And then there were none

[RustyCage]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/world-war ... 6050482288

NATIONAL treasure Claude Choules - Australia's oldest man and the world's last surviving World War I veteran - has died, aged 110.

[overloaded]

RIP

[am Bays]

Eric Bogle was right

[Barto]

Switched the radio on this arvo and heard local shock jock Howard Sattler asking the question of what should be done for Claude Choules in regards to his passing. My first thought was to bury him.

[whufc]

Switched the radio on this arvo and heard local shock jock Howard Sattler asking the question of what should be done for Claude Choules in regards to his passing. My first thought was to bury him.

Without being rude, just because he was the last surviving doesnt make him any better than other WW1 veterans.

[RustyCage]

Switched the radio on this arvo and heard local shock jock Howard Sattler asking the question of what should be done for Claude Choules in regards to his passing. My first thought was to bury him.

Without being rude, just because he was the last surviving doesnt make him any better than other WW1 veterans.

I think maybe its to commemorate everyone from that war. In the same way the Unknown Soldier funerals werent just about that one individual soldier, it was about all unknown soldiers.

[Media Park]

RIP

[Moe]

Thanks Claude.
RIP Digger.

[Barto]

Switched the radio on this arvo and heard local shock jock Howard Sattler asking the question of what should be done for Claude Choules in regards to his passing. My first thought was to bury him.

Without being rude, just because he was the last surviving doesnt make him any better than other WW1 veterans.

This is true. I guess it was the way it was worded, there's really not much you can do for someone once they're gone.

It's a fair call though, all he managed to do was live longer than anyone although it's probably that last living link that should be celebrated/mourned.

There were thousands of these blokes when I saw my first Anzac Day march and they were all there marching. Now all of them are gone. I guess that's what an extended period of time does to even the hardest of blokes.