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]
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- ↑ "Pardon for Soldiers of the Great War Act 2000 No 29 (as at 15 September 2000), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation". http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2000/0029/latest/whole.html.
- ↑ "Moments of truth from World War I - New Zealand Listener". 22 April 2016. http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/historical/moments-of-truth-from-world-war-i/.
- ↑ Lockley, Mike (17 January 2016). "World War 1 soldier executed for mutiny to be honoured at National Memorial Arboretum". http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/world-war-1-soldier-executed-10739131.
- ↑ "World War One pardoned soldiers to be recognised with awards". https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/world-war-one-pardoned-soldiers-be-recognised-awards.
- ↑ Devlin, Kimberley Crayton-Brown and Collette (19 November 2012). "Pardoned deserter's medals on show". http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/7966930/Pardoned-deserters-medals-on-show.
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