France, Fourth Republic (1946-1958) - Indochina War (1946-19 - Lot 317

France, Fourth Republic (1946-1958) - Indochina War (1946-1954). Historical reminiscences of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982), circa 1950. His képi de petite tenue de Médecin général. Stiff carcass covered in fine khaki wool gabardine, bearing two five-pointed stars on the front. Crimson velvet chinstrap embroidered with acanthus leaves in gold cannetille, held in place by two small gold brass buttons stamped with the general officers' motif. Varnished black leather visor edged with black leather piping. Black satinette inner cap and black leather sweatband with metal letters monogrammed "R" "C". Worn (wear and age patina. Fairly good condition). A pair of small crimson velvet epaulette scabbards, each bearing two gilded metal stars, are attached (wear and age patina. Fairly good condition). Provenance: family estate of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Voluntary enlisted in the crews of the fleet (1915-1918). Admitted to the Ecole principale du service de santé de la marine et des colonies and appointed 1st class medical officer major 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.