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In his 20s, now-retired NSW judge Wayne Haylen was called a coward for burning his Vietnam conscription card, but a conspicuous act of bravery silenced his critics.

In his 20s, now-retired NSW judge Wayne Haylen was called a coward for burning his Vietnam conscription card, but a conspicuous act of bravery silenced his critics.

Listen: Chris Witts presents Morning Devotions. In June 1966, an attempted assassination took place outside the Town Hall at Mosman here in Sydney. It attracted worldwide media attention as a 19-year-old student named Peter Kocan fired a shot at Arthur Calwell, Federal Leader of the Opposition at the time. Fortunately Calwell wasn’t badly hurt, but the young man was imprisoned and after 10 years was released. But why did he do such a terrible thing? According to newspaper reports he committed...