According to ABC report, the British-born Claude Choules served in the Royal Navy during World War I and witnessed the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.
Claude Choules, was born in Wyre Piddle in the English Midlands on March 3, 1901 and moved to Australia in 1926.
Choules signed up for the Great War when he was just 14 years old.After the war, he moved to Perth and joined the Australian Navy, working as a demolition officer at the Fremantle Harbour during World War II.
Choules died in his sleep in a Perth nursing home overnight.The only other surviving WWI veteran is believed to be Britain's Florence Green, who served with the Royal Air Force in a non-combat role and is now 110 years old.