Claude Stanley Choules, Last combat veteran of World War I dies in Australia at age 110

Claude Stanley Choules, Last combat veteran of World War I dies in Australia at age 110

Thu May 5 2011

Despite the fame he achieved because of his military service, Choules grew to become a pacifist who was uncomfortable with anything that glorified war. He disagreed with the celebration of Anzac Day, Australia's most important war memorial holiday, and refused to march in parades held each year to commemorate the holiday.


“He didn't believe in war,” Edinger said.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/986067--last-combat-veteran-of-world-war-i-dies-in-australia-at-age-110

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Claude Stanley Choules  is against the glorification of war- Nov 11, 2009
Claude Stanley Choules (born 3 March 1901)- World War 1
Of the 8 million British soldiers who fought in World War I, only 108-year-old Royal Navy veteran Claude Choules, who lives in Perth, remains.
But Choules shunned Wednesday's Armistice Day commemorations there because he is against the glorification of war, his daughter said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/12/2740433.htm?section=world