Family Name:
Bryiel
Given Names:
Francis Conrad
Gender:
Male
Birth-Date:
Unknown, possibly 1937
Death-Date:
Unknown
Marital Status:
Unknown, probably single
Age:
18 years old
Location:
QLD, Oxford Park
Occupation:
Apprentice Plasterer
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, Cairns
Court Hearing Date:
28 August 1955
Court Outcome:
Application was granted
Military Event:
National Service 1951-1959
Further Information:
Francis Byriel was from Oxford Park in Queensland. He was an apprentice plasterer. He was a member of the Jehovah’s Witness. He applied for total exemption from military duties as a conscientious objector under the National Service Act 1951. His court hearing was on 28 August 1955 at the Court of Petty Session in Cairns, His application was heard by Magistrate Fowler. Francis quoted the bible to demonstrate that it was wrong to kill. The magistrate granted his application.
Confirmatory Sources:
Peacemaker, December 1955, p.1.
Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, p.216.
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