France, 1920's. Historical memorabilia of Physician General - Lot 287

France, 1920's. Historical memorabilia of Physician General Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Photographic portrait of Roger Charles CHENEVEAU in the uniform of a Navy Lieutenant Physician. Oval portrait in its original pearled and gilded stucco frame. Signed "C. Peigné à Tours". Annotations mentioning the provenance on the reverse. 48 x 38 cm when viewed. (Patina of age. Good condition). Provenance: family estate of Physician General Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Secondary education at Lycée Descartes in Tours (37000), then obtained a certificate in physical, chemical and natural sciences at the Tours Medical School (1914-15). Voluntarily enlisted in the fleet crews (1915-1918), nurse sailor in 1918, admitted to the Ecole principale du service de santé de la marine et des colonies in Bordeaux (1919) and appointed 1st class medical officer in January 1923. He served in Equatorial Africa, and was promoted to commanding physician in 1933. 1935-37 war school. Promoted to medical lieutenant-colonel on March 25, 1940. After the Allied landing in Tunisia, Operation Torch, on November 8, 1942, he was appointed director of the health service of the Constantine marching division (Welvert division) and promoted to doctor-colonel on March 25, 1943. After the victory in Tunis, he was appointed director of the health service of the 9th colonial division to set up the expeditionary corps that landed in France in 1944. In 1944, he continued to serve in West Africa, as Director of Public Health Services for the Dakar district, and from 1946 to 1947, as Director of Health Services for the Senegal-Mauritania division. Appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Poitiers military subdivision, then medical inspector for Indochinese civilian manpower in France (1948-1950). Appointed General Medical Officer on April 1, 1950. In 1953, director of the public health service in E.F.A. and of the troops of the E.F.A. Cameroon group. In 1957, transferred to the Reserve cadre.