Carlow Sentinel. Feb. 1900. WAR NEWS. Death of Mr John Eustace, South African Light Horse. We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr John Spottiswoode Eustace, second son of James Eustace, Esquire, of Newstown, Carlow. When war broke out in South Africa , Mr Eustace did not wait his country's call, but immediately on commencement of hostilities he joined the South African Light Horse Volunteers, in which splendid corps of irregulars, his fine horsemanship, soldierly and manly bearing and behaviour was soon conspicuous, and he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, no slight honour where all are so good. Those of his friends at home who watched the doings of his regiment must have noticed how frequently he was in action, and on January 19th, he was killed at his post doing his duty. How noble a death is this !.

feedback from a reader :- Dear Michael, Thank you for the note re "Jack Eustace". He died on the Tugela River, Natal, South Africa leaving behind a wife, but no children. His brother Cecil found Jack's body after it had been rifled by the Boers. However his pocket watch was later recovered and is now in my possession and, still working, best wishes , R&C On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com>wrote: > Carlow Sentinel. > Feb. 1900. > WAR NEWS. > Death of Mr John Eustace, South African Light Horse. > We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr John Spottiswoode Eustace, > second son of James Eustace, Esquire, of Newstown, Carlow. > When war broke out in South Africa , Mr Eustace did not wait his country's > call, but immediately on commencement of hostilities he joined the South > African Light Horse Volunteers, in which splendid corps of irregulars, his > fine horsemanship, soldierly and manly bearing and behaviour was soon > conspicuous, and he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant, no slight honour > where all are so good. > Those of his friends at home who watched the doings of his regiment must > have noticed how frequently he was in action, and on January 19th, he was > killed at his post doing his duty. > How noble a death is this !. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >