Historical information
John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett
After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren
. The 2000 Olympic flame was relayed from Olympia in Greece to Sydney by 13400 carriers including 11000 Australians, each carrier had their torch
Physical description
Three Newspaper Posters featuring Jack Lockett
First poster is black and white, printed from top to bottom
MONDAY, MAY27, 2002
large print JACK LOCKET
A large close-up photo of Jack's face
1891 - 2002
(white print on black background) Bendigo Advertiser
Second poster is black and white printed from top to bottom
FRIDAY, JULY28, 2000
(large print) FLAMING'
A head and photo of Jack carrying the Olympic Torch
(large print) MAGIC
(white print on black background) Bendigo Advertiser.
Third poster is colour and black and white printed from top to bottom
(white print on blue background) THE AGE
A coloured photo of Jack carrying the Olympic Torch with a crowd in the background
JULY 28, 2000
printed by The Age Company Ltd. 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne. ACN 004262702
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