A05823 Accession Number: A05823

Description

Relatives of Lieutenant (Lt) Peter Joseph Handcock, seated in front of the Bathurst South African War Memorial at the ceremony to add Lt Handcock's name to the memorial. Identified is Mr Peter Handcock (second from left front row), son of Lt Handcock and Miss M Dempsey (seated front row, right), niece of Lt Handcock. His name was one of a number omitted by committees appointed to deal with memorial matters. It was through the efforts of a later generation of the Handcock family that saw his name added to those on the Memorial for they first time. The ceremony was attended by many of Lt Handcock's relatives. Lt Handcock was tried on five charges of murder and received two sentences of death, and, along with Lt Henry 'Harry' Harbord Morant, was shot by a firing party on the morning of 27 February 1902. Their bodies were placed into the same grave in a quiet civilian section of Pretoria's Church Street Cemetery.

Details

Accession Number
A05823
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Date Made
1964
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor K Denton
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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