"Claude Choules, the last surviving combat veteran of World War I, died on Thursday in Perth, Australia. The British-born sailor, who lied about his age to enlist at just 14 and served for many years in the Royal Australian Navy, was also the only living veteran of both World Wars."

This link to the news story popped up on my facebook page a while ago.
http://www.history.com/news/2011/05/...-veteran-dies/