France, 2nd World War. Historical memorabilia of Médecin Gén - Lot 312

France, 2nd World War. Historical memorabilia of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982), Tunisian Campaign 1942-1943. Lot of US individual equipment: - His US troop police cap in Chino canvas, worn in 1943, manufacturer's label annotated, size 7 1/8. - Musette bag model 36, OD7, the flap decorated with a sewn "CAF" crest and the interior annotated "Médecin Général Roger CHENEVEAU....". It is equipped with a strap made from a model 36 breaching element. Wear from use. (Fairly good condition) - US individual knife, black resin handle, dated 1941. Comes in a tan leather dagger sheath. - Model 38 US regulatory map holder, "KADIN 1942" maker's mark, OD3, the flap decorated with (sewn) city or tourist country crests, annotated in the flap "Médecin Général Roger CHENEVEAU....". - Model 36 belt, OD3 color, blackened metal buckles. - Pair of model 38 OD3 canvas gaiters, good markings. - "US ARMY" khaki plastic whistle, dated 1943. - US "Money Belt", regulation. - Pants belt. - US ARMY Signal Coros, Pouch Type CS 34, brown leather, one snap damaged. - 1910 aluminum can with house, belt hook missing, snaps worn. - 1910 US canteen, dated 1918. - US individual tent, OD3, dated 1942 and its mosquito net. - Three 50-cigarette English cylindrical boxes and a German tobacco box. - Various small canvas straps. (Provenance: family estate of Médecin Général 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). Voluntary enlistment in the fleet crews (1915-1918), nurse seaman 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. Served in Equatorial Africa, promoted to Physician Major in 1933. War College 1935-37. Promoted to physician 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 physician colonel on March 25, 1943. After the victory in Tunis, he was appointed Director of the 9th Colonial Division's Medical Service, to help 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. From 1946 to 1947, he was director of the health department of 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.