John Ross, the oldest man in Australia and its last remaining World War I veteran, died on June 3, 2009 at the age of 110. He enlisted in the army at the age of 18 in February 1918. The war ended before he could be sent overseas. He was discharged on Christmas Eve, 1918.
During World War II, he served in the nation's volunteer defense corps. He spent 45 years working for the Victorian Railway before retiring in 1964.
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