Photoprint of greeting card painted on khaki cloth and sent from Pretoria during the Boer War by Lie...
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
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Date
1901
Call Numbers
MLDOC 3419
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Contents
1 folder of textual material - photoprint
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Full 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
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Compiled from the Manuscripts MLDOCs (7-1213C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
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Original in possession of Mrs E. J. McLaren, Malabar, N.S.W., 1982
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
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MLDOC 3419
Record Identifier
Yoldm729
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yoldm729
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Reference code
957351
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