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From: "Peter Gower" <>
Subject: R.I.P.
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:50:47 -0500

Canada lost two of its last eight Great War veterans in the last days of December.
Alice Strike was the last female veteran. Born in Godalming, England on August 31st 1896, she was 108 when she died in Halifax, NS, on December 22nd. She had joined the Royal Flying Corps as a pay clerk in 1914, and so served through most of the war.
Paul Metivier also died December 22nd in Ottawa at 104. He had enlisted underage, and had served with the 4th Division Ammunition Column His son was Killed in Action in 1942.
Only six veterans are now known to be alive in Canada.

This thread:

• R.I.P. by "Peter Gower" <>

  • Re: [WW1] - Known British Survivors. by BRIAN CAVE <>
    • Re: - Known British Survivors. by "John Wilson" <>
    • Re: [WW1] - Known British Survivors. by (Daniel Hennessy)