Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later

Marines Bring Fallen Comrades Home from Guadalcanal 80 Years Later

On the island of Guadalcanal alone, the U.S. military lists about 374 service members still unaccounted for since the end of World War II.

WA loses last WWII prisoner of war

Arthur Leggett, WA’s last remaining World War II prisoner of war, has died peacefully at his High Wycombe nursing home.

WWII army POW veteran dies aged 106

Western Australia’s last World War II Australian Army prisoner of war veteran Arthur Leggett has died, aged 106 years old.

'Deserves a state funeral': WA's last WWII prisoner of war dies aged 106

Tributes are paid to Arthur Leggett, WA's oldest surviving World War II prisoner of war who was captured by Germans during the Battle of Crete in 1941, after he passed away in an aged care home.

Arthur Leggett death: WA’s last surviving World War II prisoner of war dies aged 106