WWII army POW veteran dies aged 106

News.com.au - 07/04
Western Australia’s last World War II Australian Army prisoner of war veteran Arthur Leggett has died aged 106 years old.

Western Australia’s last World War II Australian Army prisoner of war veteran Arthur Leggett has died aged 106 years old.

Mr Leggett served with the 2/11th City of Perth Regiment defending the Greek island Crete when he was captured by the Germans at 22 years of age in 1941.

He spent 18 months at a prisoner of war camp in Munich,...
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