"Mr. Braud's record of war service was no less brilliant. Having joined up in August 1914 as a private in the 4th Reg: ment d'Infanterie Coloniale, in which unit he served until the end of the war, he was promoted Sub-
tenant in October 1917. Most of his War service was spent in the firing line in France and in Macedonia. He was severely wounded on two occasions and received the Médaille Mili-loire and the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action.
In 1933, the French Government appointed him a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and the Order of the Brilliant Jade (5th class) was conferred on him by the Chinese Government in 1937.
"Mr. Braud's personal charm, his sincerity and his unfailing loyalty won him a large circle of friends of all "nationalities, and many will mourn his teath as an irreparable loss.
Married in February 1928 to Made-moselle Ginette Gerber, sister-in-law io M. Lepissier, now French Consul-General at Tientsin, Mr. Brand was left a widower by his wife's untimely death in 1931. He leaves a brother, M. Arthur Brand, who lives ai Antibes, France.
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