The last of the last : the final survivor of the first world war / Claude Choules.

By:

Choules, Claude [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Mainstream Publishing, 2011.Description: 220 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781845967055

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LOC classification:

DU 116.2 .C49 .C46 2011

Contents:

One. A childhood in Wyre Piddle.--Two. I join the navy.--Three. Going to war.--Four. Scapa flow.--Five. The guns fall silent.--Six. Cock and Bruce Stories.--Seven. Leading torpedoman.--Eight. With the royal Australian navy.--Nine. Delivering HMAS canberra.--Ten. Exploits abroad the Canberra.--Eleven. Homecraft and Bushcraft.--Twelve. Another World War.--Thirteen. The Yanks arrive.--Fourteen. Kimberley Frontline.--Fifteen. Fremantle at War.--Sixteen. Peace.--Seventeen. Gone Crayfishing.

Summary: On 3 March 2011, Claude Choules reached the age of 110, the last man alive who had been on active service before the 1918 Armistice and the last who served in both world wars. This title reflects the amiable nature of this truly unique man - the world's last living combatant of the First World War.

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On 3 March 2011, Claude Choules reached the age of 110, the last man alive who had been on active service before the 1918 Armistice and the last who served in both world wars. This title reflects the amiable nature of this truly unique man - the world's last living combatant of the First World War.

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