THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Green

Given Names:

Peter Vincent

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably Single

Age/ Age Range:

Early 20s

Location:

VIC, Greensborough

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector, Pacifist Humanist

Reason for Court Appearance:

Application for full exemption from military duties

Court Name and Location:

Court of Petty Sessions, Melbourne

Court Hearing Date:

23 January 1969

Court Outcome:

Granted full exemption from military duties

Military Event:

National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

Peter Green was from Greensborough in Victoria. He made application for full exemption from military duties based on his humanist pacifism. His hearing was at the Court of Petty Sessions in Melbourne on 23 January 1969. Magistrate LSF Smith granted him full exemption from military duties. On the same day at the same court Magistrate Smith heard applications from Jeffrey Bowater and Geoffrey Sandy.  The former’s application was not granted whilst the latter’s was.

Confirmatory Sources:

Register of Convictions, Orders and Other proceedings, 30 January 1969, Court of Petty Sessions, Melbourne.

Interview of Peter Green by Geoffrey A Sandy, 7 June 2018.