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Albert Guérisse

Resistance fighter 40-45 (GB) - Belgian medical officer · Belgium · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1911 to 1989 · aged 77

Major General Count Albert-Marie Edmond Guérisse was a Belgian Resistance member who organized French and Belgian escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II under the alias of Patrick Albert "Pat" O'Leary, purportedly the name of a peace-time Canadian friend.

Albert Guérisse is read about 28 times a day, in 6 languages.

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A life in dates

1989Died26 March 19891979Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1951Officer of the Order of Leopold IIAward1947Resistance MedalAward1946George CrossAwardOfficer of the Order of LeopoldAward1911Born5 April 1911

Awards

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire1979
Officer of the Order of Leopold II1951
Resistance Medal1947
George Cross1946
Officer of the Order of Leopold1946
Distinguished Service Order
Médaille d'honneur des épidémies
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold

About this person

His escape line was dubbed the Pat O'Leary Line.

Country
Belgium
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1989 · aged 77