Date of birth:

November 28th, 1896 (Monchy-Humières, France)

Date of death:

1980 (Tunesia)

Nationality:

French (1870-present, Republic)

André Dupuis reached the rank of Major. He was imprisoned in 1944 and sentenced for life hard labour in the Lambèse prison in Algeria. He was released around 1953.

02.12.1915 : volonteered and served in the 67e then 101e Régiment d'Infanterie before joining a colonial Infantry regiment
22.06.1916: promoted to caporal
15.09.1917: promoted to sergent
21.10.1918 : promoted temporarily to sous-lieutenant de réserve
22.07.1921: promoted to sous-lieutenant de réserve
26.12.1926: promoted to lieutenant de réserve
16.12.1937: promoted to capitaine de réserve
00.09.1939 : mobilised in the 4e Régiment de Zouaves
00.00.1940 : serve in the Service d''Ordre Légionnaire - SOL in Tunesia where he is remarked for his behaviour against partisan
1941-42 : deputy chief / chef-adjoint in the SOL.
00.00.1943 : volonteer to join and command the Phalange as a captain.
25.12.1943: promoted to chef de bataillon
00.12.1943 : flew away from Tunesia in a german plane.
1943-44 : join the LVF on the Eastern front
00.07.1944 : join the French Milice in Paris where he fought as a milician against general LECLERC''s 2nd DB in the fightings to liberate Paris.
31.08.1944 : volonteer to join the Waffen SS as an Untersturmführer - 33.SS Div. Charlemagne in Germany
00.03.1945 : sentenced to camp for desertion after the fightings in Pomerania
00.05.1945 : liberated from the camp and emprisoned in France
00.00.1950 : liberated from prison
00.00.1980 : died in Tunesia

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• Photo 2:
• Photo: Signal Magazine, 1943
• - Passion Militaria
  - Stephane Kayser