Last WW1 Combat Vet dies
 

CLAUDE Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, has died in Perth. His daughter Daphne Edinger told The Associated Press that British-born Choules - nicknamed "Chuckles" by comrades - died in a nursing home on Thursday. He was 110.

Choules joined the British navy as a teenager and served on the battleship HMS Revenge, from which he watched the 1918 surrender of the German High Seas Fleet.

He later migrated to Australia and served in the military for more than 40 years.

According to the Order of the First World War, a group that tracks veterans, Choules and another Briton, Florence Green, were the last known surviving service members from the conflict. Green served as a waitress in the Women's Royal Air Force.
On his birthday his son, Adrian, told AAP his father was not excited about the the attention he received as the last surviving war combat veteran.
"He's a celebrity ... but that's only because everyone else has died," he said.
"He served in two wars but he hated war. He just saw it as a job."
Ms Edinger, 84, said her father was loved by everyone.
"It's going to be sad to think of him not being here any longer, but that's the way things go," she told AP.
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RIP Sir, thank you for your service :salute:

Rest in Peace, Sir.

:-?It was to be expected but still it's quite sad to see them all go... may they never be forgotten.

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It truly is the passing of an era. Sad to see the last of his generation go, as they contributed so much toward shaping the world in which we live. Gone but not forgotten, we owe them all a debt of gratitude. Rest in peace Chuckles and thank you for your many years of service. :salute:

May he rest in Peace.

They all belong to the ages now. Rest in Peace.

~SALUTE~
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RIP Sir!

RIP

Green is still alive, as far as I know. So at least claims Wikipedia, which also on the same page knows of this passing.

The article is still correct, though. The last known combat vet has died. RIP.

Last known vet. Even if there´s others, can´t be many, and they soon will leave also. The end of an Era...

RIP sailor.

Rest in Peace Old Sailor. Thank you for your service.

RIP :salute:

A very sad day indeed as we mark the end of a era.

R.I.P Claude.

Farewell Sir.

WWI is soon gone from living memory. Lets hope we don't forget the stories of the war soon, lest we repeat the tragedy.

Sailor, rest your oar, forever now in peace.
We will not forget.