Family Name:
Kelly
Given Names:
Roger
Gender:
Male
Birth-date:
Unknown, possibly 1949
Death-date:
Unknown
Marital Status:
Unknown, probably single
Age Range:
Early 20s
Location:
NSW, Parkes
Occupation:
Unknown
Primary Motivation:
Draft Resister, anti-conscription
Reason for Court Appearance:
NA
Court Name and Location:
NA
Court Hearing Date:
Court Outcome:
NA
Military Event:
National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972
Further Information:
Roger Kelly was from Parkes in regional New South Wales. He opposed the National Service Act 1964 (NSA). He refused to register for national service for the January 1969 intake of conscripts. He also refused to attend the mandatory medical examination under the NSA. Eventually he was declared unfit for military service.
Confirmatory Sources:
Peacemaker, May/ June 1970, p.4; March/ April 1971, p11; May/ June/ July/ August 1971, p.11.
Bobbie Oliver, Hell No! We Won’t Go! Resistance to Conscription in Post War Australia, Interventions, Melbourne, 2022, p.253.
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