OLDEST A.I.F. MEMBER
ENLISTED AT AGE OF 61
DEATH AT EIGHTY -ONE
(Reed. June ,13,, 2. p.m.) SYDNEfY, June, 13. The death of Mr. Richard Watirins, aged 81 years, has occurred., He shw active service during the Great War, and it is claimed that lie was the oldest member of the A.I.F. lio enlisted in 1915 at the age of 61, his statement that he was 44 years of age never being questioned. •,.,;'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19041, 15 June 1936, Page 13
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73OLDEST A.I.F. MEMBER Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19041, 15 June 1936, Page 13
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