JOHN "JACK" ROSS 1899-2009
Australia's Oldest Man
Australia's oldest man and last Australian to serve during World War I, died June 3rd at age 110.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1918 at the age of 18 and was posted to the 1st Battallion at the Broadmeadows camp in Victoria, but the war ended before he could be sent overseas. He was the last of the 417,000 Australians to serve in WW I.
In World War II, he served in the volunteer defense corps and spent 45 years working with the Victorian Railroad.
Another of the Greatest.
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