TUBMAN, Peter Laurence

Family Name:

Tubman

Given Names:

Peter Laurence

Gender:

Male

Birth-Date:

Unknown, possibly 1935

Death-Date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age:

19 years old

Location:

NSW, Rolland Plains

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:

Court of Petty Sessions, Kempsey

Court Hearing Date:

7 July 1954

Court Outcome:

Application was granted

Military Event:

National Service 1951-1959

Further Information:

Peter Tubman was from Rolland Plains in New South Wales and was a Christian by religion. Both he and his brother applied for total exemption from military duties as conscientious objectors under the National Service Act 1951 (NSA). On 7 July 1954 at the Court of Petty Sessions in Kempsey, Magistrate Tyler granted him total exemption under the NSA.

Confirmatory Sources:

Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, 2022, p.236.