Augusto Rouquaud

Augusto Rouquaud (1863-1928) was an Argentine military officer who served as the third chief of the 2nd Line Cavalry Regiment of the Argentine Army. He participated in military expeditions against the Indians, including the main actions produced during the Conquest of the Desert.

Biography
He was born in Buenos Aires, the son Ernest Rouquaud, a French immigrant born on Montgiscard, and Marie Louise Périchon, belonging to a Parisian family. He was married to Sara Martínez, daughter of Guillermo Martínez and Ercilia Correa. He graduated as Ensign at the Military College of the Nation Argentina around 1878. His first destination was in Santa Fe Province where he served as commander of the Fortín of San Bernardo, taking an active part in the defense of local populations against Indigenous incursions.

In 1888 he was sent to serve in Chaco, participating in the main military actions produced in the margins of the Teuco River. He served as third commander of the Regimiento 2.° de Caballería de Línea between 1893 and 1896.

In 1898 he was assigned as Auxiliary of Militias of the Government of Neuquén. In 1903 he served in the city of Necochea as part of the National Forces in the intervention of the Province of Buenos Aires.

In 1906, he was appointed as Inspector of Armaments of the Arsenal Principal de Guerra of the Argentine Republic. He was retired from the army on September 26, 1907.

The Rouquaud Périchon family were linked to the families Broussain, Canavéry, Lennuyeux, Mallié, belonging to the French Society of Buenos Aires.