Last Great War veteran laid to rest in Australia
By Tony Ashby | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-21 07:55
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A 12-gun salute is performed at the Naval funeral service of the last known World War I serviceman Claude Choules, at St John's Church Fremantle on Friday. Choules died in his sleep two weeks ago. Tony Ashby / Agence France-Presse |
FREMANTLE, Australia - The last combat veteran from World War I, Claude Choules, was laid to rest in Australia on Friday at a moving ceremony in which his son said he now "belongs to the rest of the world".
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