Ville
de GAMBELLA
Stad GAMBELLA
Mémorial et tombes belges dans le
cimetière colonial
Belgische gedenkteken en graven op de koloniale begraafplaats
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Localisation - Ligging: Cimetière colonial, environ 400 mètres au nord de la rivière Baro. Koloniale begraafplaats, ongeveer 400 meter ten noorden van de rivier Baro. Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +8°15'00.3", +34°35'13.5" (Source - Bron [390]). Inscriptions sur le monument - Opschriften op het gedenkteken "B. C. S. À LA MÉMOIRE DES 142 GRADÉS ET SOLDATS 215 PORTEURS MILITAIRES DES TROUPES COLONIALES BELGES CAMPAGNE D'ABYSSINIE 1941" Inscriptions sur les tombes - Opschriften op de graven "LT LAMBRECHT H MORT POUR LA BELGIQUE 21-7-1941" "POUR LA BELGIQUE ICI TOMBA LE LIEUT. SIMONET LE 15 AVRIL 1941 VIe Bon" Histoire - Geschiedenis As the Italians occupied Ethiopia, the English armed the Anuak in order to fight the facist troops. It ended up in a big battle on the 23rd of March 1941. Allies troops involving English and Belgian colonial regiments won the battle. It was one of the first victory of Allies on the facist and nazis ennemies in Africa announcing the long-lasting battle of al-Alamein in Egypt. Many of the soldiers died, they are now buried in the small cemetery behind the phantomatic bus station. Few people still remember this battle. The battle of Gambella is just one among others in the Campaign of Abyssinia that led to the withdrawal of Italia from Ethiopia. The Anuak remember it a first step toward their liberation. All this is very marginal to appear in any book of History. However, history of the margins at the periphery of the world makes the big History (Source/Bron [139]). Plus d'informations concernant ces personnes - Bijkomende informatie over deze gesneuvelden |
Source - Bron: Site Johan SOMERS "19th
and 20th century militaria topics"
Lieutenant LAMBRECHT
Source - Bron: Site
Arqueoneixon (2010)
Lieutenant SIMONET
Source - Bron: Site
Arqueoneixon
Source - Bron [139] (2008)
Source - Bron: Site Johan SOMERS "19th
and 20th century militaria topics"
Source - Bron [390]
"La Libre Belgique", 23 août 2011
"Mémoires du Congo", 2011
Médailles de la campagne d'Abyssinie