ANDERSON, Kenneth Brian

Family Name:

Anderson

Given Names:

Kenneth Brian

Gender:

Male

Birth-Date:

Unknown, possibly 1935

Death-Date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age:

18-19 years old

Location:

NSA, Wee Waa

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Conscientious Objector, Religious

Reason for Court Appearance:

[1] Application for total exemption from military duties as a conscientious objector

[2] Appeal against exemption from combatant military duties only

Court Name and Location:

[1] Police Court, Narrabri

[2] Quarter Sessions

Court Hearing Date:

[1] 9 April 1953

[2] 14 July 1953

Court Outcome:

[1] Exemption from combatant military duties only

[2] Appeal dismissed

Military Event:

National Service 1951-1959

Further Information:

Kenneth Anderson was from Wee Waa in New South Wales. He was a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) and on religious grounds applied for total exemption from all military duties under the National Service Act 1951. On 9 April 1953 at the Police Court at Narrabri, Magistrate Ward granted him exemption from combatant military duties only. Usually an SDA was willing to perform non-combatant military duties and drew the conscientious line at killing another person. Kenneth had applied for full exemption and appealed the decision. At the Quarter Sessions on 14 July 1953 Judge Storkey dismissed his appeal.

Confirmatory Sources:

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