THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Lewry

Given Names:

Stanley

Gender:

Male

Birth-Date:

Unknown

Death-Date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age/ Age Range:

Early 20s

Location:

NSW

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector-Pacifism Religious

Reason for Court/ Tribunal Appearance:

Application for full exemption from military service  

Court/ Tribunal Name and Location:

Unknown, Wagga

Court/ Tribunal Hearing Date:

26 February 1968  

Court/Tribunal Outcome:

Granted full exemption from military service as a conscientious objector

Military Event:

National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

Stanley Lewis was a member of a Christian sect which is unnamed. He applied for full exemption from military service based on his Christian pacifism as a   conscientious objector. His court hearing was in a Wagga court on 26 February 1968 and heard by Judge Amsberg. In his decision to grant Stanley full exemption he remarked that, “I don’t understand the Army’s attitude towards conscientious objectors, they probably make ‘rotten soldiers’ anyway”.

Confirmatory Sources:

Peacemaker, April 1968, p.3.