List of last surviving Canadian war veterans
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Military history of Canada
The military history of Canada comprises hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, and the role of the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For thousands of years, the area that would become Canada was the site of sporadic intertribal wars...
. The last surviving veteran of any particular war, upon his death, marks the end of a historic era. Exactly who is the last surviving veteran is often an issue of contention, especially with records from long-ago wars. The "last man standing" was often very young at the time of enlistment and in many cases had lied about his age to gain entry into the service, which confuses matters further.
There were sometimes incentives for men to lie about their ages after their military service ended.
War of 1812
- Sir Provo WallisProvo WallisAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and naval war hero. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was 100 years old when he died....
(1791–1892) — Canadian Army. Royal Navy. Also Napoleonic veteran. - John Tutela (1797–1888) — Canadian Army. Six Nations chief.
- John Smoke Johnson (1792–1886) — Canadian Army. Iroquois chief.
- Young Warner (c. 1794–?) — Native AmericanNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
who fought for Britain.
Rebellions of 1837Rebellions of 1837The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform. A key shared goal was the allowance of responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incident's aftermath.-Rebellions:The rebellions started...
- François X. MatthieuFrançois X. MatthieuFrançois X. Matthieu was a French Canadian settler of the Oregon Country who was one of the people involved in forming the provisional government of what would become the U.S. state of Oregon...
(1818–1914) — Parti Patriote. - Douglas LabalmondièreDouglas LabalmondièreLieutenant-Colonel Douglas William Parish Labalmondière CB was the first Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police and acted as Commissioner for three months in 1868–1869....
(1815–1893) — Upper Canada RebelsRepublic of CanadaThe Republic of Canada was a declared government proclaimed by William Lyon Mackenzie on December 13, 1837. The self proclaimed government was established on Navy Island in the Niagara River in the latter days of the Upper Canada Rebellion after Mackenzie and 200 of his followers retreated from...
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Boer WarBoer WarThe Boer Wars were two wars fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Oranje Vrijstaat and the Republiek van Transvaal ....
- George Frederick IvesGeorge Frederick Ives-External links:*...
(1881–1993) — British army. Later emigrated to Canada.
World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- Henry BotterellHenry BotterellHenry John Lawrence Botterell was a Canadian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and then in the Royal Air Force during World War I...
(1896–2003) – Last pilot veteran. - Charles LakingCharles LakingCharles Clarence "Clare" Laking was, at age 106, one of the last surviving Canadian veterans of the First World War...
(1899–2005) – Last combat veteran. - Dwight WilsonDwight WilsonPercy "Dwight" Wilson was the second-to-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.Born in Vienna, Elgin County, Ontario, he signed up as a 15-year old boy in 1916...
(1901–2007) — Last male veteran residing in Canada. - Gladys PowersGladys PowersGladys Stokes Luxford Powers was thought to be, at age 109, the last female veteran of the First World War following the March 27, 2007 death of fellow 109-year-old Charlotte Winters from the US. However the subsequent discovery of fellow Britons Ivy Campany, who died on December 19, 2008, and...
(1899–2008) — Last female veteran. Last residing in Canada. - John BabcockJohn BabcockJohn Henry Foster "Jack" Babcock was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldest surviving veteran...
(1900–2010) — Last Canadian veteran.
Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
- Jules Päiviö (1915–present) — Mackenzie-Papineau BattalionMackenzie-Papineau BattalionThe Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada. The...
. - Rosaleen Ross (1917–2008) — Nurse in International Brigade. Last female veteran.