We have researched who objected to conscription and refused to fight in the First World War. We came up with a number of key ideas when researching our topic about what type of people refused to fight during the First World War.
Conscription, which is the compulsory enlistment of people in the military forces, was not popular with all New Zealand people.
In 1915, 78 000 men stated that they were not willing to volunteer in New Zealand. Campaigns only managed to enlist 30% of those...The Fourteen sent to France - Research by Stephanie Upston and group
We have begun to research who the fourteen men were and how were these conscientious objectors were treated in New Zealand and France?
There were 14 men who were not prepared to fight these men include:
-Fred Adin
-Garth Ballantyne
-Alexander, John and Archibald Baxter
-Mark Briggs
-David Gray
-Thomas Harland
-Lawrence Kirwin
-William Little
-Daniel Magurie
-Henry Patton
-Lewis Penwright
-Albert Sanderson
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This is research that we have started on Anti-Militarism in New Zealand at the time of the First World War. By Rose Stoddart, Claudia Wollaston, Indiya Dawson-Myers, Bella Hannah, Rewa Kendall.
An English language translation follows the French version of our update.
Définitions:
Pacifisme: La croyance que la guerre et la violence sont injustifiables.
Privation des droits civiques: l incapacité de voter.
Le fond de l'anti-militarisme
De petits groupes de Néo-Zélandais étaient contre les...
Fresh crêpes, cobbled streets, photo booths and Parisiens smoking with cool refinement. Polished marble floors with a glassy sheen, wrought-iron lattices and metro stations flashing by in lights of dull grey. These are the things I remember about Paris. As soon as the Young Ambassadors touched down on French soil, we entered a place where history and modernity walk alive in the streets.
Our first week of the tour was a whirlwind of tourist attractions and grand military parades along with...
Treatment of the Objectors – Wanganui Detention Centre
The policy implemented in which the objectors were treated by was extremely harsh with victims suffering brutal acts affecting them all physically, mentally and emotionally.
The grounds of the Wanganui Detention Barracks were often nicknamed the ‘slaughter yard’ with evidence of blood splatters displayed throughout the yard. Those who refused to co-operate were pushed, pulled, kicked and...
Anti-Conscription During World War One
What actions were undertaken by those involved in the movements against conscription of men as soldiers?
Religious objectors would not serve in the Army Service Unit or Medical Corps during the war while refusing to wear uniforms for non-combatant roles. 73 conscientious objectors had been exempted for religious reasons but in Trentham Military Camp, 15 religious objectors refused to do any work or wear uniforms. They were...Bonjour !
As part of our Shared Histories programme this year, our group will be researching the passive resistance in New Zealand prior to the outbreak of the War.
In this we will be researching significant groups in New Zealand which opposed the compulsory military training that was imposed upon the New Zealand working class by the government. The two main groups we researched are the Socialists and Christians.
The workers from the groups who opposed military training were often subjected...
On the 12th of June the Young Ambassadors met in Wellington and spent the day together preparing for our trip. It was really exciting to meet the great people that I will share this trip with, and I am really looking forward to our departure on 11/07/14. On the 12th we visited the National Portrait Gallery for the exhibition on the First World War. This exhibition really got me thinking about my project, and I found a drawing of Archibald Baxter to be particularly stimulating. Recently in my...
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Who is this man? The dusty kaki coloured shirt framing a tanned face and the blanched periwinkle blue of the sky in behind the camel brown tent all suggest a war. But, which one? Perhaps it doesn’t matter as much as we might think...
This man is novelist, Tim O’Brien, during his service in Vietnam, lasting from 1969-70. I am currently in the midst of reading his most critically acclaimed novel, “The Things They Carried,” which, like this photograph, presents an aspect of...
Mr Coutts from Baradene College in Auckland visited France for two weeks to see the school we are partnered with in Chauny. He met five classes of students at Lycée Professionnel Gay Lussac and met with the teachers there to plan the project. He said it was a really great trip and he came back with photos to show us. The photos (above) are from his visit. Mr Coutts also looked at many places for us to visit next year when we will travel to France. We hope some of the students at Gay Lussac will...
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