Family Name:
Green
Given Names:
Colin Stanley
Gender:
Male
Birth-Date:
Unknown, possibly 1934
Death-Date:
Unknown
Marital Status:
Unknown, probably single
Age: 18 years old
Location:
NSW, Sydney
Occupation:
Farmer
Primary Motivation:
Conscientious Objector, religious
Reason for Court Appearance:
Application for total exemption from military duties as a conscientious objector
Court Name and Location:
Unknown, Sydney
Court Hearing Date:
28 August 1952
Court Outcome:
Total exemption was granted
Military Event:
National Service 1951-1959
Further Information:
Colin Green was a farmer from New South Wales. He was a Christadelphian by religion. On that basis he applied for total exemption from military duties under the National Service Act 1951 as a conscientious objector. Magistrate Meagher granted his application on 28 August 1952.A Christadelphian elder who gave evidence in support of Colin stated, We hold that we must take no part whatever in military matters, combatant or non-combatant. Military training prepares men to be proficient in taking life, and anyone undertaking it becomes part of the military machine. The job is to kill as many as possible in the shortest time. If you give your spirit or support to anything, you help it along. So we adjure our members to refrain, by oath or affirmation, from linking up with the military organization.
Confirmatory Sources:
Peacemaker, October 1952, p.1.
THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL 