tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-2012-01-06T18:18:22ZComments for And then there were noneWe're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010Movable Type 4.12tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.108332009-06-03T14:09:27Z2009-06-03T14:15:06ZAnd then there were noneThe Armorerhttp://www.thedonovan.com
The muster roll of the AIF Diggers has had it's last name struck. All of Australia's Great War veterans are now marching past the billabong, singing "Waltzing Matilda." Or, more likely, raising tankards at Fiddler's Green.
CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) – The last remaining Australian to serve in World War One has died at the age of 110, Veterans' Affairs Minister Alan Griffin said on Wednesday.
John "Jack" Ross, who was also Australia's oldest man having turned 110 in March, died in his sleep early Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Bendigo in the state of Victoria.
Now is the time at Castle Argghhh! when we dance - for the last of WWI ANZACs, Jack Ross.]]>
tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89408Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-06-04AW1 Tim
Hey Bill! Does that kepi you wore at Gettysburg still fit?
I know mine does :) ]]>
2009-06-04T17:08:08Z2009-06-04T17:08:08Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89404Comment from Argent on 2009-06-04Argenthttp://www.aaronpoeze.com ]]>
2009-06-04T14:43:15Z2009-06-04T14:43:15Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89402Comment from BillT on 2009-06-04BillThttp://www.thedonovan.com
Grandfather. Vietnam. It is to weep.....
*a-HEM*....
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2009-06-04T12:50:21Z2009-06-04T12:50:21Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89401Comment from Argent on 2009-06-04Argenthttp://www.aaronpoeze.com
Thanks for honouring him and through him all our ANZACs ]]>
2009-06-04T12:42:39Z2009-06-04T12:42:39Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89400Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-06-04AW1 Tim
What really kills me is listening to some of my son's friends. Awhile back, one of them commented that he liked to visit with his grandfather and listen to him tell stories about being in Vietnam. Grandfather. Vietnam. It is to weep.....
MY grandfather was in WWI, and my father in WWII.
I'm surprised I haven't been getting junk mail from the local retirement homes..... ]]>
2009-06-04T12:17:51Z2009-06-04T12:17:51Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89387Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-06-03John of Argghhh!http://www.thedonovan.com2009-06-03T16:46:31Z2009-06-03T16:46:31Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89386Comment from AW1 Tim on 2009-06-03AW1 Tim
Lost my own Grandfather some years back. Eugene O'Keefe, Machine Gunner, Australian Army, France. The Great War. Suffered throughout his life from the effects of poison gas, but soldiered on to raise a family, make a small fortune in the Tweed River District, and prove the strength of the Aussies isn't all bluster :) ]]>
2009-06-03T16:36:56Z2009-06-03T16:36:56Ztag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10833-comment:89383Comment from Boquisucio on 2009-06-03Boquisucio
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