"While he claimed to have been born in 1900, due to the birthdates of his siblings, it is believed he was actually born in 1903 and inflated his age to enlist. Nevertheless, Kowalski was still likely the second-oldest man in the world when he died, behind Arturo Licata, 2 days ahead of the third-oldest, Alexander Imich, and 3 days ahead of the fourth-oldest, Sakari Momoi. He passed away on 7 December 2013, aged 110 years, 308 days. After his death, Alexander Imich became both the last surviving veteran of the Polish-Soviet War and the last surviving World War 1-era veteran."@en . . . . "While he claimed to have been born in 1900, due to the birthdates of his siblings, it is believed he was actually born in 1903 and inflated his age to enlist. Nevertheless, Kowalski was still likely the second-oldest man in the world when he died, behind Arturo Licata, 2 days ahead of the third-oldest, Alexander Imich, and 3 days ahead of the fourth-oldest, Sakari Momoi. He passed away on 7 December 2013, aged 110 years, 308 days. After his death, Alexander Imich became both the last surviving veteran of the Polish-Soviet War and the last surviving World War 1-era veteran."@en . . . . . "Jozef Kowalski"@en . .