- Allyre Sirois
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name=Allyre Sirois
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born=25 August 1925
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placeofbirth=Canada
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unit=Special Operations Executive (F section)
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awards=MBE,Croix de guerre
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laterwork=Judge of theCourt of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan Allyre Sirois (born 25 August 1925) is a retired Canadian judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in
Saskatchewan (Canada ), living inSaskatoon .During the
Second World War he was an agent inSpecial Operations Executive 's F section and was sent to occupied France as a radio operator under the codename "Gustave". Operating fromAngoulême , he organised 24 arms drops and the bombing of Angoulême. [http://eric.hurtebis.chez-alice.fr/bombarde.htm]After the war, he attended the
University of Saskatchewan and graduatedBachelor of Arts in 1948 andBachelor of Laws in 1950. [http://www.usask.ca/alumni/alumnisite/publications/green_white/issues/fall2005/fall2005.pdf] On September 26 1996 an investigation began into remarks he had made at a bail hearing apparently blaming a woman for the physical assault her former partner inflicted on her [http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=6702f158-d7ae-4085-a78d-8a1b29092113] [http://www.fact.on.ca/newpaper/gm99031d.htm] , having in 1993 referred to prostitutes as belonging to "a different caste".Recognition
*UK : member of the
Order of the British Empire ("MBE")
* France :Croix de guerre 1939-1945 ("CG") with palms.
* Town ofAngoulême : Medal and honorary diploma of the town of AngoulêmeSources
* Documentary [http://archives.radio-canada.ca/guerres_conflits/securite_nationale/dossiers/1500-10143/ "Allyre Sirois, opérateur radio"] , narrated by Guy Gendron, directed by Louise Lemelin,
Radio-Canada , 1994. Sirois participates, along withVera Atkins andRoger Landes , also in SOE. (See also [http://archives.cbc.ca/500f.asp?id=0-9-1500-10143&wm6=1 here] .)
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