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

France, 3rd Republic (1870-1940) - 2nd World War - 4th Republic (1946-1958) and 5th Republic (1958-2026). Historical reminiscences of General Physician Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). French Institute of Black Africa. Set of binders for "NOTES AFRICAINES", Bulletins d'information et de Correspondance of the Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. - 1st binding from n°22 (April 1944) to n°48 (October 1950). - 2nd binding from n°49 (January 1951) to n°76 (October 1957). - 3rd binder from n°77 (January 1958) to n°100 (October 1963). - 4th binding from n°101 (January 1964) to n°131 (October 1971). 27 x 22 cm. (Wear and tear. Fairly good condition). Provenance: family estate of Physician General Roger Charles CHENEVEAU (1897-1982). Secondary studies 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 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.