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Kayser, Nicolas Alphonse

Date of birth:
February 24th, 1879 (Metz/Lorraine, Germany)
Date of death:
April 19th, 1917 (Dihovo, Macedonia)
Service number:
93
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Classe 1899
Promotion "du Tchad", Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint Cyr
June 11th, 1916-October 03rd, 1916: Capitaine, commandant, 1re Compagnie, 2e Régiment de Marche d'Afrique, 2e bis Régiment de Zouaves, 22e Brigade d'Infanterie Coloniale, 11e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale - Dolno Vrbeni, Monastir, Bitola, Macedonia
April 05th, 1917-April 19th, 1917:Capitaine, Commandant, IIIe Bataillon, 2e Régiment de Marche d'Afrique, 2e bis Régiment de Zouaves, 22e Brigade d'Infanterie Coloniale, 11e Division d'Infanterie Coloniale, severely WIA by artillerie shell at Posen, Monastir, Bitola, Macedonia and DOW in the ambulance at Divoho

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Capitaine (Captain)
Unit:
commandant, IIIe Bataillon, 2e bis Régiment de Zouaves, 2e Régiment de Marche d'Afrique
Awarded on:
April 1917
with 1 palm
"Fallen gloriously on April 18th, 1917 while directing the occupation and organization of a position that the battalion he commanded had just brilliantly captured."
Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

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