Ormond Burton

Ormond Edward Burton (16 January 1893 – 7 January 1974) was a New Zealand teacher, soldier, war historian, Christian pacifist, Methodist clergyman, and writer, who was the co-founder (with Archibald Charles Barrington) of the Christian Pacifist Society of New Zealand.

Life and career Early years and war service Born in Auckland, Burton excelled at school and was awarded a scholarship to Auckland Grammar School. When he left school he attended Auckland Training College to become a teacher. His first appointment was as sole teacher at Waimana Sawmill School in the Bay of Plenty in 1913.

Burton wrote a history of the New Zealand Division, which was published as The Silent Division in 1935. He was imprisoned several times for his opposition to the Second World War, and was expelled from the Methodist Church in 1942.