The crew of the Free French Force ship Le Triomphant, a large destroyer of Le Fantasque class, are presented to the leader of the Free French Force, General Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (saluting on right) while in port at Algiers. Saluting General de Gaulle is Lieutenant de Vaisseau Leon Mequin (later Commanding Officer of the Free French Force corvette Lobelia). General de Gaulle is attended by the Minister for the Navy, Louis Jacquinot and Commandant Pierre Gilly. The bugler is Poupon.
www.awm.gov.au Laurent Laloup le vendredi 12 septembre 2008 Contribution au livre ouvert de Pierre Michel Poupon Montrée dans le livre ouvert de 2 Pierre Vital Arthur Emile Gilly | 3 Louis Lucien Raymond Jacquinot | 4 Léon Adrien Louis Mequin |