THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Wigmore

Given Names:

Roger William

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

1924

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status

Single

Age/ Age Range:

18

Location:

NSW

Occupation:

Pastry Cook.

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector – Religious Pacifism

Reason for Court Appearance:

Application for exemption from military service as a conscientious objector.

Court Name and Location:

Magistrate’s Court, Hornsby, NSW.

Court Hearing Date:

27 April 1942

Court Outcome:

Conditional exemption granted.

Military Event:         

World War II.

Further Information:

Roger Wigmore was a Christadelphian.

Confirmatory Sources:

J.G. Somerville Papers, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Series MS 7049.