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Old 17-08-06, 06:00
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So, in view of that, perhaps the "powers that be" might consider suitable posthumous recognition for the likes of :

Lt Peter Handcock
Lt Harry Morant (The Breaker)

Both shot to death by firing squad by troops of the Cameron Highlanders, they being found guilty of murdering a wandering German missionary, upon totally flimsy charges, during the Boer War.

Enter Lt Whitton, who wrote "Scapegoats of Empire", sentenced to penal servitude for life, but suddenly and mysteriously released from Lewes prison.

I watch the film "Breaker Morant" from time to time and wind up totally enraged that such a miscarriage of justice could have happened.
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