PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONAllan Hagan was born just seven months before the end of the ``war to end all wars'' - World War 1. Samuel Allan Hagan, serial number 216969 was off to World War 2. Jack and Allan Hagan, in Italy during World War 2. Mr Hagan will be 100 years old tomorrow. After three and a-half years overseas, Mr Hagan was among the troops welcomed home at the Palmerston railway station, by a ``ladies band''.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 25, 2018 17:03 UTC