How to refer to past age?

I’m working through my text book “Japanese Tutor” and my current assignment is to write a brief description of my last holiday. I want to start it off by saying “when I was 12 I went to….” I just don’t know how to say when I was 12.

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  1. The absolute easiest one is 12歳の時.

    12歳だった時 can also be used. This emphasises that it’s past tense, but is otherwise more or less the same.

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