Tom Uren gave a lifetime of service to his country: first in war, then as a campaigner for peace, a government minister and, in his later years, a mentor to many. Australian Information Service ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Tom Uren left school at 13, became a boxer, was fighting World War II in Timor on his 21st birthday, ...

Former Whitlam-era minister earned widespread respect as a campaigner for peace and conservation Tom Uren, who has died aged 93, was a battler long before the term was appropriated by John Howard. A ...

Mr Uren, who was a prisoner of war on the Burma Thai railway, died at Lulworth House. Federal Labor MP Anthony Albanese said Mr Uren, whom he considered a father figure, died peacefully. “Right up ...

Former deputy Labor leader and minister in the Gough Whitlam government helped establish Australia’s heritage and conservation movement Tom Uren, former deputy leader of Australia’s Labor party, has ...

Tom Uren was a “Big Man” not only in stature but in his public life. Uren, who has died at the age of 93, was born into a working-class household. Typical of the 1920s and ‘30s, he had a limited ...