Fantastic movie scene.!
Lt. Morant was English born and was actually part of a British regiment called 'Bushveldt Carbineers' formed in South Africa.
however it was commanded by an Aus Colonel.
Morants own defence council Mjr Thomas, took particular exception and often protested to him being refered to as an Australian.
even sending correspondence to media publications long after Morants death to stress;
"Morant was not an Australian, he was an Englishman, who came to this country for 'colonial experience'.
Harry "Breaker" Harbord Morant , are names he adopted apon settling in Australia, his birth name was Edwin Henry Murrant.
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It may be of interest to some that It was Australian veterans of WW1 that formed the famous QANTAS airline.
> Paul McGuinness served at Gallipoli - Light Horse, was one of the few wounded survivors of the charge at The Nek
and soon after joined the Flying Corp. a gunner with 7 aerial victories.
> Hudson Fysh served at Gallipoli -light Horse,..Egypt and Palestine, then transferred to Flying Corp as a gunner
with 5 aerial victories.
> Fergus McMaster served on the Western Front as a field gunner at Amiens, Villers-Bretonneux and Hamel
and lost a son over the skies of Germany in WW2.
> Arthur Baird took his engineering skills to the Flying Corp and served as a flight sergeant, Palestine.
His skills were extremely important in keeping those old mechanical birds in the air..!!
