Tribute To M. Henri
p. 27 · Read in the full issue
Sautot
THAT the man whom they called in to act as their Governor when they rallied to Free France in September, 1940, is not forgotten by New Caledonians, is shown by a recent exchange of mes sages between a group of Caledonian volunteers arrived in South Africa on their way to Europe and Henri Sau tot, now Governor of the Central African Colony of Oubanghi-Chari.
The first message, signed Dubois, Dezarnaulds, Prevot, Mercier and Stoeb ner, read: “Upon our arrivel on the Afri can continent our first thought is for the solid worker for the cause of France who kept New Caledonia in the war and knew how to make himself beloved by the population. May we renew the assur ance of our respectful and affectionate attachment.”
M. Sautot suitably replied.
The “Dubois” of the cable is Captain Dubois, one of New Caledonia’s most pat riotic citizens, a soldier decorated in the last war, who was awarded the Libera tion Cross by General de Gaulle for his part in tlje events of September, 1940.
Captain A. F. J. White, A.1.F., formerly a District Officer in Fiji and the Solomon Islands, has been killed in action in New Guinea.