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.
