was just a bank clerk. I wasn't one of the very best, but I had my share of action." Botterell died in a Toronto nursing home of causes associated with aging. He was 106. His portrait is in the National Portrait Gallery, London. See also List of last surviving World War I veterans by country References 1896 births 2003 deaths Canadian centenarians Canadian military personnel of World War II Canadian World War I pilots Men centenarians Military personnel from Ottawa Royal Naval Air Service aviators Royal Air Force officers Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni Royal Air Force personnel of World War I