Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné
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| Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné | |
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| 9 February 1913 – 1 March 1948 | |
| Place of birth |  Paris, France |
| Place of death |  Lagnia Bien Hoa, Vietnam |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1933 – † 1948 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands held | 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 9 February 1913 in Paris, and was killed in the line of duty on 1 March 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: "Première division française libre", or "1ère 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 1 March 1948.
[edit] Honour
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Compagnon de la Libération - 9 September 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.
