Erich Kastner

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 * name= Erich Kästner


 * lived= March 10, 1900 –


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 * placeofbirth= 🇩🇪 Germany


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 * allegiance= 🇩🇪 German


 * branch= German Army


 * serviceyears= July 1918 – ?


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 * unit= Sonder-Bataillon Hauck


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 * battles= World War I


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Dr. Erich Kästner (born March 10, 1900) is, at age 107, the last known German veteran of the First World War since the death of William Seegers, a combat veteran, and currently the second-oldest man in Germany (the oldest one did not serve).

Kästner joined the army in July 1918 in the "Sonder-Bataillon Hauck", and served on the Western Front. It is said that he marched in a parade before Kaiser Wilhelm II in November 1918. He later also took part in the Second World War. Kästner holds a doctorate in law. He lives with the family of his son at Hanover. His wife died in 2003 aged 102.