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The love story between Mr Choules and Ethel began on a boat voyage from Britain – he was traveling down under to join the Australian Navy.
"I saw two girls leaning over the rail and looking at the White Cliffs of Dover and I was in uniform of course," Choules said.
"I sidled up to these two girls and one of them walked away and I walked after her - and that was my wife.
"She said to me afterwards, "Why did you walk away from the other girl that I was with looking at the Cliffs of Dover?" and I said 'Because I fancied you and not the other girl'."
Mr Choules retired from the navy in the decades after the Second World War and became a Cray fisherman for 20 years with Ethel.
When Ethel's health began to go downhill, Mr Choules stayed close by her side.
"She had dementia for a couple of years before she died and we found out that he had been sleeping on the floor next to her bed."
"He would just lie on a piece of canvas on the floor.
"He wouldn't sleep anywhere else because granny might need him."
Anne tells of how "even right up to the end, they would sit and hold hands".
"He has had such a remarkable life and to stay positive through all of that is huge," said Jennifer.
"I have had the luckiest life in the world, I reckon," Choules says.
"If I had my time over again I'd do exactly what I did do.
"I couldn't beat it."
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The love story between Mr Choules and Ethel began on a boat voyage from Britain – he was traveling down under to join the Australian Navy.
"I saw two girls leaning over the rail and looking at the White Cliffs of Dover and I was in uniform of course," Choules said.
"I sidled up to these two girls and one of them walked away and I walked after her - and that was my wife.
"She said to me afterwards, "Why did you walk away from the other girl that I was with looking at the Cliffs of Dover?" and I said 'Because I fancied you and not the other girl'."
Mr Choules retired from the navy in the decades after the Second World War and became a Cray fisherman for 20 years with Ethel.
When Ethel's health began to go downhill, Mr Choules stayed close by her side.
"She had dementia for a couple of years before she died and we found out that he had been sleeping on the floor next to her bed."
"He would just lie on a piece of canvas on the floor.
"He wouldn't sleep anywhere else because granny might need him."
Anne tells of how "even right up to the end, they would sit and hold hands".
"He has had such a remarkable life and to stay positive through all of that is huge," said Jennifer.
"I have had the luckiest life in the world, I reckon," Choules says.
"If I had my time over again I'd do exactly what I did do.
"I couldn't beat it."
-perthnow.com
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The love story between Mr Choules and Ethel began on a boat voyage from Britain – he was traveling down under to join the Australian Navy.
"I saw two girls leaning over the rail and looking at the White Cliffs of Dover and I was in uniform of course," Choules said.
"I sidled up to these two girls and one of them walked away and I walked after her - and that was my wife.
"She said to me afterwards, "Why did you walk away from the other girl that I was with looking at the Cliffs of Dover?" and I said 'Because I fancied you and not the other girl'."
Mr Choules retired from the navy in the decades after the Second World War and became a Cray fisherman for 20 years with Ethel.
When Ethel's health began to go downhill, Mr Choules stayed close by her side.
"She had dementia for a couple of years before she died and we found out that he had been sleeping on the floor next to her bed."
"He would just lie on a piece of canvas on the floor.
"He wouldn't sleep anywhere else because granny might need him."
Anne tells of how "even right up to the end, they would sit and hold hands".
"He has had such a remarkable life and to stay positive through all of that is huge," said Jennifer.
"I have had the luckiest life in the world, I reckon," Choules says.
"If I had my time over again I'd do exactly what I did do.
"I couldn't beat it."
-perthnow.com
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The love story between Mr Choules and Ethel began on a boat voyage from Britain – he was traveling down under to join the Australian Navy.
"I saw two girls leaning over the rail and looking at the White Cliffs of Dover and I was in uniform of course," Choules said.
"I sidled up to these two girls and one of them walked away and I walked after her - and that was my wife.
"She said to me afterwards, "Why did you walk away from the other girl that I was with looking at the Cliffs of Dover?" and I said 'Because I fancied you and not the other girl'."
Mr Choules retired from the navy in the decades after the Second World War and became a Cray fisherman for 20 years with Ethel.
When Ethel's health began to go downhill, Mr Choules stayed close by her side.
"She had dementia for a couple of years before she died and we found out that he had been sleeping on the floor next to her bed."
"He would just lie on a piece of canvas on the floor.
"He wouldn't sleep anywhere else because granny might need him."
Anne tells of how "even right up to the end, they would sit and hold hands".
"He has had such a remarkable life and to stay positive through all of that is huge," said Jennifer.
"I have had the luckiest life in the world, I reckon," Choules says.
"If I had my time over again I'd do exactly what I did do.
"I couldn't beat it."
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Age: 98 years, Last Residence: Salter Point
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