Tried under the National Military Service Act re refusal to do CMT
Preston, Bruce Victor, 1949?-
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Manuscript
Various papers
Date: [1970-1981]
From: Stewart, Keith, fl 1970-1997 : Ephemera relating to protest and student movements
Reference: MS-Papers-6142-5
Description: Includes clippings, flyers re the Pink Squad and Bruce Preston's charge under the National Military Service Act, newsletters re arts festival group arrested and opposition to Malay regime, sabotage instructions including how to make and throw molotov cocktails, recipes for grass (and alternatives), and song sheet with anti-tour songs (29 Aug 1981) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Organisation to Halt Military Service: [Ephemera of quarto size. 1970-1972]
Date: 1970 - 1972
Reference: Eph-B-PEACE-OHMS
Description: Includes: 1970: Friday 10 am Magistrates Courtroom no 2; everybody welcome. Bruce Preston is appearing on charges under the National Military Service Act ... [1970] 1972: It's a great life! In Her Majesty's prison! Take young Geoff Woolford ... [Shows illustration of man sitting in prison. 1972] (3 copies) Political prisoner of conscience - Geoffrey Ross Woolford is in jail - 3 months [1972] (2 different versions, 2 copies of each) National Military Service Act 1961. Form of registration of Opposition to National Military Service Act [1972] (2 copies white, 1 copy yellow) OHMS presents an anti-conscription concert! Sam Hunt, Wayne Finch, Tapestry, and others. Compered by Tim Shadbolt. Union Hall Victoria University, 10 September [1972]. Blue flier (2 copies) People's Picnic, this Sunday - Parliament [November 1972] "Stick this up your .... [re Ron Kuiper, and addressed to Minister of Labour David Thomson. 1972] OHMS newletter no. 1, 9 February 1972 (2 copies) Also includes other expressions of aims and principles, circular letters from Robert Reid and Brian Newman, letters from Marty Braithwaite. Stickers (non-gummed): Free Geoff Woolford [White banner. 1972] (3 copies) No conscription. meeting Myers Park, Sunday 29th Oct. at 2 pm [Yellow banner. 1972] Resist conscription; don't register. [Orange banner. 1972] (4 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.
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Organisation to Halt Military Service: [Newsclippings. 1970-1972]
Date: 1970 - 1972
Reference: Eph-B-PEACE-OHMS-Clippings
Description: Includes clippings about: The imprisonment of Bruce Victor Preston, aged 21 (10 October 1970, 15 October 1970). Two other clippings showing photographs of Preston Brian Newman (previous OHMS member) being admitted to Kindergarten Teachers' Training School in Kelburn The arrest of Kevin Trotter, aged 24, for failing to report for military service (Dominion, 12 June 1971) Clippings about Monty Braithwaite, Geoffrey Ross Woolford Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.