Death Of Lieut. Jean
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Gilbert
Prom Our Own Correspondent t
Papeete. Feb. 3.
ONE of our most respected citizens, Lieutenant Jean Gilbert, was laid to rest on January 23. He was 57.
He volunteered for World War I and was captured by the enemy. In 1919, he joined the 22nd RIC of the Army of the Levant, where he was transferred to the 2nd Camel Corps of the Syrian Legion.
In 1925 he arrived in Tahiti, which he grew to love as his mother countrv. He retired in 1937, and became a lanjj! sur veyor. In 1939 he again answered his country’s call and served in Libya.