Mr. Braud's record of war service was no less brilliant, "Having joined in August 1914 as a private in the] J4th Regiment d'Intanterie Coloniale in which unit he served until the end jot the war, he. was promoted Sub-Lieutenant in October 1915 and Hot tenant In October 1917. Most of war service was spent in the firing Hine in France and in Macedonia, He was severely wounded on two occasions and received the Meédaille Mili faire 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 the. Brilliant Jade (Sth class) was! Jconferred on him by the Chinese Government in' 1837.
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 death as an irreparable loss.
Married in February 1928 to Made-moselle Ginette Gerber. sister-in-law M. Lepissier, now French Consul-[General at Tientsin, Mr. Bratid was left a widower by his wife's untimely Jdeath in 1091. He leaves a brother, IM. Arthur Brand, who lives at Antibes. France.
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