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DirectCaterpillar916 t1_ix41cwv wrote

Reply to comment by Slow-Season-310 in What was life in the Balkan Front during ww1 like? by BattleofPlatea

I’ll add that in November 1918, the guards opened the gates and said “war over, go home”. He and his mates walked from Bulgaria to France where they met up with a British unit and were transported home. He was a quiet, gentle man and I was very fond of him. He died in 1966 from cancer, aged 70.

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