Zhu Guisheng

Zhu Guisheng (1896 – March 2002), was the last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC).

Zhu Guisheng
Born1896
DiedMarch 2002
La Rochelle, France
OccupationElectrician
Known forLast surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps
AwardsFrench Legion of Honor

Guisheng was from the Shandong province of China when in 1916 he signed a five-year contract to join the Chinese Labour Corps, through the Huimin Company.[1][2] He possibly left Qingdao in August 1916, to join the Chinese Labour Corps in France.[1] After the war, he remained in France.[2]

He worked with the French in the Second World War.[2]

He married a French woman and they had two children.[2] He worked as an electrician and had also operated cranes.[2] In 1989, he was one of only two surviving CLC members who were awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1989.[2]

Guisheng died at the age of 106, in La Rochelle in March 2002.[2] Until then he had been the last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps.[2]

References

  1. Rogers, Roy Anthony; Daut, Nur Rafeeda (December 2017). "China in the First World War: A Forgotten Army in Search of International Recognition - ProQuest". Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations. 3 (3): 1237–1269.
  2. Carter, James (9 March 2022). "The last of the Chinese Labour Corps, Zhu Guisheng". SupChina. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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