In 1949 Sicaud was sent to the Kerguelen Islands in order to reinforce French sovereignty. He found a location for an airstrip and to settle a permanent station. He chose the name of Port-aux-Français and during the following years consolidated its foundation.[3]
pierre, sicaud, march, 1911, january, 1998, french, colonial, administrator, during, second, world, joined, free, french, force, parachutist, commanded, squadron, fought, brittany, netherlands, during, operation, amherst, 1949, sicaud, sent, kerguelen, islands. Pierre Sicaud 14 March 1911 15 January 1998 1 was a French colonial administrator Pierre Sicaud During the Second World War he joined the Free French Air Force as a parachutist and commanded a squadron of the SAS He fought in Brittany and in the Netherlands during Operation Amherst 2 In 1949 Sicaud was sent to the Kerguelen Islands in order to reinforce French sovereignty He found a location for an airstrip and to settle a permanent station He chose the name of Port aux Francais and during the following years consolidated its foundation 3 From 1955 to 1958 Sicaud was governor of Saint Pierre et Miquelon 4 and then from 1958 to 1961 of French Polynesia during which he supervised the building of Tahiti s airport Sicaud died on 15 January 1998 at the age of 86 He is honoured on a postage stamp of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands issued in 1999 5 References edit Index Sh Sl Major Pierre Sicaud receiving the DSO Encyclopaedia Britannica a new survey of universal knowledge 1956 Volume 2 page 20 World Statesmen Saint Pierre et Miquelon TAAF s postage stamp Pierre Sicaud Archived from the original on 2014 12 20 Retrieved 2014 12 21 nbsp This biographical article about Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This French Polynesia biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pierre Sicaud amp oldid 1057535647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
