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Breaker Morant : the epic story of the Boer War and Harry 'Breaker' Morant, drover, horseman, bush poet - murderer or hero?

FitzSimons, Peter2021
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Born in England and emigrating to Queensland in 1883 in his early 20s, Harry 'Breaker' Morant was a charming but reckless man who established a reputation as a rider, polo player and writer. He submitted ballads to The Bulletin that were published under the name 'The Breaker' and counted Banjo Paterson as a friend. When appeals were made for horsemen to serve in the war in South Africa, Morant joined up, first with the South Australian Mounted Rifles and then with a South African irregular unit, the Bushveldt Carbineers. In September 1901 Morant and two other Australians, Lieutenants Peter Handcock and George Witton, were arrested for the murder of Boer prisoners. Morant and Handcock were court-martialled and executed in February 1902 as the Boer War was in its closing stages. In this book, Peter FitzSimons unravels the many myths and fictions that surround the life of Harry Morant.
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