Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné
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| Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné | |
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| february 9, 1913 - March 1, 1948 | |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Place of death | Lagnia Bien Hoa, Viêt Nam |
| Allegiance |  French Foreign Legion |
| Years of service | 1933 - † 1948 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade |
| Battles/wars | World War II First Indochina War |
| Awards | Commander of the Legion of Honor Compagnon de la Libération |
Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné, Compagnon de la Libération, was an officer of the French Foreign Legion. He was born on February 9, 1913 in Paris, and was killed in the line of duty on March 1, 1948 close to Lagnia Bien Hoa (Viêt Nam).
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[edit] Education
He went to the Lycée Pasteur and Saint-Louis in Paris before joining the famous École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1933.
[edit] World War II
During World War II, he participated with the Free French Forces to
- 1941 : the East African Campaign (in Eritrea and Syria)
- 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: "Premiere division française libre", or "1ere DFL").
His personal notes dealing with his campaigns during World War II (exactly from 1940-02-28 to 1945-06-18) were published after his death.
[edit] First Indochina War
Colonel during the First Indochina War inside the French Foreign Legion, he became the chief of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade between August 21, 1946 and his death on the line of duty on March 1, 1948.
[edit] Honour
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Compagnon de la Libération - september 9 1942
- French Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (7 acknowledgments)
- French Croix de Guerre des TOE (4 acknowledgments)
[edit] 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.
