Translations:CP 03031/44/en

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  1. His military record mentions that the commission for discharge of 6 May 1918 declared him "permanently unfit for military service on account of facial paralysis of the left side following injury in action, deafness on the left side, ankylosis of the ankle". No military hospital is indicated so it is impossible to know the approximate date he received these wounds. Proust's letter suggests that his wounds must have been received in 1915. According to the personal data recorded in his military record, Henri Bardac measured 1m 60, which may also explain why Proust referred to him as "little Bardac". [FL]