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Since it's unlikely (hopefully) that the remaining WWI veterans will all die in 2009, perhaps this page should be renamed in 2010 to something like "List of veterans of World War I who died after 2008" or "List of veterans of World War I who died in 2009-201X" etc., since there are so few remaining. Just a thought. Cheers, CP 04:12, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
I agree Paul. And please read my message below!!!! Signed: User:NickOrnstein
Died June 3 2009:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/australias-oldest-man-soldier-dies-aged-110-20090603-buy4.htmlRyoung122 02:47, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
He used to be an unverified veteran before his death on 26 February 2009. I believe that he should be added here as a verified veteran. Here [1] is a report on his death. Signed: User:NickOrnstein
Country served | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
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Italy | Dal Santo, Sante | 8 September 1902 | 26 Febraury 2009 (106) | Claimed to have joined up in 1916 digging trenches and tunnels. Also served in WWII. Lived in Montecchio Precalcino.[1][2] |
Previous pages have listed veterans in national and then alphabetical order...it seems here that the "five" veterans are listed in reverse chronological order, but not the three "era-vets" so there is a lack of consistency here.Ryoung122 03:57, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
See the google translation of the finnish wiki article linked in the headline. When Lennart Rönnback died in 2007, he was considered the last white guard from the Finnish civil war in 1918, but later mr Nurminen has been discovered. He was not yet 12 when he is said to have joined Ernst Linders troops in Nokia, Finland - seems a bit early, but it's easy to see why Linder may have had use for this boy - Linder lived his life in Sweden before the finnish civil war, and didn't understand finnish, neither did many others on the white side, so a boy who knew both languages would be useful in interrogation of captured enemy soldiers etc. I'm not completely sure of the meaning of all the machine translated text, so a finnish speaker reading the wiki article + the linked news article could perhaps tell us more?
Mr Nurminen died in february 2009, so he may also rob Aarne Arvonen of the title last surviving veteran from the conflict. Hepcat65 (talk) 23:01, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
doug terrey claimed he was born in 1903 but on the 1911 census it says he was born in 1904, here [2] is the link.--Tony W (talk) 15:22, 9 September 2010 (UTC) 1. Census ages are not accurate 2. Birth registration is in 1903 3. He was born in June; Census was taken in April SiameseTurtle (talk) 15:38, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
because it is going to be 2011 soon, will this article be changed to List of veterans of World War I who died in 2009-2011Tony (talk) 19:26, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
doug terrey would of celebrated his 108th birthday on the 23rd june, RIP Mr terrey 1903 - 2010 Tony (talk) 00:16, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
because it is 2012 we will have to change the title of this article, should we name it something like List of veterans of World War I who died in 2009-12 or List of veterans of World War I who died in 2009-Present, any other suggestions? Tony (talk) 21:27, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
Should this list go until 2012 or 2013 since the last Veteran (albeit an Era Veteran) didn't die until 2013. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.19.20 (talk) 19:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
In light of the recent deletion discussion, which looks like it is going in the direction of deletion, I believe we should consider having a set number of veterans for this list, merged from, say, the 2007 and 2008 lists, as those articles do have veterans who have their own articles. — AMK152 (t • c) 05:14, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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It's clear from the history of this page here and its title that editors have been struggling for some time. As things are now, the title raises the question why the cut-off point for the "last surviving" veterans should be 2009 (and not e.g. 2007, 2008 or 2010). And the overall question is why this separate page is necessary; by now it's been close to ten years that there are no more surviving veterans of World War I, and there is already a comprehensive page List of last World War I veterans by country. In order to avoid deletion, like it eventually happened with the various 1999 through 2008 pages, we should come up with a better title and intrinsic purpose of this page, or move the information to the other page and make that one more detailed. - Toothswung (talk) 10:22, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
The proposal is to merge List of last World War I veterans by country into this article
Such a list as this here may have several definitions for inclusion. Broadly, a veteran is somebody that has served in the military. A war veteran has served in a war, though "active service" may not mean "combat service". That article (List of last World War I veterans by country) takes a very narrow view for inclusion (a military veteran) while List of last surviving World War I veterans takes a more holistic view and reports claimants for the different criteria that exist. From the title of either article, one would expect to find "war veterans" but that is not the case. That article duplicates some of what is covered at List of last surviving World War I veterans. Cinderella157 (talk) 00:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)
Anthony Delahoy, born 13th January 1923, aged 100, is now living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He joined the British Armed Forces in January 1942 – on his 19th birthday – and trained as a gunner with the Royal Artillery Anti-Tank Regiment. Aged 21, he journeyed to German-occupied France as a despatch rider with the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment and on June 7 joined the D-Day landing as part of the Battle of Normandy. TrevorRD (talk) 08:41, 25 June 2023 (UTC)