Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000

Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000 is statute law in New Zealand.[1][2][3] The act sought to remove the blight on their character of five soldiers who were unjustly executed during the Great War.[4] One of the pardoned soldiers named in the act was from New Zealand's southern port town of Bluff and he is now honoured in the town's maritime museum.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000 No 29 (as at 15 September 2000), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation".
  2. ↑ "Moments of truth from World War I - New Zealand Listener". 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Lockley, Mike (17 January 2016). "World War 1 soldier executed for mutiny to be honoured at National Memorial Arboretum".
  4. ↑ "World War One pardoned soldiers to be recognised with awards".
  5. ↑ Devlin, Kimberley Crayton-Brown and Collette (19 November 2012). "Pardoned deserter's medals on show" – via Stuff.co.nz.
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