Albert Guérisse Military person

Major General Comte Albert-Marie Edmond Guérisse GC, KBE, DSO (5 April 1911 – 26 March 1989) was a Belgian Resistance member who organized escape routes for downed Allied pilots during World War II under the alias of Patrick Albert "Pat" O'Leary, the name of a Canadian friend. His escape line was dubbed the Pat Line.

Personal facts

Albert Guérisse
Birth dateApril 05, 1911
Birth place
Brussels
Date of deathMarch 26, 1989
Place of death
Waterloo Belgium

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Military person

award
George Cross
Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
military operations
Korean War
World War II
military command
Pat Line
Belgian medical component
Belgian medical detachment Korea

Albert Guérisse on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/war+%26+conflict/world+war+two/art47303
  2. http://www.gc-database.co.uk/recipients/O'LearyPA.htm
  3. http://www.rafinfo.org.uk/rafescape/guerisse.htm