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957351
  • Title
    Photoprint of greeting card painted on khaki cloth and sent from Pretoria during the Boer War by Lieutenant Peter J. Handcock of the Bushveldt Carbineers, 1901
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MLDOC 3419
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1901
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    957351
  • Physical Description
    1 folder of textual material - photoprint
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    P. J. Handcock, from Bathurst, N.S.W., served with the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War. Following the killing of Boer prisoners he was court martialled along with Harry (Breaker) Morant and two others and convicted of murder. Morant and Handcock were shot on 27 February 1902
  • Original held by
    Original in possession of Mrs E. J. McLaren, Malabar, N.S.W., 1982
  • Description source

    Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs (7-1213C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
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