The Military History Society of NSW

                                               The Military History Society of NSW welcomes Robin Droogleever’s newly published regimental history of the 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the Boer War. Five Good Squadrons is a ground-breaking contribution to the record of NSW forces in that war. This comprehensive volume, running to 873 pages, is extensively footnoted and illustrated with a broad collection of maps and images appearing on virtually each page, and includes a biography of every man who served in the unit. Only a limited number of copies will be printed. To purchase a copy, email Robin at: jerwfd@optusnet.com.au   or write to PO Box 42, Bulleen VIC 3105 for further details and methods of payment.   The sale price is $60 plus postage of $12.50, sent via Australia Post waterproof and trackable red bag.   The Society's main website i...

Lt Harry 'Breaker' Morant - By James Unkles Background In the service of the British Empire, the Australian colonies offered troops for the war in South Africa. Australians served in contingents raised by the six colonies or, from 1901, by the Australian Commonwealth. About 25,000 Australians volunteered to serve in the war. The war is also remembered for the controversial trial and execution of Lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and Peter Handcock and the imprisonment of George Witton for shooting Boer prisoners. On 27 February 1902, Morant and Handcock were executed, while George Witton was imprisoned. Historians have claimed these men were used as scapegoats for the political interests of British military commander Lord Kitchener and his political masters. Evidence has emerged these men were not tried and sentenced according to law and advocacy continues with the aim of addressing this injustice. A House of Representatives motion tabled by Scott Buchholz MP on 12 Feb...