The last surviving World War II veteran of the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Achilles, which took part in the sinking of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in the South Atlantic in 1939, has died at the age of 102. The Achilles, with two British cruisers, damaged the Graf Spee and forced it to withdrawContinue reading “Gratton Lyng, last surviving veteran of HMNZS Achilles, dies at 102”
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