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Australian Navy Ship to be Named After Last WWI Vet, Claude Choules

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Rick Spilman

In May, we posted about the death of Claude Choules at 110. Choules was the last surviving veteran of World War I. Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that the ex-Royal Navy Largs Bay, a Bay class landing ship dock, would be commissioned as … Continue reading →

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