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Stanisław Wycech

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Allegiance
  
Poland

Name
  
Stanislaw Wycech

Born
  
June 27, 1902 Sadoles, Poland (
1902-06-27
)

Died
  
January 12, 2008(2008-01-12) (aged 105) Warsaw, Poland

Service/branch
  
Polish Military Organisation

Years of service
  
February 1917 – November 1920

Battles/wars
  
World War I Polish Soviet War

Stanisław Wycech (June 27, 1902, Sadoleś – January 12, 2008) was, at age 105, the last Polish veteran of the First World War. At the time of his death, he was, at age 105, the youngest living veteran of the war. Wycech was underage when he enlisted in the Polish Military Organisation in 1917 aged only 15 and participated in the disarming of German troops on November 10, 1918. He did not participate in the Greater Poland Uprising due to contracting typhoid, but was also a veteran of the Polish-Soviet War. He resided in Warsaw until his death at age 105.

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Stanisław Wycech Wikipedia