12 Facts About Philippe Auboyneau

Philippe Auboyneau was awarded the Ordre de la Liberation for his service to the country.

Philippe Auboyneau entered the Ecole navale in 1917 at age 17.

Philippe Auboyneau then served in the Middle East and the Far East for ten years, commanding the hydrographic vessel Alidade, then the gunboat Doudart de Lagree on the Yangtze.

Philippe Auboyneau was then charged with several liaison missions to the Royal Navy.

Philippe Auboyneau then traveled to London to join the forces of Free France, arriving on 20 July 1940.

Philippe Auboyneau was in Australia at the time of Japan's entry into the war and took part in several operations in the South Pacific with the Australian fleet, most notably a raid near a Japanese naval base to evacuate the garrisons of the Nauru Island and Ocean Island.

Philippe Auboyneau inspected French naval units in Equatorial Africa, the Levant, Madagascar and Djibouti.

Philippe Auboyneau then left that role to command the 3rd Cruiser Division, heading it for Operation Dragoon in August 1944.

Philippe Auboyneau was a member of the superior counsel for national defence and a member of the superior counsel for the Navy.

Philippe Auboyneau was then made inspector general of naval forces and naval aviation.

Philippe Auboyneau was one of those who on 13 May 1958 led to Charles de Gaulle's return during the May 1958 crisis.

Philippe Auboyneau died in Paris in 1961 and his funeral took place in the Eglise Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, with de Gaulle presiding.