retired in April 1973. He became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Death Salvat died on 9 February 2017 in Perpignan, at the age 96. Upon his death, Jean-Marc Todeschini, the French Secretary of Veteran Affairs and Remembrance, called him an "exemplary resistant, who proved to be tirelessly brave and determined in his commitment to his service of France. His fight in the French Free Forces honours and obliges us all." References 1920 births 2017 deaths People from Perpignan French colonels French military personnel of the First Indochina War French military personnel of the Algerian War French military personnel of World War II Companions of the Liberation Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)