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Surviving Veterans| Baxi |
Posted: Jan 19 2013, 04:20 AM
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Ars Longa,Vita Brevis.  Group: Chief Moderator Posts: 3,921 Member No.: 1,090 Joined: 10-March 11  |
As there are no WWI Veterans left its pointless to do so |
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| Ancient |
Posted: Jan 19 2013, 10:08 AM
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Supercentenarian Group: Trusted Members Posts: 228 Member No.: 1,435 Joined: 5-December 12 |
I construe this thread to be specifically about verified veterans of WWI. In the case of Imich and Kowalski, if either of them could be verified and their service in the war confirmed then I assume we could unlock this thread until they pass away, but that has yet to happen. As for WWI associates, I would really enjoy seeing a list of people involved in the war still living or just those who made it to 107-108+. But they are associates, not veterans, so (in my opinion) a new thread for them would be more appropriate then adding them on to this one.
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| GreekSupercentenarian |
Posted: Jan 21 2013, 06:22 AM
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Top Ten Group: Trusted Members Posts: 496 Member No.: 1,349 Joined: 16-July 12 |
I agree with you Ancient. Unfortunately all the WWI veterans seem to have passed away. It would be great if we would see this list being active for another time in the future,when we would discover another living person who fought or just joined the army in WWI. |
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| Futurist |
Posted: Jan 21 2013, 01:45 PM
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Methuselah Group: Trusted Members Posts: 8,366 Member No.: 1,176 Joined: 6-September 11 |
Imich and Kowalski are not WWI veterans. If their claims are true, they are WWI-era veterans. |
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| Ancient |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 08:31 AM
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Supercentenarian Group: Trusted Members Posts: 228 Member No.: 1,435 Joined: 5-December 12 |
I already took care of that when I stated "their service in the war confirmed," if neither man actually fought in WWI, then they are not veterans of WWI. |
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| Ben |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 10:01 AM
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Founder and Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 733 Member No.: 1 Joined: 13-September 07 |
Sadly, it is nearly time to archive this thread and this entire subforum.
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| davzar |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 10:46 AM
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Amazing SC Emma Morano :) Group: Trusted Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 1,245 Joined: 4-January 12 |
Last veteran was Florence Green (19/02/1901-04/02/2012) from UK that died at 110 years and 350 days, right?
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| Futurist |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 12:34 PM
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Methuselah Group: Trusted Members Posts: 8,366 Member No.: 1,176 Joined: 6-September 11 |
By the official definition, Yes. By my definition the last surviving WWI vet was Claude Choules (1901-2011), lived 110y,63d. This post has been edited by Futurist on Jan 22 2013, 12:34 PM |
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| davzar |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 12:38 PM
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Amazing SC Emma Morano :) Group: Trusted Members Posts: 1,360 Member No.: 1,245 Joined: 4-January 12 |
Yes, I understand your point of view...thanks Futurist!  |
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| Futurist |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 01:02 PM
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Yeah by the official veteran definition my dad would be considered a (Soviet) veteran of the war in Afghanistan, since he served in the Soviet Army when the U.S.S.R. invaded Afghanistan but he was never at or near the front lines. |
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| Baxi |
Posted: Jan 22 2013, 03:56 PM
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Ars Longa,Vita Brevis. Group: Chief Moderator Posts: 3,921 Member No.: 1,090 Joined: 10-March 11 |
I afraid I think the time is now. |
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| hohho56oy |
Posted: Jan 24 2013, 03:29 PM
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Supercentenarian watcher Group: Trusted Members Posts: 502 Member No.: 1,028 Joined: 1-September 10 |
Maybe we'll be lucky and discover a 'sleepy' WW1 vet soon. |
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| Chris_Amos |
Posted: Jan 25 2013, 12:30 AM
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Chris_Amos Group: Trusted Members Posts: 2,433 Member No.: 1,016 Joined: 17-March 10 |
We can assume that Nasir Al Hajry is deceased as the “oldest man” in the United Arab Emirates, Ras Al Khaimah Rashid Hamdoon Saeed Al Naqbi, died at the age of 107 on February 13 last year. He was born on June 1, 1904:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/society/...y-dies-1.980967 http://dubaicityseeker.ems-international.o...e-country-dies/ Jadwiga Wrzos (b. Nov 1, 1900) and Konstanty Jung (b. Nov 1, 1900), of Poland, now appear to be deceased: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_najstar..._ludzi_w_Polsce From the original Wikipedia lists, there are three “World War 1-era veterans” and alleged participants left: Józef Kowalski (b. February 2. 1900) Alexander Imich (b. February 4, 1903) And still waiting to see any update (as in SSDI) on: Kashi Ram Rai (b. January 1, 1900) (still alive May 26 last year.) http://unitedkiratrai.org/new_england |
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| clark kent |
Posted: Jan 27 2013, 11:46 PM
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Methuselah Group: Trusted Members Posts: 5,745 Member No.: 16 Joined: 22-October 07 |
RIP Margherita Lazzeri RIP also to Ras Al Khaimah Rashid Hamdoon Saeed Al Naqbi |
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