MOTHERED BY QUEEN.
SOLDIER DINES AT TALACE. XUTiSED ;\S BABY 16 YEARS AGO. London, Nov. 20. When Queen Mary was in Melbourne in }9Ol she visited the WomVn's Hospital at Carlton, and was photographed with a baby in her arms. The baby is now Private J. A. Wharton, of the Victorian Infantry, whose parents live at Richmond. He is a husky fighter, aged lfij years, with 14 months of active service to hia* credit. He enlisted when he was. 141, giving his age as 18, and came ncratchless through the terrible fighting at Bullecourt and other engagements. Recently Wharton sent a cutting with the photograph mentioned from the Melbourne Herald fo the Queen, and was immediately invited to Buckingham Palace. He spent yesterday there, and dined with their Majesties. The Queen mothered him, and personally showed him over thp palace. Their Majesties were enthusiastic regarding Australia, and expressed admiration for her fighters. The incident revealed Wharton's age, and it is probable tjjat he will not bo sent back to the front.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1917, Page 7
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171MOTHERED BY QUEEN. Taranaki Daily News, 6 December 1917, Page 7
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