'I grew to love him': Tom Uren remembers Gough Whitlam

By Tony Wright
Updated October 23 2014 - 10:09am, first published October 22 2014 - 5:24pm
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Mr Whitlam, pictued with Mr Uren, after he received an honorary degree from Charles Stuart University. Photo: Peter Rae
Mr Whitlam, pictued with Mr Uren, after he received an honorary degree from Charles Stuart University. Photo: Peter Rae
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.
Former prime minister Gough Whitlam with his deputy Tom Uren.

Tom Uren sits in the nursing home in Sydney's eastern suburbs where he has spent the past few months, thinking of the pleasure he'll get when he regains the strength to return to his home in his beloved Balmain, and thinking, too, of his old leader, Gough Whitlam, who'll never go home now.

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