I'm not sure there is any definitive proof either way, but certainly some Quakers & other conscientious objectors served in the forces during WW1 & WWII serving in medical corps:
(
http://www.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs...ion_l.html#ww1) & (
http://www.religioustolerance.org/quaker.htm)
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The first and second World Wars created a crisis for the movement. Until that time, the Society was a pacifist organization. Any Quaker who became a soldier was ejected from the community. However, during the two wars, some men were drawn up by the nationalistic fervor, and entered the armed forces. During World War II, many American Quakers joined the Friends Ambulance Unit, an unofficial body supported by British Quakers. This allowed Quakers to volunteer as medical and ambulance personnel on the battlefields of the Middle East, India, China, and northwestern Europe. 2,3 This was a particularly high risk assignment. All four branches of the faith joined together at the time of the first World War to create the American Friends Service Committee. This agency allowed many Quaker conscientious objectors to help alleviate suffering while avoiding conscription.
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While this doesn't prove that Elrond was a non-combatant in the Last Alliance, it does show that non-combatants (particularly
healers) could be found on the battlefield...