Gaston Thierry

Gaston Thierry ( born July 17, 1866 in Munich, † September 16, 1904 in Mubi ) was a German officer and administrative officer in Togo and Cameroon.

Life

Thierry was the son of a businessman. He joined after attending high school in 1886 in the Infantry Regiment No. 88, became in the same year Portepee ensign and second lieutenant in 1887. In 1891 he retired from the army and joined the I. Battalion lake. In 1894, he was temporarily ordered to the suppression of the mutiny of the police force to Cameroon. 1894 promoted to first lieutenant, he left for September 12, 1895 From the Marine Infantry and entered No. 10 in the Grenadier Regiment " King Friedrich Wilhelm II " (1st Silesian ) a. In June 1896 he was made à la suite of the regiment and ordered to service at the Foreign Office. Thierry was first used in Togo, where he was involved as a station manager of Sansane - Mangu and district manager in Yendi instrumental in the occupation of the North. In 1902 he was transferred to Cameroon, first used in Victoria and named after his promotion to captain (12 September 1902) 1903 station manager of Yaoundé. In 1903 he accompanied Governor Jesko of Puttkamer on his journey to Lake Chad, and was appointed on this occasion on 20 September 1903 the first residents of Adamawa.

In a battle against Kirdi he fell in September 1904 and was buried in Garua.