Mathurin Henrio (16 April 1929, in Baud – 10 February 1944, in Baud)Order of the Liberation website
Mathurin Henrio
(Retrieved 11 September 2013) was a young

French resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

fighter who was shot dead by German soldiers for refusing to answer questions on the whereabouts of ''

maquisard The Maquis () were rural guerrilla bands of French and Belgian Resistance fighters, called ''maquisards'', during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II. Initially, they were composed of young, mostly working-class, men who had escap ...

s''. At age fourteen, he is the youngest recipient of the

Ordre de la Libération The Order of Liberation (french: Ordre de la Libération) is a French Order which was awarded to heroes of the Liberation of France during World War II. It is a very high honour, second only after the ''Légion d’Honneur'' (Legion of Honour) ...

Order of the Liberation website
"1,038 Companions of the Liberation"
(Retrieved 11 September 2013) and a recipient of the Croix de guerre 1939-45.

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Mathurin Henrio
at the Order of the Liberation website 1929 births 1944 deaths People from Morbihan French Resistance members Companions of the Liberation Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) {{France-bio-stub