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	'''Lazarre Ponticelli''' (born ], ]) is, at age 110, one of the last surviving ] veterans of ] and is currently the oldest living man born in ], the second-oldest man living in France, and the 12th oldest in the world.

	Ponticelli was born "Làzzaro" in Alseno, ], Italy. In 1907, when he was nine years old, he moved to France, and more than six years later, in 1914, he joined the ] at age 16. Lazarre saw action against ], and was wounded shortly after his entering of service in 1914. Ponticelli was discharged from the French Foreign Legion, and later joined the ] in 1915. Lazarre was wounded again versus the ] in ]. Hit in the head by artillery, he miraculously survived.

	During the ], he founded a piping and metal work company with his brothers called "Ponticelli Frères" (= "Ponticelli Brothers"), which became wealthy and still exists today and is well-known in his field.

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