Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné

Infobox Military Person
name= Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné


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born=9 February 1913
died=1 March 1948
placeofbirth= Paris, France
placeofdeath= Lagnia Bien Hoa, Vietnam
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allegiance=flagicon|France France
branch= French Army
serviceyears= 1933 – † 1948
rank= Colonel
commands= 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade
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battles= World War II
First Indochina War
awards= Commander of the Legion of Honor
Compagnon de la Libération
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Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné, Compagnon de la Libération, was an officer of the French Foreign Legion. He was born on 9 February 1913 in Paris, and was killed in the line of duty on 1 March 1948 close to Lagnia Bien Hoa (Viêt Nam).

Education

He went to the Lycée Pasteur and Saint-Louis in Paris before joining the famous École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1933.

World War II

During World War II, he participated with the Free French Forces to
*1941 : the East African Campaign (in Eritrea and Syria)
*1942 : the Battle of Bir Hakeim, then the Tunisia Campaign
*1943 : the Allied invasion of Sicily
*1944 : the Operation Dragoon.
*1944 : the campaign of Alsace.

He finished the war with the rank of Lieutenant-colonel, commandant in chief of the "First French Free Division" (in French: "Première division française libre", or "1ère DFL").

His personal notes dealing with his campaigns during World War II (exactly from 1940-02-28 to 1945-06-18) were published after his death.

First Indochina War

He was a Colonel during the First Indochina War serving with the French Foreign Legion and became the commanding officer of the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade betwen August 21 1946 and his death in the line of duty on 1 March 1948

Honour

* Légion d'honneur, in the rank of: Commander.
* Compagnon de la Libération - 9 September 1942
* French Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (7 acknowledgments)
* French Croix de Guerre des TOE (4 acknowledgments)

Books

* "Les Carnets du Lieutenant-colonel Brunet de Sérigné", by André-Paul Comor, collection "Nouvelles Éditions Latines", Paris, 1990.
* "L'épopée de la 13e demi-brigade de Légion étrangère, 1940-1945", by André-Paul Comor, collection "Nouvelles Éditions Latines", Paris, 1988.

External links

* [http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/160.html Complete biography on the website of the Order of Libération]