▁time ▁reported ▁that ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁front ▁he ▁could ▁be ▁shot ▁for ▁dis ob ey ing ▁orders . ▁ ▁There ▁B ax ter ▁remained ▁under ▁det ention ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁refuse ▁any ▁military ▁invol vement . ▁He ▁had ▁been ▁assigned ▁to ▁E ▁Company ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁Rein for c ements , ▁led ▁by ▁Captain ▁Frederick ▁Harold ▁B atten , ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁av i ator ▁Jean ▁B atten . ▁He ▁was ▁placed ▁under ▁L t ▁Col ▁George ▁Mitchell , ▁ 3 rd ▁O tag o ▁Reserve ▁Battalion , ▁who ▁investig ated ▁his ▁case , ▁question ing ▁him ▁about ▁his ▁belief s , ▁but ▁ultimately ▁finding ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁soldier ▁by ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Government . ▁Mitchell ▁told ▁B ax ter ▁that ▁if ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁obey ▁military ▁orders ▁he ▁should ▁expect ▁to ▁be ▁pun ished , ▁as ▁determined ▁by ▁Mitchell . ▁Event ually ▁Mitchell ▁pun ished ▁B ax ter ▁with ▁ 2 8 ▁days ▁of ▁Field ▁P un ishment ▁No . 1 ▁at ▁O ud red ou m ▁( near ▁Y pres ▁in ▁Belg ium ). ▁ ▁A ▁doctor ▁exam ined ▁B ax ter ▁before ▁the ▁pun ishment , ▁and ▁despite ▁telling ▁B ax ter ▁he ▁thought ▁he ▁was ▁un fit ▁for ▁it , ▁spite fully ▁passed ▁him ▁as ▁fit . ▁ ▁Because ▁the ▁personnel ▁at ▁O ud red ou m ▁would ▁not ▁pun ish ▁him , ▁he ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁M ud ▁Farm ▁near ▁Dic ke bus ch ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁D