Faces of Tamworth: Australia's oldest man, the late Alf Powell, a gentleman to the end.

By Ella Smith
Updated March 25 2018 - 3:52pm, first published 1:00pm

He conquered a mobile phone in his late 80s, bought his last car at the age of 99, was still driving at 102, could manage three remotes to listen to his beloved music on the sound system in his elderly years – and lived to be the oldest man in Australia. 

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