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• We Will Not Cease

  a New Zealand Classic

  Baxter, Archibald, 1881-1970

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  Archibald Baxter was a conscientious objector who was shipped to France where he endured horrendous suffering for his beliefs. Level: Secondary.

• Field Punishment No. 1

  Archibald Baxter, Mark Briggs & New Zealand's Anti-militarist Tradition

  Grant, David (David Malcolm)

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  One of New Zealand's most extraordinary stories describes the courage of the conscientious objectors sent overseas during World War I, in a brutal attempt to force them to renounce their convictions and join the war effort. Includes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• King and Country Call

  New Zealanders, Conscription and the Great War

  Baker, Paul (Paul John)

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  Focus is conscription, why it was introduced, and New Zealanders response to it. Detailed references and bibliography provided. Level: Secondary.

• Military Defaulters' List

  National Peace Council of New Zealand

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  Pamphlet alerting electors to the consequences of the repressive legislation affecting conscientious objectors after the First World War. Level: Intermediate, Secondary.

• Armageddon or Calvary

  the Conscientious Objectors of New Zealand and "The Process of Their Conversion"

  Holland, H. E. (Henry Edmund), 1868-1933

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  Describes background to conscription, the different types of conscientious objectors and the effects on families. Online link provided. Level: Secondary.

• We Will Not Fight...

  the Untold Story of World War One's Conscientious Objectors

  Ellsworth-Jones, Will

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  This book explores the history of conscientious objection in World War I and the consequences. Level: Secondary.

• The Soul of a Skunk

  the Autobiography of a Conscientious Objector

  Baker, George, born 1895

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  Personal story of the consequences of being a pacifist in England during the First World War. Level: Secondary.

• My Brother's War

  Hill, David, 1942-

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  The story of two brothers, William, who eagerly enlists for the army and his younger brother, Edmund, who is a conscientious objector and refuses to fight. Both brothers end up on the bloody battlefields of France, but their journeys…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You've Got Guts, Kenny Melrose

  Corlett, Shirley, 1940-

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  Set in 1920s New Zealand, this is a grim tale of orphanage living and a young man trying to pave out a life. Many issues of the time are included, such as conscientious objection, shell shock, the looming spectre of unemployment for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Long Way to Go

  Darke, Marjorie, 1929-2009

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  The fighting rages in France, and posters all over London demand that young men should join up. Even Bella shares the excitement: surely there's something more she can do than just work in a munitions factory? But Luke, Bella's twin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Will Not Go to War

  Conscientious Objection During the World Wars

  Goodall, Felicity

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  Provides background to conscription with Chapters 1-8 covering the First World War. Level: Secondary.