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1. www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-11480009One of Australia's last 'Rats of Tobruk' passes away aged 106

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   Nov 29, 2022 · One of Australia's last 'Rats of Tobruk' war veterans has passed away at 106. The World War II veteran, Ernie Walker, died in his sleep last week at his Southern Highlands home in Penrose.

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3. www.youtube.com › watchRemembering Australia's ‘Rats Of Tobruk’ As Final Member Dies

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   Aug 6, 2024 · Australia's last Rat of Tobruk, Tom Pritchard, has died aged 102. The WWII veteran was the last living link to an incredible chapter of history. Vietnam war veteran Normie Rowe had an uncle in...

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4. www.9news.com.au › national › thomas-pritchard-lastLast Australian 'Rat of Tobruk' dies aged 102 - 9News

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   Aug 6, 2024 · The association said that, per Pritchard's request, he would be farewelled at a private family funeral. However, a public memorial for all Rats of Tobruk will take place in Melbourne at a date to ...

5. www.thesenior.com.au › story › 8721329Last Rat of Tobruk dies, eyes turn to next generation

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   Aug 6, 2024 · The Australians, known as the Rats of Tobruk by their enemies, embraced the nickname and it has stuck to this day. Mr Pritchard, Australia's last living link to the battle, died on Saturday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese honoured the veteran as "the last standing of an extraordinary group of Australians".

6. 7news.com.au › sunrise › tom-pritchard-australiasTom Pritchard, Australia’s last Rat of Tobruk, dead at 102

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   Aug 5, 2024 · Australia’s last Rat of Tobruk, Tom Pritchard, has died aged 102. He was the last living link to the Rats of Tobruk, who famously held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the German Afrika Corps in 1941 for eight months, stopping German and Italian forces from marching into Egypt.

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7. www.awm.gov.au › articles › blog'He always said that the Bible in his pocket was the thing ...

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   Nov 11, 2023 · “He was shot in the leg and hit in the chest, near the heart, with a piece of shrapnel, while serving as a Rat of Tobruk. “The thing that saved his life was that he had a copy of the New Testament in his shirt pocket.

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   Where is the rats of Tobruk Memorial?

   • The Rats of Tobruk Memorial[ 1] is on Anzac Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia . The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean Sea port town of Tobruk began on 10 April 1941. After desperate fighting, most of the Australian forces were relieved by October 1941.

   Rats of Tobruk Memorial - Wikipedia

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   Was Tom Pritchard Australia's last rat of Tobruk?

   • Tom Pritchard, Australia’s last Rat of Tobruk, has died at 102. Credit: Seven In typical Australian style, the “rats” description was intended to be an insult that was hijacked by the diggers.

   Tom Pritchard, Australia’s last Rat of Tobruk, dead at 102

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   Was the rats of Tobruk a war movie?

   • The Rats of Tobruk was a film foray into one of Australia's most significant World War II engagements. Below is a collection of AustLit records relating to The Rats of Tobruk. Australia's only fully war-time feature, The Rats of Tobruk focuses on three friends who are cattle droving in the outback just before the outbreak of World War II.

   Australian Film on the Internet Archive - The Rats of Tobruk (1944

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   How did the rats of Tobruk survive?

   • For eight months they survived daily bombings and tank attacks from Italian and German forces in the Tobruk garrison. This earnt them the nickname the Rats of Tobruk as the soldiers ultimately prevented German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel from recapturing the port.

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   Who were the black rats of Tobruk?

   • Alfred Dow is one of more than 50 “Black Rats of Tobruk” who have been identified by researchers at the Australian War Memorial. Between April and August 1941 around 14,000 Australian soldiers were besieged in Tobruk – a port city vital Allies' defence of Egypt and the Suez Canal – by a German–Italian army commanded by General Erwin Rommel.

   'He always said that the Bible in his pocket was the thing that saved

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   What did Chester Wilmot say about the rats of Tobruk?

   • Speaking about the Rats of Tobruk, ABC war correspondent Chester Wilmot famously praised the Rats when he wrote about the siege shortly after it ended in 1941. “The spirit which has made Australia is the spirit which has held Tobruk,” Wilmot wrote, according to the SMH.

   Tom Pritchard, Australia’s last Rat of Tobruk, dead at 102

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9. ratsoftobrukassociation.org.au › last-veteran-ofNEWS - Rats of Tobruk Association

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   Jul 3, 2024 · On 23 May 2024, Able Seaman Ronald (Ron) William Frederick Young (S/4282), sailed into the sunset just after his 102 nd birthday. Ron served on HMAS Vendetta as a gunner, during the period she was in the Mediterranean, at the time of the siege.