SAS Botella, Andre

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Botella ​

• FORENAME

Andre ​

• UNIT

4 SAS (3 Squadron) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant + Capitaine ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire,Legion dHonneur (Fr) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes​

born 20.11.1913 Blida,Algeria​

1 Regiment de Zouaves 1934​

Sous Lt 1939​

9 RTM 1940​

evaded to Morocco​

26 Regiment d'Infanterie December 1941 (Lt)​

Legion Etrangere 1943​

4 SAS (3 Squadron) 1944​

WIA 12.6.1944 Duault (Op.Samwest)​

2 Bn 5th Vietnamese Parachute Regiment (5 BPVN) 1954 (Capitaine)​

Lt Colonel 1956​

died 1991 ​

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