Field Punishment No.1

The war heroes we never heard about

In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.

War Drama

Fraser Brown

(Archibald Baxter)

Michael Whalley

(William Little)

Byron Coll

(Mark Briggs)

Damien Avery

(Sandy Baxter)

Victoria Abbott

(Sophie)

Colin Moy

(Sergeant Bolton)

Andrew Robertt

(Lieutenant-Colonel CMO)

Joseph Rye

(Lieutenant Nessam)

Jason Hodzelmans

(John Baxter)

Tim Carlsen

(James)

Richard Chapman

(Lawrence Kirwan)

Daniel Cleary

(Old Soldier)

Barry Duffield

(Dunkirk Warder)

Coen Falke

(Goldie)

Robert Hartley

(Sam)

Stephen Hunter

(Aussie Bill)

Tama Jarman

(Hugh)

Eli Kent

(Garth Ballantyne)

Phil Peleton

(Doctor Claude Brissaud)

Andrew Robertt

(Lieutenant-Colonel)

Jordan Selwyn

(Terry)

Will Wallace

(Peter)