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Malardier, Jean

Date of birth:
October 1st, 1919 (Paris - XIII, France)
Date of death:
February 2nd, 2018 (Charente - France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

CAREER
26 January 1942 : entered the IR 638 - LVF
June 1942 : Melder in the Stab Kie I.Bat IR 638 - LVF
March 1944 : on leave, visited München, Salzburg, Wien, Berchtesgaden and Berlin
15 March - 6th June 1944 : hospitalized in Wilmersdorf in Berlin
End June 1944 : took part in the fightings in Bobr
July 1944 : retreat through Bielorussia
September 1944 : transfered to the Waffen SS as Truppführer in the Stab Kie Waffen Gren. Reg. der SS Nr. 58
January - April 1945 : attended the officer course in the SS Junkerschule in Kienschlag
April 1945 : deputy in the I.Zug 6.Kie SS Reg. 58 - 33.SS Div Charlemagne in Carpin
End April 1945 : volunteer to fight in Berlin as Melder in the 3.Kie
2nd May 1945 : captured by hte soviets in Berlin
1945 : sentenced to 2 years of emprisonment
June 1948 : liberated
1970 : published his memoirs entitled 'Combats pour l''honneur'
2010 : still living peacefuly retired in Paris

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
I. Battalion, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
Awarded on:
July 1944
For his behaviour during the fightings in Bobr 26-28 June 1944 .
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944

With 1 palm
Croix de Guerre L.V. F. (Vichy)

Sources

  • - Stephane Kayser
    - Waffen-SS Francais, Grégory Bouysse

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