Anti Aircraft Artillery
7th Army
The 63rd Anti Aircraft regiment - Sector 2
96th Poste semi-fixed
Vosges - Near Le Linge
(Photographs taken after October 14th, 1917)
Auguste PARENTY
Born on January 18th, 1891 in Peuplingues (Pas-de-Calais).
Profession : employee tram, then employee of the S.N.C.F. (French railroad)
Incorporated on October 9
th, 1912 into the 1
st artillery regiment, Dunkerque.
Military career :
May 23
rd, 1914 .............: 1
st Foreign artillery regiment, Fouras
April 29
th, 1915 ............: Arrived at the front.
February 26
th, 1916 ......: 3
rd Foreign artillery regiment.
March 1
st, 1916 ............: 1
st Foreign artillery regiment.
May 1
st, 1916 ...............: 21
th Artillery regiment.
October 1
st, 1916 ..........: 62
nd Artillery regiment.
October 1
st, 1917 ..........: 63
rd Anti Aircraft regiment.
March 10
th, 1919 ..........: 66
rd Anti Aircraft regiment
Former local councillor, lived in Portel (Pas-de-Calais) and died in Boulogne sur mer on March 17
th, 1966