- Raymond Abescat
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name = Raymond Abescat
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birth_date = Birth date|1891|09|10
birth_place =Paris
death_date = death date and age|2001|08|15|1891|09|10
death_place =Rueil-Malmaison
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footnotes =Raymond Abescat (
Paris ,September 10 ,1891 -Rueil-Malmaison ,August 15 ,2001 ) was one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War inFrance , its oldest man and the oldest veteran in France at the time of his death. He died a mere 26 days before his 110th birthday.World War I
Abescat joined the military in October 1912 and spent seven years with an infantry regiment. In 1916, he was seriously wounded near
Verdun , where fighting cost the lives of 250,000 French and German soldiers.After the war, Abescat joined a state financing agency where he worked until his retirement in 1957.
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Veterans of the First World War who died in 2001 References
*cite news |title=French Veteran of World War I Was 109 |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/79052268.html?dids=79052268:79052268&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+29%2C+2001&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Obituaries%3B+PASSINGS%3B+Raymond+Abescat%3B+French+Veteran+of+World+War+I+Was+109&pqatl=google |work=
Los Angeles Times |date=2001-08-29 |accessdate=2008-05-01
*cite news |title=Legacy of WWI vets promises to outlive them |url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/views/y/1998/11/humi.armistice.nov13/ |work=CNN International |date=1998-11-13 |accessdate=2008-05-01
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