He was leader of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1948 which placed fifth. The family lived in the French district Vercors, when he served as a ski reconnaissance platoon leader in the 6th Bataillon de chasseurs alpins in Gresse from 1941 to 1943 during World World War World War II In the following years he was Lieutenant in the 3rd/7th Bataillon de chasseurs alpins in Savoy. He died at the age of 95 years in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
