What is John Campbell Ross?
{{Infobox Military Person |name=John Campbell Ross |born=11 March 1899 |died=3 June 2009 (aged 110) |image= |caption= |nickname=Jack |placeofbirth=[[Newtown, Victoria]], [[Australia]] |placeofdeath=[[Bendigo, Victoria]], Australia |allegiance={{AUS}} |branch= [[First Australian Imperial Force]]<br />[[Second Australian Imperial Force]] |serviceyears= February – December 1918<br />1943 – 1945 |rank=[[Corporal]] |unit=Wireless Operator |commands= |battles=[[World War I]]<br />[[World War II]] |awards= |relations=-Irene (wife)<br>-Peggy Ashburn (daughter)<br>-Robert (son) |laterwork= }}'''John Campbell Ross''' (11 March 1899 - 3 June 2009) was the last living Australian World War I veteran. Born in [[Newtown, Victoria]], a suburb of [[Geelong, Victoria|Geelong]], Ross served as a wireless operator in the [[First Australian Imperial Force]], enlisting in January 1918, but never left Australia or saw active service. He later went on to serve in the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a corporal with the 20th Battalion, [[Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia)|Volunteer Defence Corps]]. His wife, Irene (née Laird), had been deceased by several decades before Jack Ross's death. He is survived by a son, Robert, a daughter, Peggy Ashburn, four grandchildren- Janette, Heather, Kay, and John - and nine great-grand children. On 11 November 1998, Jack Ross had been awarded the 80th Anniversary Armistice Medal to mark the end of [[World War I]]. Jack also had been awarded the [[Centenary Medal]] for doing his share to the Australian society in the 100 years since the federation. The death of [[William Evan Allan]] in October 2005 left Ross as the last Australian [[digger (soldier)|digger]] from World War I. However [[Claude Choules]], a World War I veteran who served for Britain, lived in [[Western Australia]]. Ross became Australia's oldest man at the age of 108, on 12 June 2007, upon the death of [[Frank Scarrabelotti]]. Following the death of 112 year old [[E. Beatrice Riley]], he was verified as the oldest person in Aus