THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Cooper

Given Names:

Arthur Hampden

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

1901

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status

Married

Age/ Age Range:

41

Location:

NSW

Occupation:

Commercial Traveler

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector – Religious Pacifism

Reason for Court Appearance:

Application for exemption from military service as a conscientious objector.

Court Name and Location:

Magistrate’s Court, Hornsby, NSW.

Court Hearing Date:

3 August 1942

Court Outcome:

Ordered to perform civil duties

Military Event:          

World War II 1939-1945

Further Information:

Arthur Cooper was a Quaker.  He was married with four children. Ordered to perform civil duties, he was sent to Quorobolong Forestry Camp NSW in 1943.

Confirmatory Sources: J.G. Somerville Papers, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Series MS7049.