John Babcock Autographs
John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was a Canadian electrician and soldier. At age 109, he was the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldest surviving veteran. Babcock first attempted to join the army at the age of fifteen, but was turned down and sent to work in Halifax until he was placed in the Young Soldiers Battalion in August 1917. Babcock was then transferred to the United Kingdom, where he continued his training until the end of the war.
Having never seen combat, Babcock did not consider himself a veteran and moved to the United States in the 1920s, where he joined the United States Army and eventually became an electrician. In May 2007, following the death of Dwight Wilson, he became the last surviving veteran of the First World War who served with the Canadian forces. From that point he received international attention, including 109th birthday greetings from Queen Elizabeth II, the Governor General of Canada and the Canadian Prime Minister, until his death on February 18, 2010.
Babcock was born on July 23, 1900, into a family of thirteen children on a farm in Frontenac County, Ontario. According to Babcock, the barn where he was born (which no longer exists) was located off Highway 38 in South Frontenac Township. His father died in 1906 after a tree-cutting accident, when Babcock was only six years old. As described in his account given to Maclean's, while his father was cutting down one tree, another dead tree fell on his shoulder. Although he was brought into the house on bobsleigh, he only survived another two hours. Babcock said that this was an "awful blow" to the family.
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Traded items with a signature of John Babcock
The most expensive item with a signature of John Babcock (John Babcock signed autograph World War I Extra Rare COA LOOK!) was sold in January 2018 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (Autographed John Babcock Signed Index Card Canadian World War 1 Veteran Deceased) found a new owner for $0.01 in July 2012. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2011 with an average selling price of $15.74 for an autographed item of John Babcock. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2017 with $95.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.49 was November 2013. In average, an autographed item from John Babcock is worth $12.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Babcock were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Autographed John Babcock Oldest Canadian Veteran WWI 3x5 Index Card - RIP | $2.99 |  |
| Autographed John Babcock Oldest Canadian Veteran WWI 3x5 Index Card - RIP | $3.99 | |
| Autographed John Babcock Oldest Canadian Veteran WWI 3x5 Index Card - RIP | $6.50 | |
| Autographed John Babcock Oldest Canadian Veteran WWI 3x5 Index Card - RIP | $6.50 | |
| John Babcock Canada WWI War Last Living Veteran Vet Rare Signed Autograph Photo | $29.99 | |
| John Babcock Canada WWI War Last Living Veteran Vet Rare Signed Autograph Photo | $29.99 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK CUSTOM CARD-LAST CANADIAN WW1 VET SIGNED/AUTOGRAPHED -PSA/DNA-1/1 | $95.00 | |
| John Babcock DECEASED WWI World War One Veteran Signed 3.4x6 Photo K4737 | $2.49 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK SIGNED 3X5 PHOTO PSA/DNA SLABBED WWI VETERAN RARE AUTO | $9.95 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK SIGNED 3X5 PHOTO PSA/DNA SLABBED WWI VETERAN RARE AUTO | $9.95 | |
| John Babcock World War I WWI Veteran Signed Photo | $9.99 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK WWI VETERAN HAND SIGNED 3x5 INDEX CARD AUTOGRAPHED AUTO | $12.99 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK WWI VETERAN HAND SIGNED COLOR 8X10 PSA K87543 | $59.99 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK-LAST CANADIAN WW1 VET PICTURE -DECEASED-AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED-PSA/DNA | $60.00 | |
| JOHN BABCOCK-WAS LAST CANANIAN WW1 SOLDIER-Signed/AUTOGRAPHED PIC-PSA SLAB | $60.00 | |
