Interestingly this man was aged 64, 2 years after the end of WW1, that would have meant he was aged 58 years when war commenced.
Was it normal for somebody of that age to be signed up to the colors for war?
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Pioneer Joseph George MITCHELL, Railway Troops Depot...
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