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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 10 February 1912 in BEAUFORT EN VALLÉE (Maine and Loire).

son of Gustave, Léon and Renée, Josephine, Louise MARTINEAU.

- Married on 26 December 1936 to MARTIGNE-BRIAND (Maine and Loire) with Paulette, Louise MOULIN.

- Profession: Carpenter.

- Called to service on April 15, 1933.

- Incorporated into the 9th Regiment of Zouaves

- Classified as a breadwinner by decision of the Departmental Council of Maine and Loire on May 1, 1933.

- Removed from the controls on April 15, 1934.

- Certificate of good conduct "granted."

- Recalled to the activity on September 3, 1939.

- Soldier in the 125th Infantry Regiment.

- Killed to the enemy on 17 May 1940 at the place called " Crossroads of the Star,"

forest of

Saint-Michel (Aisne)

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

- Body returned to the family on 8 July 1948.

- Military Medal posthumously by decree of 29 December 1947 (O.J. of 4.1.1948).

Campaigns:

- In Algeria (1/2 season) from 23 April 1933 to 14 April 1934.

- To the armies (double campaign) from September 3, 1939 to May 16, 1940.

"Death for France"

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See:

"Together on the Paths of Memory"