Claude Choules

Claude Choules
Claude Choules in uniform
Claude Choules in uniform
KesetiaanUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Australia Australia
PerkhidmatanRoyal Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Tahun perkhidmatanBritish 1916–26
Australian 1926–56
PangkatActing Torpedo Officer, Fremantle
Chief Demolition Officer
PertempuranPerang Dunia Pertama
Perang Dunia Kedua

Claude Stanley Choules (disebut /ˈʃuːlz/;[1] 3 Mac 1901 – 5 Mei 2011) merupakan pejuang veteran Perang Dunia Pertama terakhir yang hidup di dunia,[2] dan merupakan saksi tentera terakhir yang hidup menyaksikan pelubangtenggelaman armada Jerman di Scapa Flow. Dia juga merupakan veteran terakhir yang berkhidmat dalam kedua-dua perang dunia, dan pelaut terakhir dari Perang Dunia Pertama. Ketika saat kematiannya, dia juga merupakan tentera veteran ketiga tertua di dunia yang disahkan dan manusia tertua yang diketahui hidup di Australia.[3][4] Dia juga dahulunya merupakan manusia hidup yang ke-7 tertua di duina. Claude Choules menjadi orang tertua dilahirkan di United Kingdom selepas kematian Stanley Lucas pada 21 Jun 2010. Claude Choules meninggal dunia di Perth, Barat Australia, pada umur 110 tahun.[5][6] Dia mengatasi veteran tertua Perang Dunia Pertama Amerika Syarikat, Frank Buckles sebanyak 67 hari.

Rujukan

  1. ^ Last known World War I combat veteran dies
  2. ^ "Claude Choules: the Last of the Last". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 5 May 2011. Dicapai pada 5 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Claude, 108 ... last of the WW1 heroes". Thesun.co.uk. 2009-07-28. Dicapai pada 2011-05-06.
  4. ^ Agence France-Presse (27 July 2009). "Claude Choules says WWI was 'boring'". The Australian. Dicapai pada 2 August 2008. Mr Choules was informed by his 80-year-old daughter Anne Pow over the weekend that the death of 111-year-old Harry Patch, Britain's last soldier who fought in the Great War's infamous trenches, had made him the country's sole survivor.
  5. ^ "Australia's last WWI veteran dies ABC News". Abc.net.au. Dicapai pada 2011-05-06.
  6. ^ "Oldest In Britain". Oldestinbritain.webs.com. Dicapai pada 2011-05-06.

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