Frank Mawer: The Oldest Man In Australia Dies At Age 110

Frank Mawer, Australia’s oldest man, gets COVID-19 and dies at the age of 110. Mr. Mawer died “peacefully” in his sleep at his Central Tilba home on the New South Wales South Coast on Saturday afternoon, according to members of a HammondCare home care team who were there to support him.

Mr. Mawer lived freely in his own flat in Gymea in Sydney’s south until November of last year, when he moved to the South Coast to be with his son, Philip, following a fall. Philip and his boyfriend Stuart were his primary caregivers, along with HammondCare workers. Barry, his second son, reported that his father grew weak after contracting COVID-19 a few weeks ago.

“He lived life to the full even in recent months,” Barry said. Frank insisted on sitting up for meals, he did his exercises every day and had plenty of visitors.

“He went to have his afternoon nap on Saturday afternoon and never woke up.