THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Cockburn

Given Names:

Hugh

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

30 January 1917

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown

Age/Age Range:

26

Location:

VIC, Lakemba

Occupation:

Farmer

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector – Religious Pacifism

Reason for Court Appearance: 

[1] Failure to register under National Service (Manpower) Regulations, 1943
[2] Failure to enrol under the Defence Act.

Court Name and Location:

[1] Court of Petty Sessions, Mansfield VIC
[2] Court of Petty Sessions, Mansfield VIC.

Court Hearing Date:

[1] 4 August 1943
[2] Unknown, possibly 1943.

Court Outcome:

[1] Seven days imprisonment
[2] One month imprisonment.

Military Event: World War II 1939-1945

Further Information:

Hugh Cockburn was a member of the Christadelphian Ecclesia.

Confirmatory Source:

Attorney-General’s Department, NAA: 472, W15262, Item ID 101568. Title: Prosecutions. National Security (Manpower) Regs. F.R. McKinlay and sixteen others of Christadelphian sect.