 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Faber akabatana neFrench Foreign Legion apo Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakatanga. Akagoverwa ku 2nd Marching Regiment ye 1st Foreign Regiment, paBayonne musi wa 22 August 1914. Akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Musi waMay 9, 1915, zuva rokutanga reHondo yeArtoisPaCarency pedyo neArras akagamuchira teregiramu yaitaura kuti mudzimai wake akanga abereka mwanasikana. Imwe nhau inotaura kuti, achifara, akasvetuka achibva mugomba ndokuurawa nebara reGermany. Chimwe, chinogamuchirwa zvikuru, ndechokuti akapfurwa paaitakura mumwe waaishanda naye akakuvadzwa achidzoka kubva kunyika isina munhu mukati mokurwisana pakati peCarency neMont-Saint-Éloi. Rejimendi rake rakarasikirwa ne1950 ye2900 mukurwisa kwavo. Faber akapiwa Médaille militaire pashure pokufa kwake. 