Alois Vocásek was the last surviving Czechoslovakian veteran of the First World War and the last survivor of the Battle of Zborov

Battle of Zborov (1917)

Battle of Zborov was a small part of the Kerensky Offensive...

 in Ukraine

Ukraine

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. He was one of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks

Slovaks

The Slovaks, Slovak people, or Slovakians are a West Slavic people that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is closely related to the Czech language.Most Slovaks today live within the borders of the independent Slovakia...

 who broke with the Austro-Hungarian monarchy

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 to fight for the future Czechoslovak state

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 as members of the Czechoslovak Legions

Czechoslovak Legions

The Czechoslovak Legions were volunteer armed forces composed predominantly of Czechs and Slovaks fighting together with the Entente powers during World War I...

. He was later controversial because of his membership in the Czech fascist/nationalist organisation Vlajka

Vlajka

Vlajka was the name of a small Czech fascist and nationalist movement, and its corresponding publication. The publication itself was founded in 1928, its first editor being Miloš Maixner; the movement became politically active in the 1930s.- See also :* Viktor Dyk, romantic poet and Vlajka...

 in the 1930s.

He was the oldest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Church

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 in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery

Olšany Cemetery

Olšany Cemetery is the largest graveyard in Prague, Czech Republic, once having as many as two million burials. The cemetery is particularly noted for its many remarkable art nouveau monuments.- History :...

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See also

• List of veterans of World War I who died in 2003
• List of last surviving World War I veterans by country