2023-09-30 08:30:30
The army is in mourning. Warrant officer Nathanaël Bonnemère, military nurse from the 172nd military branch in Pamiers (Ariège), died this Friday afternoon during a parachute training jump. He was 33 years old. Sadly, the tragedy occurred on Saint Michael’s Day, the patron saint of paratroopers. The accident took place not far from the Pujols aerodrome, specifies France 3.
This general care nurse had trained at the army paramedical personnel school (EPRA) in Toulon. “He had solid operational and technical experience” and “had a remarkable record of service”, indicates the Ministry of the Armed Forces in a press release. He had a total of 239 parachute jumps.
The #DirectorCentralSSA, the doctor general of the armies Jacques Margery, salutes the memory of the nurse Nathanaël Bonnemere, experienced caregiver and comrade appreciated by all. On behalf of the army health service, he presents his condolences to his family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/cmnUDa3cHw
— SantéArmées (@santearmees) September 29, 2023
According to La Dépêche du Midi, the parachutist was from Lot. The Toulouse public prosecutor’s office (Haute-Garonne) was contacted to determine the exact circumstances of this death, indicates France 3 Occitanie.
“An experienced caregiver”
The surgeon general of the armies, Jacques Margery, “salutes the memory of an experienced caregiver and comrade appreciated by all”. The Paris fire brigade “joins the pain of the family and loved ones of our brother in arms”.
On X (formerly Twitter), the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu expressed his “emotion” and his “sadness”. “I send my support and condolences to his family and his brothers in arms,” he said.
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