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Breguet · 1 October 2009, 01:37 AM

I was lucky enough to interview and get to know well the last surviving member of 3 Sqn Australian Flying Corps - Harold Edwards. It was a real thrill for me even though he wasn't a pilot. He was a true gentleman. I particularly remember his hundreth Birthday where we flew him to the home of Australian Army Aviation (Oakey in Queensland) for a regimental dinner.

The formal toasts always end with a toast to the regiment - Harold was asked to make it. He got to his feet and said proudly "The Corps" and everyone stood and took the toast with a fine Port. Harold then said, "With such a fine Port we need to say 'en-corps' !" (A play on words in english with encore meaning again). Well he brought the house down. Few of the pilots etc had even met a WWII vet let alone one from WWI! One of them said to me later he would have gladly foregone any alcohol that night if he could have had the pleasure of flying Harold back home - high praise indeed.

Here is a transcript of an interview I did with him:

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There are others on the site also.

1 October 2009, 01:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
Breguet Forum Ace of Aces Contributor Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 3,019	I was lucky enough to interview and get to know well the last surviving member of 3 Sqn Australian Flying Corps - Harold Edwards. It was a real thrill for me even though he wasn't a pilot. He was a true gentleman. I particularly remember his hundreth Birthday where we flew him to the home of Australian Army Aviation (Oakey in Queensland) for a regimental dinner. The formal toasts always end with a toast to the regiment - Harold was asked to make it. He got to his feet and said proudly "The Corps" and everyone stood and took the toast with a fine Port. Harold then said, "With such a fine Port we need to say 'en-corps' !" (A play on words in english with encore meaning again). Well he brought the house down. Few of the pilots etc had even met a WWII vet let alone one from WWI! One of them said to me later he would have gladly foregone any alcohol that night if he could have had the pleasure of flying Harold back home - high praise indeed. Here is a transcript of an interview I did with him: scroll down There are others on the site also.