Date of birth:

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

Date of death:

1980 (Tunesia)

Nationality:

French

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