Family Name:
Hartley
Given Names:
Edward (Ted)
Gender:
Male
Birth-date:
1917
Death-date:
Unknown
Marital Status:
Single
Age/Age Range:
25
Location:
NSW
Occupation:
Accountant
Primary Motivation:
Conscientious Objector – Religious/Humanitarian Pacifist
Reason for Court Appearance:
[1] Application for exemption as a conscientious objector
[2] Refusal to take oath of enlistment
[3] Refusal to take oath of enlistment.
Court Name and Location:
[1] Unknown
[2] Sydney
[3] Sydney.
Court Hearing Date:
[1] Unknown
[2] 30 November 1942
[3] 8 October 1943.
Court Outcome:
[1] Application rejected
[2] 6 months imprisonment, served at Long Bay.
[3] Six months imprisonment, served at Goulburn, Tumbarumba Forestry Camp.
Military Event:
World War II 1939-1945
Further Information:
Ted Hartley was a member of the Congregational Church, the Boy Scouts and such peace groups as Australian Peace Pledge Union (NSW) where he served as Secretary and Newsletter Editor, and the NSW Conscientious Objectors Group. His reasons for refusing to enlist were both religious and humanitarian. During his first imprisonment, served in Long Bay, Hartley endured solitary confinement because he refused to do war work while in prison. In his second term, he was sent firstly to Goulburn Jail and then to the Tumbarumba Forestry Camp, where several other objectors worked.
Confirmatory Sources: Dossier of conscientious objectors as at 22 February 1944, London Peace Society Papers, National Library of Australia, Accession no. MS 2980, Box 3; Somerville; B. Oliver interview with Ted Hartley, 7 April 1995; Peacemaker, May 1944, p.4.
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