Gustave Fourreau was a General de brigade of the French Army and commandant of the Foreign Legion.
20 Facts About Gustave Fourreau
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Gustave Fourreau escaped from France by Spain, on August 15,1943.
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Gustave Fourreau disembarked in Morocco, 87th company garrisoned in Rabat on December 15,1943, where he was promoted to the rank of Sous-lieutenant at the officer school at Rabat.
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Gustave Fourreau served as a section chief in the 6th company of the 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment on September 23,1944.
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Gustave Fourreau then served with the 4th Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment at Taza in Morocco as of January 24,1946.
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Gustave Fourreau was then nominated as the chief of the 9th company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 3 REI, on February 13,1949.
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Gustave Fourreau was repatriated on November 25,1950, and promoted to captain, on April 1,1951.
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Gustave Fourreau was assigned to the DCLE-SMOLE, on April 2,1951, as the Editor-in-Chief of Kepi Blanc until 1953.
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Gustave Fourreau was the assigned to the Asian Sections Studies of the Center of High Studies of Muslim Administration in Paris, on September 19,1953.
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Gustave Fourreau then commanded the 2nd battalion, 8th company of the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 5 REI, on May 1,1955.
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Gustave Fourreau was repatriated with his unit to Oran April 6,1956.
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Gustave Fourreau served again with 2nd battalion, 8th company of the 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment on July 26,1956, and was designated as the operations officer of the battalion on October 17 of the same year.
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Gustave Fourreau was nominated as Aide-de-camp at the general staff headquarters of the Armies at Paris, on July 1,1957.
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Gustave Fourreau was then assigned to the ILE at Vincennes as chief of the contentious bureau on August 1,1958.
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Gustave Fourreau was promoted accordingly to a Chef de bataillon on July 1,1959.
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Gustave Fourreau was assigned to the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 13 DBLE on four different occasional tours.
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Gustave Fourreau was then nominated to the 1st Mounted Chasseur Groupment at Reims.
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Gustave Fourreau was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, on October 1,1964.
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Gustave Fourreau was nominated as the regimental commander of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 13 DBLE, on July 3,1968.
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Gustave Fourreau was nominated at the 1st Foreign Regiment 1 RE in Aubagne, as colonel assistant to the commandant of the Foreign Legion Groupment GLE, on April 24,1972.