Jacques SALZANI, aspirant au 4e Régiment mixte colonial, devenu 54è Régiment d’Infanterie Coloniale, est né le 6 mai 1895 à Smyrne (aujourd’hui Izmir en Turquie). Il est le fils de Charles Salzani un grand négociant associé de la Maison de Banque et de Commerce Charles Salzani & Co. Il est tué à l’ennemi le 28 octobre 1916 à Orahovo (Serbie). Il est alors âgé de 21 ans. D’abord inhumé au cimetière militaire de Monastir (Bitola, en Macédoine), son corps est rapatrié en France en 1922. Il est enterré au cimetière de Boulogne-Billancourt en juillet 1922. Ses parents font le récit de leur voyage en Macédoine pour retrouver le corps de leur fils. En 1917, le bulletin de son école, le Collège de Sainte Croix de Neuilly, publie en son hommage sa biographie ainsi que la retranscription de sa correspondance avec sa tante pendant la guerre. Les documents ont été remis par Hélène Grout de Beaufort, la nièce de Jacques Salzani.
2 portraits en pied de Jacques Salzani 1 photographie de 3 soldats dont Jacques Salzani (1915) Document officiel lui attribuant la médaille militaire (1920) Documents relatifs à la recherche et au rapatriement du corps : correspondance, formulaires, récit détaillé de ses parents (1922) Bulletin de l’école Sainte Croix de Neuilly en son hommage (1917) qui retrace sa vie et retranscrit sa correspondance pendant la guerre (1915-1916) avec sa tante, Madame de Revel.

Photograph
Jacques SALZANI
Portrait en pied de Jacques Salzani
Artillery
Groupe de 4 soldats dont J. Salzani (2è en partant de la droite)
Official document
Document officiel attribuant la médaille militaire à Jacques SALZANI
Demande de transport de corps aux frais de l'Etat.
Lettre au père de Jacques SALZANI du Ministère des pensions, des primes et des allocations de guerre, Mission d'état-civil français dans les pays balkaniques, à propos des dates possibles de rapatriement du corps de son fils.
Lettre du Service de l'état-civil français en Orient au père de Jacques SALZANI concernant la date de l'exhumation, du corps de son fils le 8 avril 1922 et son prochain rapatriement en France.
Lettre du Ministère des Pensions au père de Jacques SALZANI à propos de la date du rapatriement du corps de son fils.
Lettre de l'association Les Poilus d'Orient au père de Jacques SALZANI
Letter
Lettre du Ministère des pensions au père de Jacques ALZANI pour l'informer que le corps de son fils vient d'arriver à Marseille.
Lettre de la Mairie de Boulogne au père de Jacques SALZANI à propos du rapatriement du corps de son fils au cimetière communal.
Lettre de la Mairie de Boulogne au père de Jacques SALZANI à propos de la date d'arrivée du corps de son fils au cimetère (le 24 juin 1922).
Trench Life
Publication
Remembrance
Bulletin de Sainte-Croix, janvier 1917, n°34
Français
Italiano
Bulletin de l'école Sainte Croix de Neuilly, article en hommage à Jacques SALZANI, ancien élève de l'école : biographie et retranscription de sa correspondance avec sa tante pendant la guerre.
Les parents de Jacques SALZANI font le récit de leur voyage dans les Balkans (à Monastir, Bitola, en Macédoine) pour retrouver le corps de leur fils et racontent leurs péripéties jusqu'aux obsèques de Jacques au cimetière de Boulogne en 1922.
Memorabilia
Les parents de Jacques SALZANI font le récit de leur voyage en Macédoine (région de Monastir, aujourd'hui Bitola) pour retrouver le corps de leur fils et racontent leurs péripéties jusqu'à ses obsèques à Boulogne en 1922.
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Izmir
Other
Photographie de la plaque commémorative des Morts pour la France au consulat de France à Izmir prise par la nièce de Jacques SALZANI en 2006.

