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Military Service Act - conscientious objection in the First World War
The Military Service Act 1916 allowed limited exemption from service. Men who were exempted had to be prepared to provide alternative non-combatant service in New Zealand or overseas.
Pacifist objection - conscientious objection in the First World War
Pacifists and Christian socialists opposed the war on moral or religious grounds.
Archibald Baxter's 'We will not cease' cover
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