SOLDIER OBJECTOR
Wanted Service Oniy In
New Zealand
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February IS.
“I have no objection whatever to fighting for New Zealand in New Zealand, but I can conscientiously say that I do not wish to serve as a soldier- in any other country than my own,” stated Sergeant Moore Hooker Bowden, paysergeant, Ist Battalion, Auckland Regiment, when he appeared before the Armed Forces Appeal Board this morning to appeal against bis calling up for service overseas.
“This is the laud of my birth and I feel bound to it. by strung ties of loyalty. I am prepared to defend it to the last ditch against any aggressor. I have no objection to military service as far as it is confined to this country. The taking of life and smashing of property in other parts of the world is not my job,” added Bowden. In answer to a question Bowden said he would light to the death in New Zealand.
The ehtrirman, Mr. Orr Walker, S.M., said that in some circumstances aggression was the better form of defence. If tin enemy was able to take parts of the British Empire piece by piece it would be little use lighting here. He added that the appeal did not come under the heading ‘'conscientious objection” and would, therefore, have to be dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 124, 19 February 1941, Page 9
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222SOLDIER OBJECTOR Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 124, 19 February 1941, Page 9
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