Chauliac, Guy

Date of birth:: August 20th, 1912 (Lyon, France)
Date of death:: May 7th, 2005 (Paris, XVIe, France)
Nationality:: French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

He spent part of his childhood in Morocco where his father was stationed.He himself continued his studies at the Naval and Colonial School of Health in Bordeaux from 1932 to 1936, when he completed his doctorate in medicine. join Africa in 1938.

He was in service in Abéché in Chad as chief lieutenant doctor of Group II of the Senegalese Tirailleurs Régiment du Tchad (RTST) at the time of the declaration of war.

He joined the Free French Forces on August 28, 1940 when Chad joined Free France and remained assigned to the RTST as deputy doctor at the Faya-Largeau military base (Chad) on the decision of Colonel Leclerc.

Sent to Zouar in Tibesti at the beginning of 1942, he spent three weeks treating an epidemic of pneumonia among the riflemen and then went on operation as a doctor of the 2nd Discovery and Combat Company under the command of Captain Geoffroy.

He took part in the first campaign of the Fezzan at the end of which he was promoted to doctor captain in March 1942. In December 1942, he then took part in the second campaign of the Fezzan then those of Tripolitania and Tunisia. He distinguished himself in particular during operations from April 19 to 28, 1943 by providing care to many wounded under heavy artillery fire. He himself was wounded in the hand by shrapnel on April 28 at Djebel Garci.

Assigned in November 1943 to the 13th Medical Battalion of the 2nd Armored Division as deputy to the unit commander, he played a key role in the development of this medical unit. He embarks in Algeria for England. Landed at Grandcamp on August 5, 1944, he took part in the Normandy campaign and the liberation of Paris.

Then appointed at the head of the 3rd Medical Company, he distinguished himself during the crossing of the Vosges and the charge on Strasbourg in November 1944, then the campaign of Haute-Alsace where he managed to dominate a very mobile situation, in spite of the large number of wounded and the length of the evacuation axes, leading its action as well on the line of fire as in the zones still traversed by enemy detachments.

After Alsace, he participated in the capture of Royan and the German campaign until the capture of Berchtesgaden.
Promoted to doctor in command on June 25, 1945, he was then, from 1946 to 1953, director and doctor at the hospital in Monrovia (Liberia).

Back in France, he served as chief medic of the 13th Demi-brigade of Parachute Commandos for a year then, in Tunisia and Algeria, as director of the Health Service of the 13th ID.

Promoted to lieutenant-colonel doctor, Guy Chauliac was admitted to the Ecole supérieure de Guerre (1955-1957) then appointed director of the Public Health Service in Mauritania (1957-1960).

Promoted to doctor colonel, he was admitted as an auditor at the Institute of Higher Studies of National Defense (1960-1961).

From 1961 to 1964, he was an assistant doctor in the direction of the Health Service of the troops in Madagascar before being assigned in 1965 as an instructor at the Ecole de Guerre.

Technical advisor to the Gabonese Ministry of Public Health from 1966 to 1968, Guy Chauliac in the meantime received his stars as 2nd class general practitioner.

Appointed Director of the Health Service of the 7th Military Region from 1968 to 1972, he was promoted to 1st Class General Physician in November 1969.

General physician Guy Chauliac worked for two years as inspector of the Army Health Service before leaving active service in August 1974.