
Remy Baudouin in 1919.
Remy Baudouin (1886-1934) was a Belgian soldier, cook and friend of Indiana Jones during World War I.
Biography[]
Remy Baudouin was born in Belgium on May 16, 1886. He worked as cook on a ship out of Belgium in the early years of the 20th century but he was a mariner who hated the sea so jumped ship while it was docked in Veracruz, Mexico.
One day the young Remy met Lupe. The two fell in love, and married, opening a cantina together in Mazatlán. For a few years they were happy, until the Federales came and Lupe was killed. After that, Remy, fueled with a desire for revenge and with nowhere else to go in life, took up with the revolutionaries under Pancho Villa.
It was while riding with the Villistas in 1916 that Remy met the 16-year-old Indiana Jones. Soon the two developed a fast friendship and during an attack Remy saved Indy's life. When Remy witnessed a newsreel showing the devastation wrought on his native Belgium by the invading Germans in World War I, he resolved to head to Europe to enlist in the army and help free his homeland. Indy chose to go with him and so the two set off together for the port of Veracruz bound for Europe.

Remy and Indiana Jones during The Great War.
Remy and Indy saw their first action in Flanders when a disastrous attack killed all their commanding officers in their unit. The surviving Belgians were assigned to a French unit in the Somme. There, after a successful attack, followed by a routing German counterattack, Remy was injured, and lost sight of Indy. He somehow made it back to Allied lines where, weeks later, he was reunited with Indy who had meanwhile escaped from an enemy prison camp.
In October 1916, their arrival was augmented with the announcement that their tour of duty also came with an automatic promotion to the rank of Lieutenant. Remy had gotten used to following the talented, energetic, younger Indiana, so he reacted with much annoyance when Indy managed to get them totally lost on their way to Belgian forces at Lake Victoria. Meeting up with British troops, Remy ended up serving in the beachfront trenches in German East Africa, while Indy went on a mission with a band of old soldiers, the 25th Frontiersman Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, to blow up a German artillery train. After completing that mission, the fusiliers decided to help 'escort' Indy and Remy back to Belgian forces, but were actually on a mission to capture German field marshal Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. In their plan, they masqueraded as European settlers, and Remy was forced to dress as a woman. The disguises failed and the entire force was captured by von Lettow-Vorbeck. After a jailbreak, Remy and Indy managed to capture von Lettow-Vorbeck and escape in a hot air observation balloon. After Indy shot down their balloon, Remy and Indy escorted their prisoner on foot, using him to also provide local survival knowledge. Eventually, German agents recovered von Lettow-Vorbeck but allowed Remy and Indy to escape, and the duo finally made it to their unit on Lake Victoria.
After the war Indy and Remy returned to London, where Remy was reunited with Suzette, whom he had seen for only one week in the past three years. After a week home, Remy convinced Suzette to fund a scheme to track down the Peacock's Eye. He dragged along Indy, who proved to be far more proficient at treasure hunting than Remy. Indy and Remy parted company; while Indy returned home to Princeton, Remy headed for Bombay where the diamond was linked to the Temple of Piety.
Remy was killed by Lao Che in 1934. One year later, Indy eventually tracked down the Peacock's Eye himself. Indy traded the ashes of Nurhachi for the diamond, which had been in the ownership Lao Che. However, after obtaining the diamond, Indy learned that Che had poisoned his drink. The diamond was lost somewhere in the club during Indy's mad dash to get the antidote. After having briefly seen the diamond, Jones finall avenged his friend.