VETERAN SOLDIER
AUSTRALIAN’S BRILLIANT SYDNEY, June 13. The death has occurred of Mr Richard Watkins, aged 81. He saw active service during the Great War and was, it is claimed, the oldest member of the A.I.F. He enlisted in 1915 at the age of 61. His statement that he was 44 was never questioned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 7
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54VETERAN SOLDIER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 141, 16 June 1936, Page 7
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