Great War Stories: Mark Briggs
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Digital items relating the Great War Story video about Mark Briggs: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/video/mark-briggs-great-war-story Mark Briggs objected to taking part in the First World War on socialist grounds. He was arrested and became one of fourteen conscientious objectors forcibly deported to Europe and sent to military camps. All of the men were humiliated and abused to make them give in, and Briggs was dragged across nail-studded duckboards because he would not walk to the front lines. Briggs and Archibald Baxter were the only two objectors who held out until their return to New Zealand. See more Great War Stories here http://firstworldwar.govt.nz/great-war-stories
Punishing conscientious objectors: Mark Briggs
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Briggs, Mark
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Archibald Baxter
Alexander Turnbull Library
Untitled Illustration (NZ Truth, 29 July 1916)
National Library of New Zealand
Hobson's Choice --���From the Frying-pan into the Fire (NZ Truth, 29 July 1916)
National Library of New Zealand
Loading cut flax in Makerua
Alexander Turnbull Library
Trentham Military Camp
Alexander Turnbull Library
Colonel Allen
Alexander Turnbull Library
The ship Waitemata
Alexander Turnbull Library
Saluting the Auckland Battalion at the Piccadilly, Sling Camp
Alexander Turnbull Library
Forced dressing of Conscientious Objectors into uniform
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga