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Who are the last WWI veterans?

The last surviving British veteran is Claude Choules, 108, who lives in Australia. The former seaman is also the last veteran to have served in both world wars.

Jack Babcock, 109, is Canada's only surviving veteran of WWI, but he never saw action.

In an interview with the Canadian Army website he said: "I don't consider myself to be a veteran, because I never got to fight."

Frank Buckles, 108, is the last remaining member of the American army who served in WWI.

He was 16 when he lied about his age and signed up, serving as an ambulance driver in the UK and France.

Read entire article at BBC