Émile Coulaudon
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Émile Coulaudon, known as Colonel Gaspard, was one of the principal leaders of the French Resistance in Auvergne during the Second World War.
Memorial at the Mont Mouchet museum, France.
Order for mobilisation signed by Gaspard on 20 May 1944.
Coulaudon's army uniform, Museum of the Resistance, Mont Mouchet.
Nancy Wake
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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake,, also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand-born Australian nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Execut
Émile Coulaudon
…participants in an SOE operation codenamed Freelance, Captain John Hind Farmer ("Hubert"), Captain Denis Rake ("Justin") and the Australian Lieutenant Nancy Wake ("Hélène"), then those of Operation Benjoin, led by British major Freddy Cardozo. In spring 1944, Coulaudon became head of the Forces françaises de…
Wake in 1945
The medals awarded to Wake for her World War II service on display at the Australian War Memorial