ABELL, Frederick Thomas

Family Name:

Abell

Given Names:

Frederick Thomas

Gender:

Male

Birth-Date:

Unknown, possibly 1936

Death-Date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age Range:

18-19 years old

Location:

QLD, Mackay

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector, Religious

Reason for Court Appearance:

Application for total exemption from military duties

Court and Location:

Court of Petty Sessions, Mackay

Court Hearing Date:

22 April 1954

Court Outcome:

Granted total exemption from all military duties as a conscientious objector

Military Event:

National Service 1951-1959

Further Information:

Frederick Abell was from Mackay in Queensland. He was a Christian pacifist. On that basis he applied for full exemption from all military duties. On 22 April 1954 at the Mackay Court of Petty Sessions, Magistrate Baker granted his application to registered as a conscientious objector under the National Service Act 1951.

Confirmatory Sources: Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, p.214.