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Demessine, André Paul Adrien

Date of birth:
May 5th, 1908 (Vincennes, Paris, France)
Date of death:
March 15th, 1945 (Fort Montrouge, Paris, France)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Military career:
00.00.1931: promoted to lieutenant de réserve
00.09.1939: mobilized as lieutenant de réserve
00.03.1940: appointed to the 67e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins as platoon leader
00.03.1940-00.06.1940: as a captain took part to the fightings against the German in Narvik - Norway then rapatried to combat in the Somme and in Upper Normandy
00.06.1940: WIA to the leg and captured by the German
00.00.1940: escaped from captivity
00.10.1941 : enter the LVF
00.10.1941-07.06.1942: chef, 11e Compagnie, Infanterie-Regiment 638, LVF
07.06.1942: capitaine, commander of the III. Bataillon - Inf.Reg.638 - LVF
00.00.1943: promoted to commandant - major
00.11.1944: arrested in Dijon
21.02.1945: sentenced to death
15.03.1945: executed for collaboration by shooting at Fort Montrouge, Paris

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, III. Battalion, Infanterie-Regiment 638, Légion des Volontaires Français (LVF)
Awarded on:
June 16th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Capitaine (Captain)
Unit:
Phalange Africaine, LVF
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1943
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Capitaine (Captain)
Unit:
Phalange Africaine, LVF
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1943
1 citation : 1 palm
Croix de Guerre L.V. F. (Vichy)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Capitaine (Captain)
Awarded on:
June 1940
1 citation at Army level: 1 bronze palm
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 1940
Médaille des blessés de guerre

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