Given the question: Facts: - death place: perth , western australia - battles: world war i - death date: 24 july 2007 -lrb- aged 107 -rrb- - allegiance: uk united kingdom - nickname: will , sandy - awards: legion d'honneur - birth date: 4 january 1900 - serviceyears: 4 january 1918 & ndash ; august 1919 - name: william young - branch: royal flying corps - unit: wireless section - birth place: lanarkshire , scotland - rank: corporal Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william young -lrb- veteran -rrb- .
The answer is:
william alexander smillie young , also known as sandy young , -lrb- 4 january 1900 -- 24 july 2007 -rrb- was , at age 107 , one of the last surviving british veterans of the first world war .he later emigrated to australia , and was the last known veteran of the royal flying corps , in which he served as a radio operator .