THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Harris

Given Names:

F. McD.

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status

Unknown

Age/ Age Range:

30

Location:

VIC, Annuello.

Occupation:

State School Teacher

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector- Religious Pacifism

Reason for Court Appearance:

[1] Application for exemption from military service as a conscientious objector
[2] Charged by the Education Department as unfit to teach.

Court Name and Location:

[1] Magistrate’s Court, Sale, VIC.
[2] Unknown

Court Hearing Date:

[1] Unknown
[2] Unknown

Court Outcome:

[1] Granted conditional exemption
[2] Proceedings dismissed.  Harris was reinstated in his teaching position. 

Military Event:          

World War II 1939-1945

Further Information:

Mr Harris was a Christadelphian.

Confirmatory Sources:

Attorney-General’s Department, National Archives of Australia (ACT), A8911/1, 111, Item ID 821546. Title: Peace Movements – Victorian State Pacifist Council; P. Wilson, ‘A question of conscience’ Ph.D. Thesis, La Trobe, 1984, pp. 204-6.