THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Haddrill

Given Names:

Albion

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

24 March 1902

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Single

Age/Age Range:

41

Location:

WA, Katanning

Occupation:

Charcoal Burner/Minister of Religion

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector – Religious Pacifism

Reason for Court Appearance:          

[1] Application for exemption as a conscientious objector
[2] Failure to take the oath of enlistment
[3] Appeal 3 July 1943.

Court Name and Location:

[1] Police Court, Katanning WA
[2] Unknown
[3] Supreme Court, Perth, WA.

Court Hearing Date:

[1] Unknown
[2] 29 October 1942
[3] 23 July 1943.

Court Outcome:

[1] Ordered to undertake non-combatant duties
[2] Prison sentence (served at Fremantle Prison).
[3] Appeal struck out 22 May 1944.

Military Event:

World War II 1939-1945

Further Information:

Albion Haddrill was a Minister in the Jehovah’s Witness church, Katanning, WA.

Confirmatory Sources:

Attorney-General’s Commonwealth Police Files, NAA: MP742/1, 232/15/85, Item ID 391447. Title: Exemption of Jehovah’s Witnesses; Supreme Court of Western Australia Consignment No. 3620, box 1, File 1943/07