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Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné

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Education
World War II
First Indochina War
Honour
Books
External links

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Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné (9 February 1913 – 1 March 1948) was a French Army officer of the French Foreign Legion. He was born in Paris, and was killed in the line of duty close to Lagnia Bien Hoa (Viêt Nam).

Education

He went to the Lycée Pasteur and the Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris before joining the famous École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1933.

World War II

During World War II, he participated with the Free French Forces in:

1941 : the East African Campaign (in Eritrea and Ethiopia) and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign)
1942 : the Battle of Bir Hakeim, then the Tunisia Campaign
1943 : the Allied invasion of Sicily
1944 : the Operation Dragoon.
1944 : the campaign of Alsace.

He finished the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel, commandant in chief of the First French Free Division (in French: "Première division française libre", or "1ère DFL").

His personal notes dealing with his campaigns during World War II (exactly from 28 February 1940 to 18 June 1945) were published after his death.

First Indochina War

He was a colonel during the First Indochina War serving with the French Foreign Legion and became the commanding officer of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade between 21 August 1946 and his death in the line of duty on 1 March 1948.

Honour

Commander of the Légion d'honneur
Compagnon de la Libération (9 September 1942)
Croix de guerre 1939-1945 (7 citations)
Croix de guerre des Théatres d'Opérations Extérieures (4 citations)
Colonial medals with "Tunisia 1942-1943" and "EO" clasps
Commemorative medal of the 1939-1945 war, with "Norway", "Africa", "France", campaign in Indochina clasps

Books

Les Carnets du Lieutenant-colonel Brunet de Sérigné, by André-Paul Comor, collection Nouvelles Éditions Latines, Paris, 1990.
L'épopée de la 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère, 1940-1945, by André-Paul Comor, collection Nouvelles Éditions Latines, Paris, 1988.

External links

{{fr icon}} Complete biography on the website of the Order of Libération

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