Peter Galvin interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"

Peter Galvin came from a Catholic family and, in his teens, saw himself as a Christian activist. As time to register for National Service approached, in 1971-72, Peter sought the guidance of his local priest, Father Tony Newman, who sent him to the Association for International Cooperation and Development (AICD) which in turn put him in touch with the Draft Resisters Union (DRU). The DRU had partly fallen apart and Peter, who was working on the railways, linked up with some student activists to reform the DRU. They campaigned for the release of draft resister Geoff Mullen, and worked with the resistance 'underground’. Peter was also involved with the Revitalisation of Christianity commune in Enmore which was a centre of draft resistance. After the election of the Whitlam government, Peter was asked to come into the Redfern Police Station to witness the destruction of his file which was ordered by Attorney General Lionel Murphy when the government declared an amnesty for draft resisters. "Don't you worry son", one of the officers said to him, "we've made a copy". His later employment was directly affected by his record as a draft resister. (Description provided by interviewer).