I know there some on the board who see no reason to post on this but
....he served and served well
RIP
World War I digger Ted Smout dies
June 23, 2004
ONE of Australia's last remaining World War I veterans Ted Smout died in Brisbane overnight, aged 106, the RSL said today.
Mr Smout ... family offered a state funeral for 'a great Queenslander'.
Mr Smout served as a medical officer in France between 1916 and 1918.
In 1998, Mr Smout and three other Australian veterans travelled to France to receive France's highest military award – the Legion of Honour.
His death means there are now five surviving Australian WW I veterans.
Mr Smout joined up as a 17-year-old in 1915.
Until his death, he was Australia's oldest surviving WW I veteran and the only one from Queensland
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