Early Biography
Pire was born in Dinant, Belgium. He was the eldest child of four born to Georges Pire, Sr., a civic official, and Berthe (Ravet) Pire At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Pire's family fled from Belgium to France in a boat to escape advancing German troops. After the armistice of 1918 the family was able to return to Dinant, which had been reduced to ruins.
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