THE trouble with living until you're "99 and eight-twelfths", says Jack Braidie, is that you miss all the mates you've outlived.

But that's why the Merbein RSL's oldest returned veteran thinks it is so important that the club's legacy is handed to the next generation.

Celebrating the sub-branch's centenary on Saturday, Mr Braidie said the occasion was of profound importance.

"It means a hell of...