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Last Canadian WW1 Veteran Dies
| 2/19/2010 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians, Canadian News, Remembrance Day |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
John Henry Foster Babcock (age 109) — World War 1 — Feb. 18, 2010
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Normally, the header on this post would be the whole post and would be reserved for those Canadians who have died in service to Canada. A post like the above remains at the top of my blog for ten days after their death. I’m adding it to this post in honour of the passing of John Henry Foster Babcock, the last known Canadian to have served in WW1.
Babcock didn’t make it into service in the trenches of Europe, he was only 15 when he signed up. He managed to get himself as far as England before being rounded up into the Young Soldiers Battalion to wait his coming of age. Had WW1 gone on as long as Canada’s current engagement in Afghanistan, he would have seen service. He called himself a ‘tin soldier’ because he didn’t see action but the point is he joined up with the intent of doing so and that matters. (more…)
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