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To: marcos who wrote (1981)3/7/2003 1:33:27 PM
From: SofaSpud  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 37065
 
Yes, these passing of the 'lasts' makes for some reflection. The last Aussie vet from Gallipoli died last year; the last fighter pilot from WWI died a couple of months ago. I have a newspaper clipping from maybe a dozen years ago, noting the death of the last Boer War vet.

We had an old guy here, a real character -- Tom Spear. WWI vet, he made the news when he renewed his driver's licence at age 100, so he could get to the golf course. His last four years he was a real celebrity. I tried to impress on my kids how amazing it was that their lives overlapped with someone with those experiences.



To: marcos who wrote (1981)3/9/2003 5:10:08 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 37065
 
My Grandfather who died 25 years ago served in the Canadian infantry and was shot in the gut at Vimy. He crawled several miles until he was saved by a unit of the Red Cross.

The only reason Owen joined up was so he could travel over seas and beat up his uncle who used to boss him after school in his job as a water boy in a Welsh coal mine.

If living today he would be 105.

Thanks for posting that article.


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