WILSON, John Robert

Family Name:

Wilson

Given Names:

John Robert

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown, likely 1952

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age:

Early 20s

Location:

QLD, Biola

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Draft Resister

Reason for Court Appearance:

[1] Refused to obey a call-up notice

[2] Contacting the press

Court Name and Location:

[1] Unknown, Gladstone

[2] Unknown, Gladstone

Court Hearing Date:

[1] 12 May 1972

[2] 1972

Court Outcome:

[1] Two weeks in Gladstone lock-up

[2] Two weeks in Gladstone lock-up

Military Event:

National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

John Wilson was from Biola in Queensland. He refused to obey a call-up notice and was sentenced to two weeks in the Gladstone lock-up. He contacted the press to publicise his court case and outcome. For that offence he was sentenced to a further two weeks in the Gladstone lock-up. It is unknown whether he was prosecuted by the authorities before the NSA was suspended in December 1972

Confirmatory Sources:

Survey 2000, conducted by Associate Professor, Bobbie Oliver