Octave Meynier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Octave Meynier

French general

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1874

Place of Birth: Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 31-May-1961

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Octave Meynier was a French military officer, born on 22 February 1874 at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in France and died on 31 May 1961 at Algiers.
He is remembered as one of two officers who took control of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission, which mutinied and rampaged through West Africa in 1899.
He fought in the First World War and later launched a number of cross-Saharan motorised expeditions.
He was the son of Marine officer and French Overseas Minister François Meynier, and father to author and geographer André Meynier.