HUNT, David

Family Name:

Hunt

Given Names:

David

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown, possibly 1951

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age:

21 years old

Location:

NSW, Como

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Draft Resister-Opposition to Conscription

Reason for Court Appearance:

[1] refused to register for national service

[2] Refused to obey a call-up notice

[3] Refused to obey a second call-up notice

Court Name and Location:

[1] Uknown, Unknown

[2] Unknown, Unknown

[3] Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney

Court Hearing Date:

[1] 24 January 1972

[2] Unknown, 1972

[3] Unknown, 1972

Court Outcome:

[1] Unknown

[2] Unknown

[3] Unknown

Military Event:

National Service and the Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

David Hunt was from Como in New South Wales. He attached to his National Service Registration form a letter informing the Minister of his opposition to conscription, and presumably his reason why he refused to register for such. He stated that his honest beliefs subsequently would have had no significance to anyone but himself had he been rejected as medically unfit or his marble birth-date had not been selected. He chose a path of conscientious non-compliance. He had a court hearing at the Court of Petty Sessions, Sydney 24 January 1972. It possibly concerned a failure to register and/ or undergo a mandatory medical examination. It is known that he refused a call-up notice on 28 January 1972. He again refused a call-up notice on 16 February 1972. It is unknown what happened after that. The Government may have failed to prosecute or he was referred under reg. 32A to a court to determine if he had conscientious objector beliefs.

Confirmatory Sources:Peacemaker, January/ February 1972, p.?.