John Babcock - Wikipedia
John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) 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.Babcock first attempted to join the army at the age of fifteen, but was turned down and sent to work in Halifax until he was placed …