Conscientious Objectors in World War One

Conscientious Objectors in World War One

When conscription was introduced to New Zealand in 1916 thousands of men were called up to serve under Section 34 and 35 of the Military Service Act. However, there were those who opposed the war because of religious, political and moral beliefs.

About 600 men declared conscientious objections. Many of those who refused to go were subsequently punished and incarcerated. Of these men, 286 were ultimately imprisoned in New Zealand

The names of the objectors and the details of their convictions were taken from NZHistory’s published list of imprisoned conscientious objectors, 1916-18.

These records provide us with important insights into the personal details, occupations, and the myriad of reasons these men had for refusing to serve, as well as the harsh punishments that they were subjected to.

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Family name A-Z Family name Z-A First name A-Z First name Z-A Force War Service # Relevance

Record ID	Photo	Family name	First names	Force	Wars	Service #		Preliminary
180894		Adin	Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	57439
180895		Aicken	Isaac Samuel	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	48885
180897		Aiken	Owen John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	66096
180898		Allely	Brian Andrews	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70773
180899		Anderson	Frederick William	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	57444
180900		Anderson	Henry Alfred Drummond	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	61175
180901		Arthur	Ronald	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	48152
180902		Ash	Henry Charles	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	72700
180905		Batten	Allan Percy	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62821
C96512		Baxter	Archibald McColl Larmond	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	47814
180904		Banks	David	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71954
180906		Baxter	Donald	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	60357
C96390		Ballantyne	Garth Carsley	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	51621
180907		Baxter	Hugh	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	60358
180903		Badger	Wilfred Smith	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	81341
180908		Baxter	William	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	63870
180977		Beaton	Alister	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	81947
180979		Bennett	John Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62822
180978		Bell	Norman Murray	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	64795
180980		Bentley	Thomas Atkinson	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	64699
180982		Blanchard	Arthur	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	92896
180983		Bland	Herbert	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	59854
180984		Blundell	Hugh King	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62843
180981		Blade	Hugh Robert	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	58728
180985		Bowrey	Ernest Harold	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	89764
180996		Brosnan	Daniel	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71945
180999		Bryant	Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62808
180986		Brailsford	John Annesley	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62718
180998		Broughton	Keith Hamilton	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	57363
C96665		Briggs	Mark	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	51629
180997		Brosnan	Timothy	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	65249
181000		Burgess	Kenneth	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	92879
C33730		Burton	Ormond Edward	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	3/483
181003		Carian	George	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	84228
181002		Campbell	Hugh	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	75296
181001		Calpin	James	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71992
181005		Church	Albert Edwin John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	53855
181004		Christian	Donald	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	74341
181006		Church	Frederick	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	87659
181007		Clapham	James Wilfred	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71926
181008		Clark	Louis	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71947
181014		Cole	Alfred Frank	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	86977
181016		Conway	Edward	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	84173
181009		Cochrane	Ernest Samuel	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	75318
181010		Cody	John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	60309
181011		Cody	Lawrence	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	78529
181012		Cody	Patrick	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	60308
181015		Collins	Thomas	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	85460
181013		Coffey	Thomas George	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	78490
181017		Cunningham	Anthony	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	64771
181018		Dagleish	Anthony	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	79912
181021		Day	Douglas Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	87276
181019		Davey	Wilfred James	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	3/3844
181020		Davidson	William Ernest	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	57382
181022		Dixon	Thomas Perrin	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	56570
181024		Doherty	Charles Wentworth	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	63315
181027		Dowsett	Edward Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71980
181023		Dodge	Frederick Ernest	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	87661
181026		Downing	Stanley Robert	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	77974
181025		Donovan	William Bertram	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	83651
181029		Drumm	Edward Thomas	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70768
181028		Driscoll	Thomas Michael	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	64783
181031		Duncan	John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	84165
181030		Duke	Joseph Walter	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	77508
181032		Eeles	George Frederick	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	87274
181033		Ellman	Henry	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	89833
181034		Enoka	Tiri	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	84713,
181035		Farrand	George Arthur	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	44444
181036		Farrand	Robert Alfred	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	D67/44445/9
181038		Forlong	Douglas Gordon	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	59631
181039		Forlong	Gordon	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	74939
181037		Foley	Lawrence	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70746
181040		Fountain	Stanley Frederick	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70771
181041		Fowler	Thomas Edward	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70936
181042		Gavin	Thomas James	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	86976
181043		Gear	Jeremiah	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	48418
181044		Gill	Percy	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	67576
181046		Goodson	Cornelius	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	62807
181045		Goldsbury	Noel	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	110346
181047		Gray	Hugh Radford	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	70780
181048		Gray	John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	48945
181050		Greenhill	Walter Raymond Osborne	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	57216
181049		Gray	William George	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	82011
181052		Gunter	Charles	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	74329
181051		Gunn	Daniel	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	89772
181056		Harding	Alfred William	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71996
181055		Hannam	Edward	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	81971
181054		Halse	Frederick John	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	73098
181053		Halkett	Roland Gordon	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	78502
181058		Henderson	Andrew Kennaway	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	91174
181059		Herbert	Frederick Guy	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	77922
181057		Hedley	Smith	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	3/3395
181060		Higgins	Eugene	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	79922
181061		Hiko	Joe	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	84699
181062		Hill	William Charles Frederick	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	79921
181063		Hodgins	Forbes	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	74271
181064		Hoera	George	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	M233
181068		Hopkins	Howard	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	71939
181067		Holtham	John Ernest	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	59376
181065		Hogan	Joseph Stanley	Civilian	World War I, 1914-1918	56601

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