DIGNAC, Andre
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Known as:
Tarzan
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Free French Forces
Number:
Mle 6286 FN41
Born:
Friday, August 6, 1920
Died :
Monday, December 27, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Andre Dignac, 1st Batallion Fusiliers Marins Commando, badge no. 26, died during Operation Hardtack 7 on the German occupied island of Sark. He had been grievously injured by an anti-personnel mine, not possible to evacuate, presumed killed and buried by the Germans [see notes].
Mort pour la France.
Notes
See archive entry for Lt. Ambrose McGonigal [view].
He is named here in a Letter from the Base of 1st Batallion Fusiliers Marins Commando, FNGB, to the Central Service of the Etat Civil in Paris.
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