France, 3rd Republic (1870-1940) - 2nd World War - 4th Repub - Lot 1

France, 3rd Republic (1870-1940) - 2nd World War - 4th Republic (1946-1958) and 5th Republic (1958-2026). Historical reminiscences of Médecin Général Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Set of bound magazines "TROPIQUES Revue des Troupes Coloniales" and "TROPIQUES Revue des Troupes d'Outre-Mer". - 1st binding from n°375 (July 1955) to n°382 (March 1956). - 2nd binding from n°391 (January 1957) to n°399 (October 1957). - 3rd binder from n°400 (November 1957) to n°406 (May 1958). - 4th binding from n°408 (July 1958) to n°415 (March 1959). - 5th binding from n°416 (April 1959) to n°424 (January 1960). Many interesting articles on the history of colonial troops. 27 x 21 cm. (wear and tear, fairly good condition). 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 medical officer 1st class in January 1923. He served in Equatorial Africa, and was promoted to commanding physician in 1933. War College 1935-37. 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 medical 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.