Born on Sept. 23, 1898, as a former cadet, he was appointed assistant secretary to his unit. After the fall of Namur in 1914, he is demobilized. Paul flees to the Netherlands and serves as a war volunteer with the “CTAG”. This was a corps of auxiliary troops related to the Corps of Army Engineers. He was killed in action at Kaaskerke on May 2, 1916, and found his last resting place in the Belgian military cemetery in Adinkerke.
Instead of reburying him in his birthplace, the family prefers his body to rest in the military cemetery, under a tombstone of their choice.
Link to Paul Piérart
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