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Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000 is statute law in New Zealand. The act sought to remove the blight on their character of five soldiers who were unjustly executed during
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. One of the pardoned soldiers named in the act was from New Zealand's southern port town of
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and he is now honoured in the town's
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. The Act was opposed by the ACT party, which argued it was inappropriate and an insult to the memory of everyone who fought in the war.


The pardoned soldiers

They were all awarded medals posthumously, after the act was passed. * John (Jack) Braithwaite, PTE, b. 1882 in Dunedin. British War Medal, Victory Medal, New Zealand Certificate of Honour. * Frank Hughes, PTE, b. 1888 in Croydon, Southland. British War Medal, Victory Medal, New Zealand Certificate of Honour. * John King, PTE, b. 1885 in Victoria, Australia. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, New Zealand Certificate of Honour, Anzac Commemorative Medallion. * Victor Manson Spencer, PTE, b. 1894 in Otautau, Southland. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal; Victory Medal, New Zealand Certificate of Honour, Anzac Commemorative Medallion. * John Joseph Sweeney, PTE, b. 1879 in Sprent, Tasmania. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, New Zealand Certificate of Honour, Anzac Commemorative Medallion.


See also

* List of New Zealand soldiers executed during World War I * Shot at Dawn Memorial


References

{{reflist Statutes of New Zealand 2000 in New Zealand law New Zealand in World War I Military discipline and World War I Pardon legislation