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THREE DAYS TO SAVE HONOUR

SAINT-MICHELLOISE ASSOCIATION OF MEMORY OF MAY 1940

Fighting on 16, 17 and 18 May 1940

FORGOTTEN FIGHTS

A WAR BETWEEN EUROPEANS IS A CIVIL WAR. (Victor Hugo)

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INDIVIDUAL SHEET

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Second - Lieutenant GALLET de SAINT AURIN

Mary, Joseph, Robert

Based on information provided

by the Historical Defence Service in Vincennes, the Central Bureau of the Military Archives of Pau, the communes of origin and, for some, the families that could be found.

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War: 1939-1945 - Date of death: May 17, 1940 - Place of death: Saint-Michel (Aisne)

- Born 09/10/1919 in Fort de France (Martinique)

son of Mary, Joseph, John and Mary, Georgia MC HUGH.

- Volunteered for the Special Military School on October 1, 1938.

- Appointed second lieutenant on September 2, 1939.

- Assigned to Infantry Depot No. 111 on September 2, 1939.- Assigned to the 116th Infantry Regiment on January 3, 1940.

Killed at the enemy in the forest of Saint-Michel (Aisne)

"Heurlemont Jacques" on May 17, 1940.

- Body returned to the family and buried at Fort de France on May 16, 1950. 

Decorations:

War cross 1939-1945 with silver star with quote:

Citation to the Order of the Division - Order No. 1423/C of March 4, 1943:

"Young officer, full of going and cold-blooded. Was fatally injured on the night of 16-17 May 1940 during a reconnaissance in the forest of SAINT-MICHEL. "

Legion of Honour:

Extract from the Official Journal of 17 June 1944 (page 1. 545) :

DEFENCE SECRETARIAT.

Decree of 8 June 1944 appointing the Legion of Honour posthumously.

By decree of 8 June 1944, issued on the proposal of the Army General, Secretary of State for Defence, having regard to the statement of the Council of the Order of the Legion of Honour that the proposals of this Decree are made in accordance with the laws and regulations in force, Knights of the Legion of Honour shall be appointed posthumously by the following members:

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116th Infantry Regiment.

GALLET de SAINT - AURIN (Mary, Joseph, Robert)

Sub-lieutenant class 1939, number 1613, at the recruitment of FORT DE FRANCE (Antilles); young and brilliant officer very brave and full of going. Bravely acted at the head of his section in the fighting of GIVET, from 13 to 15 May 1940. Showed a lot of notch in the defense of the SAINT-MICHEL forest (Aisne), during which he found a glorious death on May 17, 1940, during a bold reconnaissance.

Was quoted.

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Declared "Death for France" on 20 July 1945.

See: 

"Together on the Paths of Memory"