English Translation

Jacques SALZANI, an aspirant to the 4th Mixed Colonial Regiment, which became the 54th Colonial Infantry Regiment, was born on May 6, 1895 in Smyrna (today Izmir in Turkey). He is the son of Charles Salzani, a great merchant associated with the House of Banking and Commerce Charles Salzani & Co. He was killed by the enemy on October 28, 1916 in Orahovo (Serbia). He was then 21 years old. First buried in the Monastir military cemetery (Bitola, in Macedonia), his body was repatriated to France in 1922. He was buried in the Boulogne-Billancourt cemetery in July 1922. His parents recounted their trip to Macedonia to find their son's body. In 1917, the bulletin of his school, the Collège de Sainte Croix de Neuilly, published in his homage his biography as well as the transcription of his correspondence with his aunt during the war. The documents were handed over by Hélène Grout de Beaufort, the niece of Jacques Salzani. || 2 full-length portraits of Jacques Salzani 1 photograph of 3 soldiers including Jacques Salzani (1915) Official document awarding him the military medal (1920) Documents relating to the search for and repatriation of the body: correspondence, forms, detailed account of his parents (1922 ) Bulletin of the Sainte Croix de Neuilly school in his homage (1917) which retraces his life and transcribes his correspondence during the war (1915-1916) with his aunt, Madame de Revel. || || Photography || Jacques SALZANI || Full-length portrait of Jacques Salzani || || Jacques SALZANI || Photography || Full-length portrait of Jacques Salzani || || Photography || Artillery || Group of 4 soldiers including J. Salzani (2nd from the right) || Jacques SALZANI || || Jacques SALZANI || Official document || Official document awarding the military medal to Jacques SALZANI || || Official document || Jacques SALZANI || Request for body transport at state expense. || || Jacques SALZANI || Letter to Jacques SALZANI's father from the Ministry of Pensions, Premiums and War Allowances, French Civil Status Mission in the Balkan Countries, regarding the possible dates for the repatriation of his son's body. || Official document || || Letter from the French Civil Status Service in the Orient to the father of Jacques SALZANI concerning the date of the exhumation of his son's body on April 8, 1922 and his forthcoming repatriation to France. || Jacques SALZANI || Official document || || Official document || Letter from the Ministry of Pensions to the father of Jacques SALZANI concerning the date of the repatriation of his son's body. || Jacques SALZANI || || Letter from the association Les Poilus d'Orient to the father of Jacques SALZANI || Letter || Jacques SALZANI || || Official document || Letter from the Ministry of Pensions to Jacques ALZANI's father to inform him that his son's body has just arrived in Marseille. || Jacques SALZANI || || Letter from the Town Hall of Boulogne to the father of Jacques SALZANI regarding the repatriation of his son's body to the municipal cemetery. || Jacques SALZANI || Official document || || Jacques SALZANI || Official document || Letter from the Town Hall of Boulogne to the father of Jacques SALZANI concerning the date of arrival of his son's body at the cemetery (June 24, 1922). || || Trench Life || Publishing || Remembrance || Jacques SALZANI || Bulletin of Sainte-Croix, January 1917, n°34 || French || Italiano || Bulletin of the Sainte Croix de Neuilly school, article in tribute to Jacques SALZANI, former pupil of the school: biography and transcription of his correspondence with his aunt during the war. || || The parents of Jacques SALZANI tell the story of their trip to the Balkans (to Monastir, Bitola, in Macedonia) to find the body of their son and recount their adventures until Jacques' funeral at the Boulogne cemetery in 1922. || Memorabilia || Jacques SALZANI || || Jacques SALZANI || The parents of Jacques SALZANI tell the story of their trip to the Balkans (to Monastir, Bitola, in Macedonia) to find the body of their son and recount their adventures until Jacques' funeral at the Boulogne cemetery in 1922. || Memorabilia || || Jacques SALZANI || Memorabilia || The parents of Jacques SALZANI tell the story of their trip to Macedonia (region of Monastir, today Bitola) to find the body of their son and recount their adventures until his funeral in Boulogne in 1922. || || 38.41885,27.12871999999993 || Izmir || Other || Jacques SALZANI || Photograph of the commemorative plaque for those who died for France at the French consulate in Izmir taken by Jacques SALZANI's niece in 2006.