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Bouchez, Jean

Date of birth:
May 19th, 1919 (Wardin - Belgium)
Date of death:
October 5th, 1942 (Paris - XIV - France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Officially incorporated into the ranks of Free France on February 17, 1942, as P 2 agent of the Central Bureau of Intelligence and Action (BCRA), the second lieutenant Bouchez, alias 'Bertrand', accomplished numerous missions in France and in Belgium.

Betrayed, he was arrested by the Gestapo on May 13, 1942 in Paris.
Interned at the Cherche-Midi then at Fresnes jails, he was shot in Paris, Porte de Versailles, on October 5, 1942 with 17 other French Resistance fighters.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Compagnon
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1943
l' Ordre de la Libération
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
2 citations
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

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