"During World War II, the ships and crews of the French Pacific Fleet were frequent visitors to Australian ports. Following the French Government's capitulation to Germany in 1940, members of the Australian French Community mobilised behind General de Gaulle's Free French Movement - André Brenac, a former woolbuyer, was de Gaulle's personal representative in Australia."
www.sl.nsw.gov.au  Laurent Laloup le vendredi 17 octobre 2008 Contribution au livre ouvert de André Brénac |