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SYDNEY - Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his ****** said. He was 110.
Beloved for his wry sense of humor and humble nature, the British-born Choules — nicknamed "Chuckles" by his comrades in the Australian Navy — never liked to fuss over his achievements, which included a 41-year military career and the publication of his first book at the age of 108.
"We all loved him," his 84-year-old ******** Daphne Edinger told The Associated Press. "It's going to be sad to think of him not being here any longer, but that's the way things go."
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SYDNEY - Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his ****** said. He was 110.
Beloved for his wry sense of humor and humble nature, the British-born Choules — nicknamed "Chuckles" by his comrades in the Australian Navy — never liked to fuss over his achievements, which included a 41-year military career and the publication of his first book at the age of 108.
"We all loved him," his 84-year-old ******** Daphne Edinger told The Associated Press. "It's going to be sad to think of him not being here any longer, but that's the way things go."
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