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2 unusual facts about Arthur Alfred Lynch


Arthur Lynch

Arthur Alfred Lynch (1861–1934), Australian civil engineer, physician, journalist, author, Irish MP, soldier, anti-imperialist and polymath

Irish commandos

When some members of the Irish Transvaal Brigade disagreed with the leadership of the Brigade, they formed a second commando, or Second Irish Brigade unit, under Arthur Lynch.


Boer foreign volunteers

Ernest Douwes Dekker, Camillo Ricchiardi, Niko the Boer (Niko Bagrationi), Witold Rylski, Alexander Guchkov, Leo Pokrowsky, Major Baron von Reitzenstein, Viscount Villebois-Mareuil and the men of the two Irish commandos, the Irish Transvaal Brigade of John MacBride and John Blake, and the Second Irish Brigade of Arthur Alfred Lynch.


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