OBJECTION TO SERVING
A HALF-CASTE KAFFIR Stating he did not see why he should be called upon to fight for another race, Walter Pierpont Brimble. a half-caste Kaffir, appealed for exemption from military service on the ground of conscientious objection before the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday. The reservist said he had lived in New Zealand practically all his life, but he considered the colour bar operated here. The appeal was dismissed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24203, 19 February 1942, Page 8
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