WATSON, Colin

Family Name:

Watson

Given Names:

Colin

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown, possibly 1950

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age Range:

Early 20s

Location:

VIC

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Draft Resister

Reason for Court Appearance:

Refusal to register for National Service

Court Name and Location:

Magistrates Court, Sunshine

Court Hearing Date:

31 May 1971

Court Outcome:

Convicted and fined $40 plus $12.50 costs

Military Event:

National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

Coline Watson was from Victoria. He refused to register under the National Service Act 1964 (NSA) for the July 1970 intake of conscripts. At the Sunshine Magistrates Court on 31 May 1971, the magistrate convicted and fined him $40 plus $12.50 costs. It is unknown if he continued his non-compliance of the NSA.

Confirmatory Sources:

Peacemaker, March/ April 1971, p.11; May/ June/ July/ August,1971, p.12.

Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, 2022, p.264.