SOE Dubois, Jean Roger Andre

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dubois ​

• FORENAME

Jean Roger Andre ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

121459 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th July 1944 ​

• AGE

38 ​

• GRAVESITE

Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial,Surrey,England Addenda Panel​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 19.5.1906 St Germain-du-Puch,Gironde,France​

son of Jean Florent and Jeanne (nee Poujet) Dubois,Tours,France (2nd of 3 sons)​

husband of Marcelle Angele Emelie (Mimi) (nee Meneau) Dubois (1 daughter Francoise,born 1938) (married 1938)​

family moved to Tours when Andre was 9​

mechanic's apprenticeship,Tours 1924-26​

military service in Niort 1926-28​

started car rental business​

worked for plastics company (eventually head of manufacturing) 1931-34​

training in plastic casting and moulding,Berlin 1935​

started his own company,recycling oil and lubricants 1935-37​

worked for Colombes-Goodrich (rubber tyres),Paris 1939​

French Army (w/t operator) September 1939-July 1940​

sales representative for pharmaceutical and veterinary products (travelling Sarthe,​

Indre-et-Loire,Loire-et-Cher area) 1941​

French Resistance group,Saumur (w/t operator for 10 months)​

recruited in field by Raymond Flower (Caspar)​

to UK 17.3.1943​

dropped 15.4.1943​

codenames Hercule,Lighterman,Mistral​

w/t operator​

worked primarily with Monkeypuzzle Circuit​

also with Salesman,Donkeyman,Inventor,Sacristan,Farrier,Farm er and Prosper Circuits​

also created his own Hercule Network with Captain Floege,OSS (US Army)​

arrested 19.11.1943 Montrouge (outside Paris) by SS and Gestapo​

WIA 7 times​

treated Fresnes prison,then to Rawicz and later Gross Rosen​

recommended for M.B.E. (not awarded)​

awards Legion d'Honneur,Croix de Guerre avec palme,Croix de la Resistance,Silver Laurel Leaf​

executed Gross Rosen,Germany (now Poland)​

F Section Memorial,Valencay,France​

note​

the following assisted him and were sent to Ravensbruck​

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​

Mimi Dubois (his wife) (worked "Clinique Besson",Tours) - survived​

Jeanne Stefani (nurse at "Clinique Besson",Tours) - survived​

Jeanne Dubois (his mother) - died in captivity​

Most of This information supplied by his grandson Patrick Hochstein who lives with his​

wife Eileen in Virginia,U.S.A.​

Note date of death sometimes given as 4th October 1944 (appears incorrect) ​

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