Tuomas Gerdt, Date of Birth
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Finnish Continuation War veteran, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross
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About Tuomas Gerdt
- Kaiho Tuomas Albin Gerdt (born 28 May 1922 in Heinävesi, Finland) is a Knight of the Mannerheim Cross, numbered #95.
- Gerdt, serving as a junior runner officer in the infantry regiment 7, was awarded the Mannerheim Cross on 8 September 1942.
- At that time he held the rank of a Sergeant.
- After coming home from the war on 13 November 1944, Gerdt worked as a manager in Oy Wilh.
- Schauman Ab and as an office manager in Oy Kaukas Ab and Kymmene Oy.
- Gerdt, serving as the chairman of the Mannerheim Cross Knight Foundation, is the last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross.
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