Corporal TERRIEN Jean Baptiste. 

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THREE DAYS TO SAVE HONOUR

SAINT-MICHELLOISE ASSOCIATION OF MEMORY OF MAY 1940

Fighting on 16, 17 and 18 May 1940

FORGOTTEN FIGHTS

A WAR BETWEEN EUROPEANS IS A CIVIL WAR. (Victor Hugo)

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INDIVIDUAL SHEET

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Based on information provided

by the Historical Defence Service in Vincennes, the Central Bureau of the Military Archives of Pau, the communes of origin and, for some, the families that could be found.

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War: 1939-1945 - Date of death: May 17, 1940 - Place of death: Saint-Michel (Aisne)

- Born on 17 April 1911 in Saint-Germain sur Moine (Maine and Loire).

son of John the Baptist and Josephine, Augustine, Mary EMÉRIAU.

- Married on April 24, 1935 to Madeleine, Marie, Jeanne MORINIÈRE.

- Father of a daughter Jeannine born May 10, 1940.

- Profession: farmer.

- Called to activity on April 16, 1932, assigned to the 131st Infantry Regiment.

- Sent on leave on March 31, 1933.

- Passed in availability on April 15, 1933.

- Certificate of good faith "Granted."

- Assigned to Infantry Mobilization Centre n ° 91 on April 15, 1933.

- Recalled to activity on September 2, 1939, assigned to Infantry Depot 91.

- To the armies with the 125th Infantry Regiment on September 12, 1939.

- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940

at the place called "Carrefour de l'Étoile," forest of Saint-Michel (Aisne)

[Today: R.D. 1050: Charlemagne road: Paris, Liège, Aix la Chapelle (Aachen)]

-Corps returned to the family on 08/07/1948

- Buried in Saint-Germain sur Moine (Maine and Loire).

DECORATIONS:

- War cross 1939-1945 with "Bronze Star" with the quote:

"Brave graduated who was killed while fighting on May 17, 1940 in Saint-Michel (Aisne).

-CAMPAGNES:

- from 2 to 11 September 1939 on a war footing (simple campaign).

- 12 September 1939 to 16 May 1940, to the armies (double campaign.

Declared "Death for France"

by opinion of A.C.V.G. dated 9 May 1941.

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See:

"Together on the Paths of Memory"