C.O. DEFAULTERS
NOT ATTENDING PARADES. CHRISTCHURCH, July 19. Legal action against a number of military defaulters in Chr’stchurch is pending, a majority of them being conscientious objectors whese appeals have been dismissed by the Armed Forces Appeal Board, an' 1 who have been ordered to undertake non-combatant service. In such cases the men are notifle' in a Gazette that they are required to report to tho Ai’ea Staff Officer, and on their failure to parade action is taken through th P Courts, _ One case has already been dealt with in Christchurch, the defaulter bt in? sentenced to imprisonment for f.ire? months. Four men have been warnec to parade next Wednesday, and a further three are t.o report on July 30. POSITION AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND. July 19. Of thirty-six men called to parad<. as defaulters at the Dri 1 Hal] today, onlv one appeared. The majority of those who failed to attend are conscientious objectors whose appeals against) service have been dismissed by the Armed Forces Appea' Board.
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Grey River Argus, 21 July 1941, Page 8
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