Family Name:
Allen
Given Names:
David Whittier
Gender:
Male
Birth-date:
25 February 1910
Death-date:
18 August 1968
Marital Status:
Engaged
Age/ Age Range:
33 years of age
Location:
NSW, Epping
Occupation:
Accountant
Primary Motivation:
Conscientious Objector – Religious Pacifism
Reason for Court Appearance:
Refusal to perform non-combatant duties
Court Name and Location:
Court unknown, Ryde, NSW
Court Hearing Date:
November 1943
Court Outcome:
3 months imprisonment; released 18 February 1944
Military Event: World War II 1939-1945
Further Information:
David Allen was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers), the Australian Peace Pledge Union, and the Conscientious Objectors’ Central Committee, NSW, where he was Treasurer. He attended The Friends School in Hobart as a boarder from 1924 to 1927. He applied for exemption as a conscientious objector based on his religious pacifism as a Quaker. He was ordered by the magistrate to perform non-combatant duties. When he refused, he was sentenced three months in prison, which he served at Long Bay and Emu Plains prisons. David became engaged to Ruth Mills after his release from prison on 18 February 1944. He was called up to enlist in the Allied Works Council (AWC). In July 1944, he was awaiting a summons for his failure to enlist. The outcome is unknown.
Confirmatory Sources:
Peacemaker, April 1944, p.2; May 1944, p. 4; July 1944, p. 4.
Sally McGushin, Excerpts Allen Family Archives The Archives Office of The Freiends School, 23 Commercial Road, North Hobart 7002.
THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL 