Memorial to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Louis Eugène du Moulin, 1st Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment. Son of John Peter and Mary Teresa Du Moulin. Educated at Auckland Grammar School, Auckland, New Zealand. He was of French descent. He passed through Sandhurst and entered the army in 1879, joining the 107th Regiment, later the Second Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Promoted to Captain in 1885 and to Major in 1896. He married Katherine Parrell Bartlett Jul-Sep 1884 in Hampstead, London. He served in the Hazara Campaign of 1888, in the Chin-Lushai and Manipur expeditions of 1889-91, and in the Tirah Campaign of 1897-98. He became known all over India as a musketry expert and for his restless energy, never-failing resource and cool daring. In 1899 he was appointed second in command of the First Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (the old 35th) before assuming command of the 1st Battalion during the Second Anglo Boer War in 1900. He fought at the battle of Doornkop 29 May 1900 and at Diamond Hill 11-12 Jun 1900. Early in 1901, he was put in command of a small column, including his own battalion. During the remainder of the campaign this column operated in the Orange Free State. On 27 Jan 1902 the column camped overnight at Abram's Kraal, on the right bank of the Riet River near Kalkfontein. They were attacked by Boer forces in the early hours of the morning on 28 Jan 1902. Lt Col Du Moulin emerged at the first shots and calling a few men round him led a charge against the nearest Burghers. He with several others, fell dead immediately, but the kraals were cleared and the enemy fell back. He was buried at Abram's Kraal. His remains were later reinterred at Kalkfontein Dam Cemetery. He is commemorated on the memorial at Kalkfontein Dam.
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He is also commemorated on the Royal Sussex Regiment Boer War memorial in front of Regency Square, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England (see:https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/175387/), on the New Zealand Roll of Honour in the Ranfurly Veterans' Home, Auckland, New Zealand and on the Auckland Grammar School Roll of Honour, Auckland, New Zealand.

More details of the events at Abram's Kraal can be seen at https://www.samilitaryhistory.org/jnl2/vol181rs.html.

His parents are buried at Purewa Cemetery, New Zealand.
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His wife who was born in Portsea, Hampshire in 1857 died in Surrey, England on 15 Feb 1946. Their son, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Louis Du Moulin died on 7 Nov 1918 in France.
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