Hi Mike,

That would make him about ten years too young to have been the subject of the song, especially as the Boer war was over by 1902.

Even so, and while I never met Bob Cooney, I'm sure he empathised with the spirit and the sentiments.

"When you think of all the wasted lives, it makes you want to cry.
I'm not sure how to change things but by Christ we'll have to try."

Amen.