Claude de Baissac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Claude de Baissac

Mauritian agent of SOE

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1907

Place of Birth: Curepipe, Plaines Wilhems District, Mauritius

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1974

Profession: resistance fighter, spy

Nationality: Mauritius

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Claude de Baissac

  • Claude Denis Boucherville de Baissac, DSO and bar, CdeG, known as Claude de Baissac or by his codename David (born 28 February 1907, Curepipe, Mauritius; died 22 December 1974) was a Mauritian of French descent who became an agent in the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
  • He organised the important French Resistance network SCIENTIST, in southwest France from August 1942 to March 1943 and in Brittany from February 1944 onwards.
  • His elder sister Lise was also an SOE agent.

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