Maurice CHAUVET
Maurice, François, Xavier, Albert, Marie, Joseph CHAUVET
Birth
02/06/1918
Le Gâvre
(44 - Loire-Inférieure)
Death
21/05/2010
Paris 7e
(75 - Paris)
91
years old
age at death
Job before the war
Draughtsman, then sailor, recruited on 3 September 1939 in Brest. He served on the cruiser Georges Leygues and was on board in Algiers when he learned of the June 1940 armistice. Disembarked following the attack on Mers-el-Kébir, he then embarked on the Marseillaise, and later at the 5th Depot, he was demobilized on 3 October 1940.
Job after the war
Draughtsman in an aeronautical office
France Libre (Free French)
Engagement date :
20/10/1941
Matricule :
538FN43
1er Bataillon de Fusiliers Marins Commandos
Service duration
Engagement date :
24/06/1943
Release date :
27/09/1944
461
days
Assigned troop
Command
Rank upon leaving the battalion
Lance Caporal
Missions
D-Day landings
Normandy Campaign
Raids
Hardtack 26
Badge(s)
119
202
Injury(ies)
Wounded at Amfreville on 10 June 1944 by a bombing, evacuated. Returned on 7 August.
Decorations and Citations
Decorations
Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with silver star
Croix du Combattant Volontaire 1939-1945
Croix du Combattant Volontaire de la Résistance
Médaille Commémorative des Services Volontaires dans la France Libre
Médaille de la Déportation et de l'Internement pour faits de Résistance
Citations
Call for Testimonies
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