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2006-10-11 15:45:57 · 17 answers · asked by papamike62 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Living in Australia - 4 veterans

Choules, Claude Stanley 1901 3 March British British Royal Navy Subsequently emigrated to Australia
Lucas, Sydney (Syd) 1900 21 September British British - 1st Sherwood Foresters Did not see action (was still in training when the war ended)
Ross, John Campbell 1899 11 March Australian Australian Wireless operator and last Australian digger
Young, William (Will) 1900 4 January British British Royal Flying Corps Moved to Australia after World War II

Living in Canada - 3 veterans

Clemett, Victor Lloyd 1899 10 December Canadian Canadian Lives in Toronto
Powers, Gladys 1899 10 May Canadian British Lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia
Wilson, Dwight (Percy) 1901 26 February Canadian Canadian Lives in Oshawa

Living in France - 8 veterans

Brunier, Charles 1901 31 May French French Excluded in French government lists as it only counts those with more than 3 months of combat service.
De Cazenave, Louis 1897 16 December French French
Floquet, Maurice Noël 1894 25 December French French
Grelaud, Jean 1898 26 October French French
Lagaurnadie, Louis 1899 17 June French French Excluded in French government lists as it only counts those with more than 3 months of combat service.
Ponticelli, Lazarre 1897 7 December Italian French, Italian Born in Piacenza as "Lazzaro". Moved to France in 1907. Served in French army first, later in Italian army.
Riffaud, René Félix 1898 19 December French French Reintegrated in ONAC (Office national des anciens combattants) lists at the beginning of 2006.
Tuveri, Justin 1898 15 May Italian Italian Born in Sardinia as "Giustino".

Living in Germany - 8 veterans

Christmann, Rudolf 1900 10 January German German
Fuchs, Konrad 1897 15 October German Served in German Infantry from 1916
Klöpper, Hans 1900 10 August German German
Künstler, Franz 1900 24 July German Austria-Hungary
Meier, Robert 1897 10 March German Served in German Infantry from 1915
Seim, Rudolf 1899 31 January German German
Solveen, Hermann 1899 20 February German German
Velten, Wilhelm 1899 2 September German German

Living in Italy - 10 veterans

Agazzi, Alberto 1899 30 January Italian Italian
Bertolami, Carmelo 1900 8 December Italian Italian Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with more than 6 months of service.
Borroni, Delfino 1898 23 August Italian Italian
Carta, Giovanni Antonio 1899 28 December Italian Italian
Chiarello, Francesco Domenico 1898 5 November Italian Italian
Ciarniello, Annibale 1900 9 January Italian Italian Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with more than 6 months of service.
Costanzo, Pasquale 1899 21 May Italian Italian
De Bettin Casanova, Antonia 1900 17 December Italian Italian Last Italian female veteran.
Sarrocco, Italo 1898 11 May Italian Italian
Serioli, Battista 1900 26 November Italian Italian Excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with more than 6 months of service.

Living in the United Kingdom - 5 veterans

Allingham, Henry 1896 6 June British British - RNAS (later RAF) Granted Freedom of Eastbourne in April 2006
Cummins, Kenneth 1900 6 March British British - Royal Navy
Mayne, Phillip 1899 26 November British British - Royal Engineers Did not see action
Patch, Harry 1898 17 June British British - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Is also a WWII veteran
Stone, William (Bill) 1900 23 September British British - Royal Navy Did not see action (was still in training), but is also a WWII veteran

Living in the USA - 14 veterans

Babcock, John F. 1900 23 July Canadian Canadian Resides in Spokane, Washington
Brown, Lloyd 1901 7 October American USA-Navy Resides in Maryland
Buchanan, Russell 1900 24 January American USA-Navy Resides in Watertown, Massachusetts, and is also a WWII veteran
Buckles, Frank Woodruff 1901 February 1 American USA-Army Resides in West Virginia
Coffey, J. Russell 1898 1 September American USA-Army Resides in North Baltimore, Ohio
Gardner, Harold 1898 3 December American USA-Army Served in USA-army less than 24 hours, and resides in Pennsylvania
Goldberg, Samuel 1900 19 March American USA-Army(Cavalry) Resides in Greenville, Rhode Island
Hardy, Moses 1893 or 1894 6 January American USA Resides in Mississippi
Mercado del Toro, Emiliano 1891 21 August Puerto Rican USA Resides in Puerto Rico
Pierro, Antonio 1896 22 February Italo-American USA Born in Italy as Antonio, a USA national, who resides in Swampscott, Massachusetts
Pusey, Ernest Charles 1895 5 May American USA-Navy Resides in Florida
Ramsey, Howard Verne 1898 2 April American USA-Army Resides in Oregon
Wagner, Albert F. (Jud) 1899 5 September American USA-Marines Resides in Kansas
Winters, Charlotte 1897 10 November American USA-Navy Resides in Maryland

2006-10-11 16:26:55 · answer #1 · answered by ryan s 5 · 0 0

3

2006-10-11 15:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0 1

According to the Veterans Administration, 2,212 World War I veterans were alive on September 30, 2001. By 2008, only 110 are expected to be still alive..

2006-10-11 15:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by meme from here 1 · 1 0

Not many left, I got this from wikipedia so it should be fairly up to date.


Surviving WWI vets -52 total

Living in Australia - 4 veterans

Living in Canada - 3 veterans

Living in France - 8 veterans

Living in Germany - 8 veterans

Living in Italy - 10 veterans

Living in the United Kingdom - 5 veterans

Living in the USA - 14 veterans

Living veterans that joined the services after the Armistice -3

2006-10-11 15:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by barkusmuhl 2 · 1 0

9

2006-10-11 15:47:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

None that i ought to locate. yet i theory this replaced into style of exciting. did you know 2 human beings although carry together Civil conflict pensions? regardless of the undeniable fact that the Civil conflict ended April 9, 1865 (fifty 3,630 days in the previous, for reference), the government remains paying out veterans' pensions. information from the dep. of Veterans' Affairs teach that 2 toddlers of Civil conflict veterans, as of September, are receiving pensions from their fathers' provider. branch of Veteran Affairs spokesman Phil Budahn says the VA very final checked in on the advantages recipients indoors the fall. the two have been alive, yet in unfavorable properly being. Budahn says it extremely is in all possibility that the toddlers of the Civil conflict veterans, who've needed to stay nameless, the two had ailments that prevented them from ever becoming to be to be self-sufficient..

2016-10-19 06:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Think how old they would have to be. WWI was what...1919? So if they were 19 at the time...wouldn't they have to be 107 this year? Even if you counted the youngest guy who signed up on the last day...he's wormwood by now! I bet the Vetran's Administration knows for sure!

2006-10-11 15:49:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

42

2006-10-11 15:47:57 · answer #8 · answered by Biggy 2 · 0 1

wow that was 90 years ago, and they were in their late teens or 20's then. I bet not many, but I don't actually know. Have you tried history channel.com?

Ok, I looked it up, and less than 50 are thought to still be alive.

2006-10-11 15:47:44 · answer #9 · answered by Smitten_Kitten 4 · 1 0

hum...92 years have passed since we entered the WWI.
Add 18 years at the time the entered the service, and you have 110 years.
So maybe a few hundred, mostly their wives?

2006-10-11 15:51:07 · answer #10 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 0 0

Scratch your hair for 5 mins. Count the hair falls out. That's the answer.

2006-10-11 15:47:46 · answer #11 · answered by Oh Dee! 3 · 1 1

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