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.
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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
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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