Australia’s first conscientious objector during the Vietnam War | Our Vietnam War | ABC Australia
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- In 1965 William White registered as a conscientious objector, stating his opposition to both war in general and the war in Vietnam. His objection was denied.
When William White’s birthday was drawn in the first conscription ballot held in March, he was the first Australian to fight his call up notice.
After refusing to report for training he was sacked from his teaching job and then arrested and incarcerated at Holsworthy Army Base.
Over 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam; 523 died as a result of the war and almost 2,400 were wounded.
On August 18, 2023, Australia marks the 50th anniversary of the end of its involvement in the Vietnam War with a national service at the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial in Canberra.
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The 3-part series Our Vietnam War tells the story Australia’s involvement in the words of the men who were sent to fight; the battles, the protests, returning and the long shadow the war cast on the people whose lives were turned upside down.
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He had the guts to stand up for his beliefs. He had the guts to be the first in Australia. He made it easier for those who followed him. That is emotional intelligence at it's best.
let the politicians who want us to go to war have their own 1v1 and leave the rest of us out of it
Look how the old men rush to send the young men off to die
The USA committed War Crimes in Vietnam and hats off to William White a conscientious objector!
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Wasn’t Albo and his mates there to
How irrelevant can you be?
What the Nation forgets or is not taught, that while there was conscription for Viet Nam, overseas service was on a volunteer basis. Nashos would only deploy IF they agreed to deploy. Such is the Australian character, that most Nashos agreed to deploy with their Regular Army mates. Any Nasho who didn't want to deploy, didn't have to deploy and there was no harm in doing so.
Doing a recruit course was character building. Whether at 1 RTB (still in existence), 2 RTB or 3RTB (both retired for recruit training).
My Dad was a Nasho in the late '50s, Taree Battalion, now 41 RSWR. He was a tough man and served in the machine gun company on The Vickers.
The William Whites of this world are free to object to whatever they'd like to do, but quoting from the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, "Duty First".
This is am absolute lie.
I spent 18months in The Australian Infantry Centre at Ingleburn Army Camp, REINFORCEMENT WING and in that time I saw thousands of reinforcements sent to Vietnam which include conscripts and believe me they did not want to go. There was even a platoon full of them which was called "Administration Platoon." This platoon was called the "lepers platoom". "I recall the words of a CSM in my company at Recruit training at Kapooka when I asked when the 8 nashos in the platoon were going to sweaR AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.he smioled at me and said "Son you dont have to swear anything. The good people of Australia gave you to us for two years to do what we like with and thats all you have to worry about".that is exactly what happened. I had a very good friend who was in this platoon with me and every time he wasa put on a draft he had some medicalk thing to stop him such as he hurt his ankle or something else. Why did he do this? Because his mate who went on the previous draft was shot through the spine by one of our own troops on orientation in Vietnam. We visited him in the coast hospital and he was suspended from the ceiling in a special bed. People who say the above comment do not know what they are talking about. Believe me at the Infantry Center at Ingleburn If the army said you were going you had no choice. anything else is a blatant lie.
There was no need for conscription australia wasnt
Threatened just another civil war in asia!
Just send the sas there!
They did send in the SAS and failed!