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Anthony Hoffman
Anthony Hoffman
Birth: 22 September 1904
Killarney, Queensland, Australia
Death: 22 September 2011
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Age: 107 years, 0 days
Country: AustraliaAUS
Centenarian

Anthony James Hoffman (22 September 1904 – 22 September 2011) was an Australian centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Australia at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Anthony Hoffman was born in Killarney, Queensland, Australia on 22 September 1904. He married a woman called Doris and had five children: Iris (now deceased), Edna, Keith, Alma, and Delle.

He became the oldest known living man in Australia, following the death of 107-year-old James Hope on 9 June 2011.

Anthony Hoffman died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on his 107th birthday. At the time of his death, he had 16 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, and 47 great-great-grandchildren.

Following his death, then-106-year-old Fred Lunghusen (1905–2014) became the oldest known living man in Australia.

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Australia's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Robert Hewson • Gordon WilliamsFrederick McGill • Bill Wallace • Robert McMiekenKosta Malco • James Wright • Robert Jordan • Jack Lockett • Francis Kelly • William CaddySydney Bond • Frank Scarrabelotti • John Campbell Ross • Claude Choules • James HopeAnthony Hoffman • Fred Lunghusen • Alfred Date • Alfred Powell • Hilton NunnDexter KrugerFrank MawerKen Weeks

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