Bourgeois, Henri
- Date of birth:
- November 5th, 1900 (Port Louis - France)
- Date of death:
- September 1st, 1948 (Val de Grâce hospital - Paris - France)
- Nationality:
- French (1870-present, Republic)
Biography
Assigned to the head of the Rouen subdivision in February 1946, he left a year later for Indochina where he commanded the Plei-Ku sector in the south of the territory.
Very seriously ill, Henri Bourgeois was repatriated to health in August 1948 and died on September 1 in Val de Grâce. He is buried in his native village of Port-Louis.
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Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Compagnon
- Awarded on:
- November 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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