Family Name:
Aussel
Given Names:
James Bernard
Gender:
Male
Birth-Date:
Unknown, mid 1930s
Death-Date:
Unknown
Marital Status:
Age: 22 years old
Location:
ACT, Griffith
Occupation:
Fitter and Machinist
Primary Motivation:
Conscientious Objector, Religious
Reason for Court Appearance:
Application for total exemption from military duties as a conscientious objector
Court Name and Location:
Court of Petty Sessions, Canberra
Court Hearing Date:
Unknown
Court Outcome:
Granted exemption from combatant military duties only
Military Event:
National Service 1951-1959
Further Information:
James Aussel was a 22-year-old from Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, He was a Fitter and Machinist by trade. He was a Christian which form the grounds for his application for full exemption from all military duties under the National Service Act 1951. At the Court of Petty Sessions in Canberra, Magistrate RA McKillop granted him exemption from combatant military duties only.
Confirmatory Sources:
Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, p.214.
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