The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Pierre-François-Marie-Joseph Garbay

Garbay, Pierre-François-Marie-Joseph

General

* 4th of October 1903

† 17th of July 1980

Promotions

1944-06-25 Colonel
1944-11-25 Brigadier-General
1948-04-20 Major-General
1955-06-01 Lieutenant-General
1958-08-01 General

Service

1940-09-26 1942-04-01 Commanding Officer 3rd French Equatorial African March Battalion
1942-04-01 1942-05-06 Commanding Officer Infantry, 2nd Light Free French Division
1942-05-06 1943-08-08 Assistant Commanding Officer 2nd Free French Brigade
1943-08-08 1944-08-04 Commanding Officer 2nd Free French Brigade
1944-08-01 1944-11-20 Commanding Officer Infantry, 1st March Infantry Division
1944-11-20 1946-05-01 General Officer Commanding 1st March Infantry Division
1946-05-01 1947-06-19 General Officer Commanding Divisional Element No. 1
1947-06-19 1948-01-02 General Officer Commanding Madagascar
1948-01-02 1949-05-27 Commander in Chief Madagascar and Dependencies
1949-05-25 1950-09-15 Commanding in Chief French Territories in the Indian Ocean
1950-09-15 1951-08-28 At disposal of the Ministry of Overseas France
1951-08-28 1954-03-10 General Officer Commanding Tunisia
1954-03-10 1954-06-01 Commander in Chief French West Africa
1954-06-01 1959-04-28 Military Councillor to the Minister of Overseas France
1956-12-15 1961-04-01 Inspector-General of Colonial of Overseas Forces
1957-XX-XX 1958-XX-XX Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
1957-XX-XX 1960-XX-XX Member of the Supreme War Council
1958-09-01 1959-02-05 Military Governor of Paris
1961-04-01 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Paris promotion: 25.12.1941 Lieutenant-Colonel