Pierre Sicaud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French colonial administrator
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Place of Birth: Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
About Pierre Sicaud
- Pierre Sicaud (14 March 1911 – 15 January 1998) was a French colonial administrator. 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.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.From 1955 to 1958 Sicaud was governor of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon 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.
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