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Harry Harbord "Breaker" Morant (born Edwin Henry Murrant, 9 December 1864 – 27 February 1902) 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.
Breaker Morant concerns the murder trial of three Australian soldiers, officers of the elite Bushveldt Carbineers, in South Africa.
Breaker Morant: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown. Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Just before the end of the Boer War, lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock were executed by firing squad for murdering 12 Boer prisoners of war. That they committed the crimes is beyond doubt.
Floris J. Visser (c. 1881 – 11 August 1901) was an Afrikaner and member of the Letaba Commando, which fought for the Republic of Transvaal during the Second Anglo-Boer War. Visser's summary execution while a wounded prisoner of war was one of the alleged war crimes that were prosecuted in the Court martial of Breaker Morant.
In South Africa during the Second Boer War, Australian Army Lieutenants Harry "Breaker" Morant (Edward Woodward), Peter Handcock (Bryan Brown) and George Witton (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) stand...
Breaker Morant (1980), dir. Bruce Beresford.Film's sombre ending with "Soldiers of the Queen" sung by Edward Woodward, who also starred as Harry 'Breaker' Mo...
During the Boer War, an English-Australian lieutenant is tried for war crimes after executing captured Boers and a German missionary.
A unit of the Bushveladt Carbineers, made up mainly of Australians, is ordered by the British High Command to fight the Boer on it's terms and take no prisoners; an order which will prove fatal to a man they call 'The Breaker' - Lieutenant Harry Morant.
No single event is more revealing of the schizophrenic nature of the Boer War than the trial and execution of Lieutenant Harry “Breaker” Morant and his fellow officer, Lieutenant Peter Handcock, in the winter of 1902.