Robert Meier
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Robert Meier (born March 10, 1897) is Germany's oldest living man (at 109) and a combat veteran of WWI. Meier became Germany's oldest living man on March 2, 2005, following the passing of Hermann Dörnemann, 111. He has held this title for more than a year. However, Germany's current oldest living person is a 111-year-old woman: Irmgard von Stephani, born September 20, 1895. Robert currently lives in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Also, still apparently in good health, he is a rarity in being a survivor of the infantry, having seen combat in France on the Western front.
In October 2006, Robert Meier met Henry Allingham, the oldest living British WWI veteran, in his hometown. France's oldest veteran ever, Maurice Floquet, sent his regards, but could not attend, because he was too frail to travel. He subsequently died on the eve of Armistice Day, November 10, 2006.
[edit] See also
Surviving Veterans of the First World War
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