photo of his headstone)
R.J. Hall died 1943
W.H. Stafford died 1945 (?) | 12th June 2003 | Julian whybra My notes say 4th May 1941 for MacPhail too - sorry for any confusion caused. |
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