Jean Desclaux
French army officer
About Jean Desclaux
Lived 1874 – 1943 (aged 68).
Jean Antoine Gabriel Alexandre Desclaux (October 27, 1874 – May 20, 1943) was a French army officer during the French colonization of Africa and the interwar period.
Desclaux was born to Jean Jacques and Henriette Alexandrine in 1874 in Rabastens, France. In 1894, he began studying at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.
Military career Desclaux graduated from Saint-Cyr in 1896 and was deployed to French Sudan a year later. In 1901 he was sent to Madagascar. Afterwards, he came back to France, where he married Marie Louise Vernhes on November 30, 1904
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Who was Jean Desclaux?
French army officer
When was Jean Desclaux born?
Jean Desclaux was born on 27 October 1874.
When did Jean Desclaux die?
Jean Desclaux died on 20 May 1943.
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