BOY IN BATTLE
How a 15-year-old boy impersonate;! , his elder brother in tho great battle in • Fmco was told at Eolkestono Police ; Court recently, • when Henry g Arthur Stevens was charged with wearing mill- ; tarv uniform without authority. Tho chief constable, Mr. Heove, said that an elder brother camp homo on ; leave last November, and tailed to re- , turn to his unit nt the proper, time. 11l 1 ; February tho boy Henry dressed himself i in khaki and sutrendered to the police in tho name of his brother. Ho was 66iit to tho brother's unit 111 Irance, and for ; lfi (U\ys was engaged during the Gevnian , offensive. Ho said ho killed a good many , Germans—in fact could not miss them. , ' Eventually tho impersonation was dis- , covered and the bov was sent back. | Tho chairman (Mr. Boyd): hat puzzles mo is why' tho authorities did ; not find out before. Mr. Eeevo: I cannot understand, une cannot help admiring the boy s ,pluck. , Mr. Reeve added that in the circnm stances the military authorities did not , desiro to proceed against the 1)0}. Tho caso was dismissed.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 5
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184BOY IN BATTLE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 5
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