Ravel.

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Herewith the topic of the middle-aged man volunteering for military service, his behavior and demeanor exemplary.

The great French composer Maurice Ravel. A true patriot.

"Joseph Maurice Ravel . . . was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer."

A man too of the same type as a Frederick Selous, a H. H. Munro or a Karamojo Bell!

See the You Tube Short:

See additionally an Internet article devoted to Ravel and his WW1 military service.

Maurice hardly a slacker/goldbrick/malingerer!

He DIDN'T have to go but he did!

coolbert.