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World War I veteran Claude Choules sits in a chair at Gracewood Retirement Village in Perth in this November 11, 2009 handout picture.
Thursday, May. 05, 2011

Open quoteHe served in two wars, but he hated war — he just saw it as a job.Close quote

  • ADRIAN CHOULES,
  • son of Claude "Chuckles" Choules, the world's last known combat veteran of World War I, who died in a nursing home in Perth, Australia, at the age of 110
Photo: Australian Department of Defence / Handout / Reuters | Source: SKY News