Name of Ancestor: Peter Joseph Handcock
Ancestor's date of birth: 17/02/1868
Ancestor's date of death: 27/02/1902
Cause of Death: Judicial Murder
Service Number: 488
Colony or State of enlistment: NSW Place of Enlistment: Bathurst
Unit: 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: Lieutenant Date Effective: 02/1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Unable to serve after the Boer War
Murray Page: 66
Contingent: 2nd
Ship: Not Known Date of Sailing: 02/1900
Memorial details: Bathurst Boer War Memorial
Decorations: Nil
Personal Characteristics: A "knock-about bloke" seeking to serve.
Reasons to go and fight: To serve his country.
Details of service in war: Left Australia as a trooper, and was promoted Farrier Sergeant
within the NSWMR. He transferred to the Rail Services police, then to the Bushveldt Carbineers as a
Vetinary Lieutenant. There he was involved in an incident that led to his death by firing squad.
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