A 99-year-old British World War II veteran has raised more than £12 million ($20.7 million AUD) in his by walking laps of his garden.
Tom Moore, a captain who served in India, is being sponsored to complete 100 lengths of his 25-metre garden in time for his 100th birthday at the end of the month.
He originally planned to raise £1,000 ($1,983 AUD) for a National Health Service charity after receiving treatment for a broken hip and cancer.
But he has now passed the £12-million barrier.
"It's marvellous for our doctors and nurses on the front line," he said of the money raised.
"In the last war it was soldiers in uniform on the front line. This time our army are the doctors and nurses (in) uniforms," he told ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier this week.
"We will survive this."
More than 613,000 people have contributed funds, with the rate of donations causing the JustGiving page to temporarily crash.
99-year-old British veteran Captain Tom Moore (C) completes the 100th length of his back garden Source: AP
A post on Moore's Twitter account on Wednesday night said: "It's been a crazy 24 hours, and what with Tom doing his final laps... tomorrow, we expect tomorrow to be just as crazy."
His last 10 laps will be shown live on Great Britain's two biggest morning TV shows on Friday.
The veteran has received online support from former Manchester United and Arsenal football captains Rio Ferdinand and Tony Adams, Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes, and several charities, television shows and newspapers.
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