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Justin Tuveri
May 13, 1898 – October 5, 2007
Place of birth	Collinas, Sardinia, Italy
Place of death	Saint-Tropez, France
Allegiance	Italian
Service/branch	Italian Army
Years of service	1917 – 1918
Battles/wars	World War I

Justin Tuveri (May 13, 1898^[1] – October 5, 2007)^[2][3] was, at age 109, one of the last Italian veterans of the First World War and a French citizen at the time of his death.

Tuveri was born Giustino Tuveri in Collinas, on the island of Sardinia. He was drafted in 1917, and fought in several campaigns, including Sassari.

Due to the rise of Mussolini and the Fascists, Tuveri moved to France in 1920, becoming a French citizen in 1940.

He died in Saint-Tropez, France.

See also

• Veterans of the First World War who died in 2007

References

External links

• http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-708425,0.html (French)
• http://dersdesders.free.fr/bio_veterans/tuveri.html (French)