<P> This is a list of the last World War I veterans to die by country . The last living veteran of World War I ( 28 July 1914 -- 11 November 1918 ) was Florence Green , a British citizen who served in the Allied armed forces , and who died 4 February 2012 , aged 110 . The last combat veteran was Claude Choules who served in the British Royal Navy ( and later the Royal Australian Navy ) and died 5 May 2011 , aged 110 . The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch ( British Army ) who died on 25 July 2009 , aged 111 . The last Central Powers veteran , Franz Künstler of Austria - Hungary , died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107 . </P>
<P> This is a list of the last World War I veterans to die by country . The last living veteran of World War I ( 28 July 1914 -- 11 November 1918 ) was Florence Green , a British citizen who served in the Allied armed forces , and who died 4 February 2012 , aged 110 . The last combat veteran was Claude Choules who served in the British Royal Navy ( and later the Royal Australian Navy ) and died 5 May 2011 , aged 110 . The last veteran who served in the trenches was Harry Patch ( British Army ) who died on 25 July 2009 , aged 111 . The last Central Powers veteran , Franz Künstler of Austria - Hungary , died on 27 May 2008 at the age of 107 . </P>
when did the last world war 1 vet die
when did the last world war 1 vet die
4 February 2012
4 February 2012