Jack Lockett (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Henry "Jack" Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 - 25 May 2002), was a farmer and an Australian veteran of the First World War. At the time of his death, aged 111 years, 123 days, he was the oldest man in Australia. He died just three days after fellow supercentenarian, Australia's oldest woman and oldest person ever, Christina Cock, who was 114 at the time of her death. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school at the age of twelve to work on a local farm. Later, Lockett worked for his uncles in The Mallee.