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The Australian newspaper recognises the significance of the case for pardons -Morant, Handcock and Witton
Transcript - 12.02.18 - PMB - Morant, Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker'; Handcock, Lieutenant Peter; Witton, Lieutenant George Descendants and advocate, James Unkles pictured at the House of Representatives 12 Feb 2018. MPs, Mike Kelly and Scott Buchholz proudly display the...
The Australian Parliament Has Spoken!
Buchholz house of reps Kelly house of reps Danby house of reps Transcript - 12.02.18 - PMB - Morant, Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker'; Handcock, Lieutenant Peter; Witton, Lieutenant George February 12 th 2018, an historic day in resolving the controversial case of the trial...
Justice at last for Morant, Handcock, Witton and Thomas?
Justice-at-last-for-Morant-Handcock&Witton-and-Thomas? Royal Australian Navy Reserve Officer, Lawyer James Unkles is highly experienced in Military Law. James joins us in a telephone link-up from Melbourne to talk about the legal aspects surrounding the trial 115...
Why I am advocating for posthumous pardons for Lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton
27th February 2017 marked the 115th anniversary of the execution of two Australian Boer War volunteers, Lieutenants Harry “The Breaker” Morant and Peter Handcock, by a British firing squad. It happened, not on a green veldt at sunrise as director of Breaker Morant,...
Breaker Morant relics found on rubbish tip, Tenterfield New South Wales, Australia
An extraordinary find at the municipal tip at Tenterfield, New South Wales earlier in 2016Talk about treasure in trash! 'Priceless' Aussie items uncovered has focused attention on the lives and execution of Lieutenants Breaker Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George...
Latest Morant Research Coming To Town
THE trial and ensuing execution of Lieutenants Harry 'Breaker' Morant and Peter Handcock in February 1902 in the heat of the Boer War has remained a tender point in both Australian and British military history. Jim Unkles will bring six years of research to the School...