The Boy Soldier from Ballarat

Caleb Cluff
Updated January 30 2019 - 2:48pm, first published April 18 2017 - 2:30pm
A child soldier: Tom Murphy shortly after enlisting in 1941. Picture: Paul Murphy.
A child soldier: Tom Murphy shortly after enlisting in 1941. Picture: Paul Murphy.

At 15, most youths are probably thinking about anything other than enlisting in the army and going to war.

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Caleb Cluff

Caleb Cluff

Senior Journalist, The Courier

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