| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P00220.003 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
| Date made | c 1900 |
| Conflict |
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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2nd South Australian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, non commissioned officers. Left to right: ...
Description
2nd South Australian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, non commissioned officers. Left to right: standing: Trumpeter Marshall; Lance Corporal Coffey; Corporal Brock; Sergeant Knapman; Lance Corporal Rowell; Acting Corporal Campbell; Trumpeter Wright. Seated: Sergeant Read; Sergeant Langley; Quartermaster Sergeant Francis; Farrier Sergeant G H Goodall Corporal Frederick Solly-Flood; Sergeant Dockrell. Front row: Corporal Napier; Corporal Harry Morant. Corporal Morant, later lieutenant, known as "the breaker" because of his horsebreaking experience, was court-martialled and executed in South Africa in 1902 for shooting Boer prisoners some of whom were responsible for the murder of his friend and fellow officer, Captain Hunt.