A French Military Gendarme (military serving as civilian police) was stationed in Port-Gentil in French Equatorial Africa during World War I.
Biography[]
In January 1917, the Gendarme was stationed at a post near the docks outside the garrison at Port-Gentil when he witnessed an altercation between two Belgian officers, Captain Henri Defense and Lt. Remy Baudouin. When he came to investigate, Defense was on the ground, after receiving a punch from his subordinate. The gendarme asked what had happened, and Defense shrugged off his help, saying that it was a "Belgian salute".[1]
Behind the scenes[]
J.F. Chavrier played the role of Military Gendarme in the episode "Congo, January 1917" of the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.[1]
Appearances[]
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "Congo, January 1917" → Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
- German East Africa, January 1917