Australian WWII vet dies @ 106




 
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July 31st, 2012  
George
 

Topic: Australian WWII vet dies @ 106


Read a brief notice that Arthur W. John of Cheltenham, Victoria died @ 106, had served as a Major in WWII. He had also been the oldest surviving son of a US Civil War Confederate soldier!
August 1st, 2012  
BritinBritain
 
 
Rest in Peace Sir.
August 1st, 2012  
LeEnfield
 
 
Sorry to hear off his passing, but is this unusual, I met met my great grandmother and she was born in 1837
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August 1st, 2012  
senojekips
 
 
August 1st, 2012  
George
 
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Originally Posted by LeEnfield
Sorry to hear off his passing, but is this unusual, I met met my great grandmother and she was born in 1837
Wow! A young boy ran away from home & joined the Continental Army as a drummer boy. He was with his Regt @ Yorktown. When he was well along in years he married a young lady & had a boy. The boy ran away from home & became a drummer boy in a Union Army Regt. When he was well along in years he married a young lady. She died in the late 1990s. So we had a lady who died in the late 1990s who's Father-in-Law was with Washington @ Yorktown, spanning the Country's entire history!
 


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