Eric Abraham

Eric Kingsley Abraham (20 April 1898 – 20 March 2003) was an Australian World War I veteran who is notable for having been the last surviving recruit of Australia's famous snowball march, the March of the Dungarees.

Abraham was working as a postal officer at Boonah when he was recruited in Ipswich, Queensland in 1915, but only after convincing his mother to sign the enlistment form to state that he was over the age of 18, despite only being 17.

During his service, Abraham was involved in many battles including the Battle of Amiens, the Battle of Passchendaele and operations in Villers-Bretonneux and Morlancourt. Abraham considered the Battle of Passchendaele the worst regarding the amount of action and shell fire he encountered.

In 1998, Abraham was part of a commemorative delegation that returned to Villers-Bretonneux to mark the 80th anniversary of Armistice, during which he was awarded the Legion of Honour recognising his service on the Western Front.

After suffering a series of strokes