From Duty to Dishonour: Lieutenant Harry Harbord "The Breaker" Morant

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I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military History

Ross Manuel

79 episodes

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"I Was Only Doing My Job" is a fortnightly (Bi-weekly) Australian Military History podcast hosted by Ross Manuel. Instead of focusing on maps and dates, each episode is devoted to chronicling Australia's Military History through the individual stories of those who served; where they grew up, what they did, and invariably what happened to them.

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From Duty to Dishonour: Lieutenant Harry Harbord "The Breaker" Morant

I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military History

37 minutes 22 seconds

1 year ago

From Duty to Dishonour: Lieutenant Harry Harbord "The Breaker" Morant

7-SEPTEMBER-1901. While serving with the Bushveldt Carbineers, a British Irregular Mounted Unit, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Lt Harry Harbord Morant, better known as "Breaker Morant" allegedly ordered the execution of eight Boer Prisoners of War, along with several Dutch civilians, and a German Missionary. For this act, Breaker Morant is one of the first British Subjects, charged, tried and convicted for War Crimes. And while he claimed to be following orders, at what point does just doing your job constitute unlawful killings of non-combatants?

From Duty to Dishonour is a backer-exclusive podcast that tells the story of those service personnel who didn't live up to the societal expectations of what an Australian Service person represents, but their story still deserves to be told.

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