Chabanne was born in
Clermont-Ferrand in 1924. He left home at age 15 and worked as a bellboy and cinema projectionist before joining the . He left the Compagnons in March 1942 and enlisted in the
Free French Forces. Following the invasion of the
Zone libre, he was placed on leave and returned to Clermont-Ferrand to work as an intelligence officer for the '''', of which he became departmental director at age 19. Fully immersed in the
French Resistance, Chabanne joined the in
Montpellier. On 13 May 1958, he was sent to
Constantine, where he created the
Commando Parachute Group. He was then sent to
Aïn Séfra and later
Oran, where he was arrested and charged with conspiracy against the French Republic for communications with Algerian freedom fighters. After three weeks of arrest, Chabanne was sent to
Madagascar at the time of the
Algiers putsch of 1961. After his return from Madagascar, he was assigned to the
8th Infantry Division in
Compiègne, led by General Goujon. In July 1972, he was appointed commanding officer of the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in
Carcassonne, despite the fact that he had not attended the . After his leadership ended in 1974, he was assigned to the Caserne Lourcines in
Paris. In 1975, he was named an advisor to
President Omar Bongo. He remained in Gabon for two years before his assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff of the 2nd military region in
Lille. He was appointed
Général on 28 March 1981. Raymond Chabanne died in
Fontainebleau on 3 June 2022 at the age of 98. ==Decorations==