France Antelme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

France Antelme

Member of Special Operations Executive

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Port Louis, Port Louis District, Mauritius

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1944

Profession: spy

Nationality: Mauritius

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Major Joseph Antoine France Antelme OBE (12 March 1900 – 1944), no.
239255, was one of 14 Franco-Mauritians who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a World War II British secret service that sent espionage agents, saboteurs and guerrilla fighters into enemy-occupied territory. After being involved in undercover operations in Vichy-held Madagascar ahead of the allied landings there in May 1942, Antelme joined the SOE F (France) section in England.
He undertook two missions in occupied France.
On this third mission, on the night of 28/29 February 1944, he , along with SOE operatives Lionel Lee and Madaleine Dermement, parachuted to a reception committee compromised by the Gestapo, and were captured.
In accordance with Adolph Hitler's "Nacht und Nebel" directive regarding irregular combatants, he and 18 other captured SOE officers were executed at the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Lower Silesia in July or August 1944.