Alois Vocásek

Alois Vocásek
Born(1896-04-18)18 April 1896
Pečky, Austria-Hungary
Died9 August 2003(2003-08-09) (aged 107)
Prague, Czech Republic
Allegiance Czechoslovakia
Service / branchCzechoslovakia Czechoslovak Legions
Battles / warsWorld War I

Russian Civil War

Other workFascist organisation Vlajka in the 1930s

Alois Vocásek (13 April 1896 – 9 August 2003) was the last surviving Czechoslovakian veteran of the World War I and the last survivor of the Battle of Zborov in Ukraine. He was one of thousands of Czechs and Slovaks who broke with the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to fight for the future Czechoslovak state as members of the Czechoslovak Legions. He was later controversial because of his membership in the Czech fascist/nationalist organisation Vlajka in the 1930s.[1]

He was the oldest member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic. He is buried at the Olšany Cemetery.[2]

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  1. ^ Oldest Czech legionnaire was never able to clear tarnished reputation Retrieved 6 September 2018
  2. ^ Jetelina Bedřich (13 August 2003). "Zemřel nejstarší žijící český adventista" (in Czech). Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Czech Republic. Retrieved 10 September 2011.