DID YOU KNOW?
In May 1965, the Save Our Sons (S0S) organisation was set up. This was made up of a group of mothers who opposed conscripts being sent overseas to fight.
They engaged in generally peaceful, traditional protests such as handing out leaflets, writing to members of parliament and attending demonstrations. In 1971 five SOS members were imprisoned after a protest outside the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne.
Conscription ended 5, December 1972
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When Australia sent troops to the Vietnam War in 1965, Queensland women joined the national and international movements for peace. One of the main thrusts of protest was the National Services Act, which conscripted men of fighting age to serve overseas. Not since World War I had Australia faced the issue of compulsory active military service. Almost half a century later, the Save Our Sons Movement (SOS) opposed the compulsory recruitment of young men sent to a war many did not believe in.
