WWI veteran Claude Choules celebrates 110th birthday
The British man believed to be the last surviving combat veteran of World War I is celebrating his 110th birthday.
He emigrated to Australia before World War II, and now lives in a nursing home in Perth.
Raised by his father, young Claude wanted to be a bugler in the Army and tried to lie about his age so that he could be recruited.
When he failed, his father got him onto a Royal Navy training ship instead and he joined up in 1916 at the age of 14.
During the Great War, Claude was a seaman with the first battle squadron and served aboard its flagship HMS Revenge....
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He emigrated to Australia before World War II, and now lives in a nursing home in Perth.
Raised by his father, young Claude wanted to be a bugler in the Army and tried to lie about his age so that he could be recruited.
When he failed, his father got him onto a Royal Navy training ship instead and he joined up in 1916 at the age of 14.
During the Great War, Claude was a seaman with the first battle squadron and served aboard its flagship HMS Revenge....