Destouches, Louis Ferdinand

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Destouches, Louis Ferdinand

Date of birth:: May 27th, 1894 (Courbevoie, France)
Date of death:: July 1st, 1961 (Meudon, France)
Nationality:: French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Louis Destouches (pseudonym: Céline) was a French physician and collaborator.

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Médaille Militaire

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: November 24th, 1914

His Military Medal was one of the first decorations awarded in the First World War and gave him great prestige.

Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

With gold star

Sources

Photo 1: Collection François Gibault (Public Domain)
- Hewitt, N., The Life of Céline: a Critical Biography (1999)

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