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Quartier-Maitre Emile Jean Marie Chapin
French Aviation-Maritime
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Medaille
Militaire
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Croix de
guerre
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Born in 1893 at Rennes, France. The son of Jean Marie
Joseph & Anne Marie Joséphine Chapin. Husband
of Guernsey born Léa Badaire.
Enlisted in the France armée de terre 08/08/1914
1914 and served in the armée de mer
from 16/09/1914 . Demobilised
09/09/1919
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La Gazette de Guernesey
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The official photograph taken
before the unit disbanded in 1919
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Armistice celebration dinner
given for the French aviators stationed in Guernsey
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He served as the French Consul in Guernsey from August
1921 and went on to own La Piette Hotel in St. Peter
Port, Guernsey
The
French Seaplane Base in Guernsey
by Liz Walton