Mohamed Mechkarini

On October 17, 1915, in time of World War I, the rifleman Mohamed Mechkarini, of the 1st regiment of the Algerian riflemen [fr], then in garrison with Miliana, left his body carrying some military effects.

[1] Mohamed Mechkarini had joined a group of Algerian soldiers in the garrison of Miliana, with his friend Zemmouri Ben Kada, to operate a massive desertion of the ranks of the French army to begin the preparation for a rebellion independence in Algeria.

[3] Volunteered in 1914, his colleague Zemmouri Ben Kada, after the regulatory instruction, was directed in France on the front, and on May 24, 1915, being sentinel to one of the listening posts, his company, the 10th, being on duty, he passed to the enemy, carrying his weapons with one of his comrades named Sellaf.

[5] Mohamed Mechkarini, having learned of the desertion of his friend Zemmouri, he prepared for five months his departure from the barrenison before performing his action on October 17, 1915.

[13] The military tribunal of Algiers, under the presidency of Councilor Collin, had judged the case of Mohamed Mechkarini for his desertion in time of war.