Breaker-morant-grave - Johannesburg, South Africa

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Breaker-morant-grave - Johannesburg, South Africa

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Afrikaans: Majoor James Francis Thomas (1861-1946), staan ​​agter die graf van die gefusileerde Breaker Morant en Peter Handcock in die kerkhof wat tans deur die Heldeakker omvat word. Die graf is naby die amptelike Gemenebes-rusplaas, vir gesneuweldes van Brittanje, Ierland, Australië, Kanada, Suid-Afrika en Nieu-Seeland.
English: Major James Francis Thomas (1861-1946), standing behind the grave of Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock in a civilian section of Pretoria's Church Street cemetery, 50m from the official Commonwealth military plot containing the remains of fallen soldiers from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.[1]

↑ O'Loughlin, Ed (3 July 1998), “Facelift for 'Breaker' Morant's grave”, in Mail & Guardian[1], Johannesburg

Inscription on headstone:
To the memory of
P. HANDCOCK
and
HENRY H. MORANT
27th Feb 1902
"He that loseth his life
shall find it"
Inscription on modern footstone:
In Memoriam
HARRY "THE BREAKER" MORANT
and
PETER HANDCOCK
Executed 100 years ago in Pretoria
27th FEB 1902
"A MAN'S FOES WILL BE THOSE OF
HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD"
ST MATTHEW CHAPTER 10 VERSE 36

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1902
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