Going, going… The passing of the guard. Their service and sacrifice shall never be forgotten.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Jack Ross, Australia’s last remaining WW1 vet passed away on June 3 , 2009.
He was 110 years old. A part of our history passed with this gentle man, who answered the call.
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia’s oldest man and its last surviving veteran of World War I died on Wednesday at the age of 110.
Jack Ross, who joined the Australian Imperial Force in the last months of World War I 91 years ago, died in his sleep in a nursing home in the southern country town of Bendigo, the Golden Oaks Nursing Home said.























