Youth Conscription

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Title

Youth Conscription

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Collection

Auckland Museum Collections

Description

Flyer produced by the Peace Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in N.Z., in response to the 1949 referendum, asking New Zealanders to vote against conscription. In 1949, Prime Minister Peter Fraser held a referendum to allow the New Zealand public to decide on the future of Compulsory Military Training (a form of conscription). The results on August 3rd strongly approved the reintroduction of CMT, with 77.9% in favour from a turnout of 63.5%. Under the Military Training Act 1949, wh...

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Image

Date created

1949

Creator

The Religious Society of Friends in Aotearoa

URL

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Locations

Auckland / New Zealand

Related subjects

Public opinion--New Zealand / Conscientious objectors--New Zealand / New Zealand. Military Training Act 1949 / Draft--Moral and ethical aspects--New Zealand / Draft--New Zealand--History--20th century / Referendum--New Zealand / Referendum--New Zealand--Printed Ephemera

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