page_title: Peter Handcock
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Handcock
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian War Memorial photograph A05816: "Studio portrait of 488 Shoeing-Smith Peter Joseph Handcock, taken in Sydney prior to his departure for South Africa with the 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles. Lieutenant (Lt) Peter Handcock received his commission in the Bushveldt Carbineers, where he appeared on the rolls as Veterinary and Transport Officer. 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."
context_page_description: Peter Joseph Handcock was an Australian-born Veterinary Lieutenant who served in the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War in South Africa.
  After a court martial, Handcock was convicted and executed for the murder of several Boer prisoners-of-war.
  His execution, "which had been carried out without the knowledge and consent of the Australian government", was and remains a controversial issue in Australia.
context_section_description: Peter Joseph Handcock (17 February 1868 – 27 February 1902) was an Australian-born Veterinary Lieutenant who served in the Bushveldt Carbineers during the Boer War in South Africa.
  After a court martial, Handcock (along with Harry "Breaker" Morant) was convicted and executed for the murder of several Boer prisoners-of-war.  
  His execution, "which had been carried out without the knowledge and consent of the Australian government", was and remains a controversial issue in Australia.
caption: Peter Joseph Handcock (1900)
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