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Operation Infatuate
Operation Infatuate
26th Oct 1944 Briefing
27th Oct 1944 Conferences
28th Oct 1944 Conferences
29th Oct 1944 Attack Made
29th Oct 1944 Conference
29th Oct 1944 Preparations
30th Oct 1944 Preparations
31st Oct 1944 Difficult Conditions
31st Oct 1944 Orders
1st Nov 1944 Assault
1st Nov 1944 Assault Made
1st Nov 1944 In Action
1st Nov 1944 Shelling
1st November 1944 Operation Infatuate
1st November 1944 Results of attacks unseen
2nd Nov 44 On the March
2nd Nov 1944 Advance
2nd Nov 1944 Message
2nd Nov 1944 In Action
2nd November 1944 Six operations on Walcheren
2nd November 1944 V.C.P. operations
3rd Nov 1944 In Action
3rd Nov 44 Attack Made
3rd Nov 1944 Brave Actions
3rd Nov 1944 Rough Sea
3rd November 1944 Operation Infatuate
3rd November 1944 Pilot killed in forced landing
4th Nov 1944 Ammunition
4th Nov 1944 In Action
4th November 1944 Operation Infatuate
5th Nov 1944 Attack Made
5th Nov 1944 Orders
5th Nov 1944 Advance
5th Nov 1944 On the Move
5th Nov 1944 Minesweepers
5th November 1944 Attacks on Walcheren
6th November 1944 Operation Infatuate
7th Nov 1944 Change of Orders
7th November 1944 Operation Infatuate
8th Nov 1944 On the Move
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Those known to have fought in
Operation Infatuate
during the Second World War 1939-1945.
- Audoire Bernard Thomas. Wireman. (d.1st Nov 1944)
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Wireman. Bernard Thomas Audoire HM Landing Craft Gun (M) 102 (d.1st Nov 1944)
Bernard Audoire went missing, presumed killed on the 1st of November 1944 during the Operation Infatuate landings at Westkapelle on Walcheren Island, approximately 60 kilometres from Antwerp, Belgium. Thirty-one of his shipmates were killed in the same action. He was 19 years of age, and his name is inscribed on the Plymouth War Memorial. He was the son of Bernard and Edith Audoire of Sheffield.Frank Audoire
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