Stan Rogers lyric question - What is a "congie/conscie"? ?

[Bardun]

I'm a big fan of the late Stan Rogers and i've been wondering about a term he uses in the song "Harris and the mare".

He sings something like this: "I was a congie in the war, crying what the hell's this for".

Could someone explain to me what a congie is? (It sounds like "congie" to me but according to an online lyrics database it's spelled "conscie" - neither of these words are familiar to me, i'm not a native speaker of english). Thank you in advance!

 

[Unregistered]

It refers to conscientious objector, an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion." (Wikipedia)