Family Name:
Christie
Given Names:
John
Gender:
Male
Birth-date:
Unknown
Death-date:
Unknown:
Marital Status:
Unknown, probably single
Age/ Age Range:
Early 20s
Location:
Unknown
Occupation:
Unknown
Primary Motivation:
Conscientious Objector
Military Event:
National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972
Further Information:
John Christie was described in Woroni, the newspaper of the Australian National University as a hard hitting, well-argued conscientious objector. The reporter was describing an Ecumenical Christian camp held 15 to 17 March 1968 on Sturt Island on the Murrumbidgee River. The camp was sponsored by the Newman Society, Student Christian Movement and the Wesley Foundation. John was on of three speakers in the conscription section of the programme.It is not confirmed from any other source that he was a conscientious objector under the National Service Act, other than the description of him by the reporter.
Confirmatory Sources:
Woroni 18 April 1968, p.10.
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