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At 100 years old, Bill Aldcroft has been a prisoner of war, an advocate for Canberra's jail and an Order of Australia recipient

Bill Aldcroft says his greatest lesson has been to "keep on walking forward". (ABC News: Nick Haggarty)

In his 100 years, Bill Aldcroft has seen things that could span multiple lifetimes.

Born into disadvantage in east London in 1922, Mr Aldcroft left school at the age of 14, "barely able to read or write".

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