Shoot Straight, You Bastards! Australians in the Boer War: the Breaker Morant Case by Martine Piquet

“…English-born, he had migrated to Australia in 1883 or 1884 and made a reputation for the two oddly juxtaposed aptitudes of taming wild horses (which earned him his nickname) and writing bush ballads. When the second Boer War of 1899–1902 broke out, he joined the South Australian Second Contingent and later joined the Bushveldt Carbineers in the rank of Lieutenant. …”
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