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Conscientious objector forced to wear uniform

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Conscientious objector forced to wear uniform

Conscientious  objector Thomas Moynihan being physically forced to wear uniform and march at the Whanganui detention barracks in early 1918. The mistreatment of imprisoned objectors at Whanganui soon became a further embarrassment to the government, compounding the damning evidence of the handling of the 14 in England and France.

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Archives New Zealand
Reference: AD1 box 738 10/566 pt 2

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