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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 3682" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Dubois </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jean Roger Andre </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>F Section SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>121459 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30th July 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>38 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial,Surrey,England Addenda Panel</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit General List</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 19.5.1906 St Germain-du-Puch,Gironde,France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Jean Florent and Jeanne (nee Poujet) Dubois,Tours,France (2nd of 3 sons)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Marcelle Angele Emelie (Mimi) (nee Meneau) Dubois (1 daughter Francoise,born 1938) (married 1938)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>family moved to Tours when Andre was 9</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mechanic's apprenticeship,Tours 1924-26</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>military service in Niort 1926-28</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>started car rental business</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>worked for plastics company (eventually head of manufacturing) 1931-34</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>training in plastic casting and moulding,Berlin 1935</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>started his own company,recycling oil and lubricants 1935-37</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>worked for Colombes-Goodrich (rubber tyres),Paris 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>French Army (w/t operator) September 1939-July 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>sales representative for pharmaceutical and veterinary products (travelling Sarthe,</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Indre-et-Loire,Loire-et-Cher area) 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>French Resistance group,Saumur (w/t operator for 10 months)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>recruited in field by Raymond Flower (Caspar)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>to UK 17.3.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>dropped 15.4.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codenames Hercule,Lighterman,Mistral</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>w/t operator</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>worked primarily with Monkeypuzzle Circuit</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also with Salesman,Donkeyman,Inventor,Sacristan,Farrier,Farm er and Prosper Circuits</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also created his own Hercule Network with Captain Floege,OSS (US Army)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>arrested 19.11.1943 Montrouge (outside Paris) by SS and Gestapo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA 7 times</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>treated Fresnes prison,then to Rawicz and later Gross Rosen</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>recommended for M.B.E. (not awarded)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Legion d'Honneur,Croix de Guerre avec palme,Croix de la Resistance,Silver Laurel Leaf</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>executed Gross Rosen,Germany (now Poland)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>F Section Memorial,Valencay,France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>note</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>the following assisted him and were sent to Ravensbruck</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Angele Meneau (mother-in-law)(manager of a girl's school "La Petite Bourdaisiere" in Tours) (hid SOE agents and fallen airmen) - died in captivity</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mimi Dubois (his wife) (worked "Clinique Besson",Tours) - survived</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jeanne Stefani (nurse at "Clinique Besson",Tours) - survived</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jeanne Dubois (his mother) - died in captivity</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Most of This information supplied by his grandson Patrick Hochstein who lives with his</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Eileen in Virginia,U.S.A.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Note date of death sometimes given as 4th October 1944 (appears incorrect) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-r-a-dubois.4982/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4982-76a153b0309a67eefa2f6ab579c0c830.jpg?1591384181" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-r-a-dubois.5156/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5156-d00042fb0b3b720b12020d77d3277350.jpg?1591384231" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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