There is an awful lot of ignorance about the English-born mercenary Henry Harbord Morant.
Morant was executed for murder in February 1902 while serving with an irregular British unit in the Boer War.
Better known under his nom-de-plume The Breaker, Morant enlisted with the South Australian Light Horse when, pre-Federation, Australian colonies despatched units to fight in what was a British war.
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