Frank Mawer | |
Mawer on his 109th birthday in 2021. | |
Birth: | 15 August 1912 Australia |
Age: | 109 years, 361 days |
Country: | ![]() |
Centenarian |
Frank Mawer (born 15 August 1912) is an Australian centenarian who is the oldest living man in Australia since the death of Dexter Kruger on 20 July 2021.
Biography
Mawer was born in Australia on 16 August 1912. During the 1918/19 Spanish Flu Pandemic, Mawer's brother died of the disease. Furthermore, his mother died while he was still a child, leaving him to become a ward of the state.
When old enough to begin working, Mawer started work as a farm laborer and later in a factory. In 1939, Mawer married Elisabeth, an Irish immigrant, they met in a factory where they both worked. Together, they raised six children.
Elisabeth later moved into a care home, and died in 2012 at the age of 92.
Mawer still lives independently in his home in Gymea, New South Wales, Australia, and receives a visit from a local care home four times a week. At the time of his 108th birthday in August 2020, he had 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
His sister Helen died in October 2020 at the age of 102.
Mawer actively attends Horizon Church in Sutherland, the same church which former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends.
Mawer currently lives in Queensland, Australia at the age of 109 years, 361 days.
Gallery
References
- Remarkable Frank Mawer, Sydney’s oldest man, living independently at 108 Hammond Care, 3 September 2020
- Australia's oldest man still lives on his own and puts down his longevity to good habits Downsizing, 15 August 2021
Australia's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Robert Hewson • Gordon Williams • Frederick McGill • Robert McMieken • Kosta Malco • James Wright • Robert Jordan • Jack Lockett • William Caddy • Sydney Bond • Frank Scarrabelotti • John Campbell Ross • Claude Choules • James Hope • Anthony Hoffman • Fred Lunghusen • Alfred Date • Alfred Powell • Hilton Nunn • Dexter Kruger • Frank Mawer |