Marcel BOURAINE | Maxleverrier

Marcel Ulysse André BOURAINE was born on August 5, 1886 in Pontoise.

He was the son of Joseph BOURAINE (a telegraph employee) and Marie Aline Michel BRIAND.

He had been a sculptor since he was 20; he was one of Joseph Alexandre FALGUIERE’s students and worked for RODIN.

Incorporated into the 1st Engineer Regiment in October 1907, he joined the company in August 1914; his mission was to ensure the crossing of the Rhine. He disappeared on December 17 in Mametz (Pas de Calais) and was sent to a prisoner of war camp in Darmstadt, Germany.

Marcel BOURAINE, circa 1920

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