THE AUSTRALIAN PEACE HONOUR ROLL

Family Name:

Rhodes

Given Names:

Alan

Gender:

Male

Birth-date:

Unknown, possibly 1951

Death-date:

Unknown

Marital Status:

Unknown, probably single

Age Range:

Early 20s

Location:

VIC

Occupation:

Unknown

Primary Motivation:

Draft Resister

Reason for Court Appearance:

NA

Court Name and Location:

NA

Court Hearing Date:

NA

Court Outcome:

NA

Military Event:

National Service and Vietnam War 1964-1972

Further Information:

Alan Rhodes was from Victoria. He failed to register for national service, probably in 1971, under the National Service Act 1964 (NSA). It was unlikely that Alan was prosecuted under the NSA. The government during 1971, and especially 1972, were reluctant to prosecute when the result would be jailing a young man. This was particularly in regard to a refusal to obey a call-up notice. This attracted 18 months’ imprisonment. The government aimed to minimize its political risk of having large numbers of young men in prison. All pending prosecutions under the NSA were stopped by the newly elected Whitlam Labor government in early December 1972.

Confirmatory Sources:

Peacemaker, May/ June/ July/ August 1971, p.11; September/ December 1971, p.4.