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Originally Posted by panzergrenadiere
Any idea on how many ww1 vets are left world wide?
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I can't say anything for sure but, I heard that Germany lost its last WWI vet around 2 or so years ago. I also knew and corresponded (for a short time) with a WWI German vet. This man was also the last living member of Freikorps Oberland and his name is: Fridolin von Spaun.
I think about 5 years ago, Austrailia lost its last "original" ANZAC who served at Gallipoli.
About a year or so ago, I heard that there were 11 or so WWI British vets still living--their average age was 107.
Belguim and several others lost their last WWI vets at least 2 or more years ago.