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The Australian Attorney General, Mr McClelland has announced that he is conducting a review of the case for pardons.
This is an historic development as Australia is finally taking action after 109 years since the executions
Mr McClelland is preparing a submission to the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond
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The Boer War and Lieutenants Breaker Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton

Between 1899 and 1902, 16,000 men went from Australia to the Boer War in South Africa, more than 500 of them died there. Australians who served also included an unknown number of Aboriginal trackers.

Six Australians received the Victoria Cross in South Africa, and many others received other decorations.  Though the nation honoured its dead with ceremonies and monuments, the enormity of the following two world wars overshadowed the legacy of this terrible and bloody conflict. It should always be remembered that the Boer War soldiers are the precursors of the Anzac Legend.
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Push begins to win ‘Breaker’ a pardon


From page 1 www.theage.com.au

Morant and Handcock are the only Australians executed for war crimes. It has long been alleged the two men, who were acquitted of murdering a German missionary, were executed to appease growing European concerns. Commander Unkles, who has served 28 years in the permanent and reserve navy, concludes the convictions were unsound on grounds including:
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Australia 58.8%Australia
United States 14.8%United States
United Kingdom 8.2%United Kingdom
Japan 8.2%Japan
Canada 4.1%Canada
Germany 0.6%Germany
United Arab Emirates 0.4%United Arab Emirates
Netherlands 0.3%Netherlands


Jack Thompson A M

"Now we have served you fairly
Will you not take us home?"

A.B.'Banjo'Paterson

- Quoted by Jack Thompson A M 2010

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