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Duchemin, Marie Angélique Josèphe

Date of birth:
January 20th, 1772 (Dinan)
Date of death:
July 13th, 1859 (Paris)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

aka « Sergent liberté » or "Veuve Brûlon"
1792: joined the 42e régiment d'infanterie de ligne, armées de la Révolution
1792: promoted to caporal
1793: promoted to caporal fourrier
July-August 1794: 2 times WIA during the Battle of Calvi, Corse
1794: promoted to sergent-major
November 1797: applied for the hôtel des Invalides, Paris
1851: awarded the Légion d'Honneur and the Medal of Sainte Hélène
promoted to Sous-lieutenant
1814: admitted to the hôtel des Invalides, Paris

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Awarded on:
August 15th, 1851
1st women to receive the order of the Légion d'Honneur
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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