“A LITTLE YOUNG”
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD SMUTS JOINS ARMY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) JOHANNESBURG, April 13. A. grandson of Genppa| Sprats, who is 13 years old, gave his age as 17 and joined the South African Army. This was revealed by Mrs Smuts, who added: “We got hint back today, not because we have any objection, but because we felt that he is a little young to go north.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1941, Page 6
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67“A LITTLE YOUNG” Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1941, Page 6
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