Peter Joseph Handcock was an Australian-born Veterinary Lieutenant and convicted war criminal who served in the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War in South Africa.
Peter Joseph Handcock (1900)
Major Thomas standing over the joint grave of Morant and Handcock (1902)
Harry Harbord Morant, better known as Breaker Morant, was an English horseman, bush balladist, military officer, and war criminal who was convicted and executed for murdering nine prisoners-of-war (POWs) and three captured civilians in three separate incidents during the Second Boer War.
Harry "The Breaker" Harbord Morant
Daisy May O'Dwyer Morant
Members of the Second Contingent of the South Australian Mounted Rifles prior to their departure for South Africa (Morant is third from the left)
Major Thomas standing over the joint grave of Morant and Handcock (1902).