Zhu Guisheng
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Zhu Guisheng | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1896 |
| Died | March 2002 (aged 105–106) La Rochelle, France |
| Occupation | Electrician |
| Known for | Last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps |
| Awards | French Legion of Honor |
Zhu Guisheng (1896 – March 2002), was the last surviving member of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC).
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]
Guisheng worked with the French, serving in the French Army, 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]