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Damn, this is tricky. Excellent question.
On the one hand, all volunteer force(I believe in England anyway), if you are going to volunteer, it's pretty silly to be a conscientious objector. Further, he is not being asked to shoot any one, he is being trained to use a rifle. lastly, you don't agree to serve if you feel like it when you sign up, you agree to serve when and how asked.
On the other hand, medic is a high demand job where using a rifle should not be needed, and it is a job where some one who objects on moral grounds from killing should still be able to serve. The should be, and I believe is, a path to be declared a conscientious objector while serving, but that should not keep you from serving.
Overall, it really depends on how their rules on conscientious objectors are. Too much just unknown in this case to really say. I would lean towards yes, he should be prosecuted since what he refused was training however, and no one should ever be able to choose where or if they deploy.
He just wanted the paycheck. :lol: