Australia's oldest man and last WW1 'digger' dies at age 110 (home, school)

[Kangaroofarmer]

Last World War I digger Jack Ross dies | Breaking News | News.com.au

AUSTRALIA'S oldest man and last remaining World War I digger Jack Ross has died, aged 110.

Mr Ross died peacefully in his sleep at the Golden Oaks Nursing Home in the central Victorian city of Bendigo about 4am (AEST) this morning.
Mr Ross turned 110 on March 9 this year.
As an 18-year-old Mr Ross enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in January, 1918 and trained at the wireless training school before he was posted to the 1st Battalion at Broadmeadows camp in Victoria. But the war ended before he could be posted overseas and he was demobilised on Christmas Eve.

He served Australia again in World War II as a member of the volunteer defence corps.

Mr Ross was awarded the 80th Anniversary Armistice Remembrance medal in 1998 to commemorate the end of WWI.

"Lest We Forget"

[Fontucky]

R.I.P. Mr. Ross.

[moonshadow]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget

[Trimac20]

Wow already, no more WWI diggers? Really an end of an era. God bless the old boy!