by SuperAdmin | Nov 29, 2023 | Story
I was conscripted in the first intake of 1965 but deferred until 2 February 1966 to complete my first year of teaching. The children’s year was not disrupted but my part-time psychology studies certainly were as my ambition was to become an educational psychologist....
by SuperAdmin | Dec 22, 2022 | Story
STORY – ROD M – A Conscientious Objector’s National Service BACKGROUND A person’s teenage years are when they are feeling their way in the world and establishing their beliefs and moral compass, I was no different. I was sorting my own moral response to...
by SuperAdmin | Aug 17, 2022 | Story
A marble with a number attached – little did I know at the time that such a small object would have had such massive ramifications on the rest of my life. My life changed forever in 1967 when I received a letter informing me that I had been called for National...
by SuperAdmin | Jul 20, 2022 | Story
My name is George Baylis I was conscripted in the second intake 27/09 / 1965 in what I class as the most corrupt form of selected conscription. I was first sent to Puckapunual for recruit training , carried out by a bunch of alcoholic N.C.O who’s training skills...
by SuperAdmin | Apr 20, 2022 | Story
It has taken nigh on 50 years, but I am finally sitting here documenting my National Service experience. It’s not going to easy but hopefully it will be therapeutic to some extent, so here goes. The exact dates are not critical to me, but I was in the 2nd last intake...
by SuperAdmin | Mar 31, 2022 | Story
I’ll start my story with a little background of my early life. Hope to indulge your patience. The relevance will become obvious later. I come from what I would call a dysfunctional family, my mother died when I was 6 years old. After which my father, two-year old...
