Family Name:
Adamson
Given Names:
Lindsay
Gender:
Male
Birth-date:
21 July 1949
Death-date:
Passed, date unknown
Marital Status:
Unknown, probably single
Age/ Age Range:
Early 20s
Location:
VIC, Port Melbourne
Occupation:
Unknown
Primary Motivation:
Draft Resister
Reason for Court Appearance:
Unknown if prosecuted
Court Name and Location:
Unknown, Unknown
Court Hearing Date:
Unknown
Court Outcome:
Unknown if any
Military Event:
National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972
Further Information:
Lindsay Adamson was from Port Melbourne in Victoria. He was baptised at the Port Melbourne Methodist church 18 September 1949. He attended Nott Street Primary School !955-1960, then Middle Park Central School 1961-1962) and then Melbourne Boys High School 1963-1966. He was a student at Monash University.
He refused to register under the National Service Act 1964 (NSA). He was eligible for the second intake of military conscripts for 1969. No other information is known about him from August 1971. It appears he was not prosecuted under the NSA.
Confirmatory Sources:
Peacemaker, August/ September 1970, p.7; January/ February 1971, p.11; May/ June/ July/ August 1971, p.1.
Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go!: Resistance to Conscription in Post-War Australia, Interventions, 2022, p. 243.
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