Mrs Odette Marie Celine SANSOM (later CHURCHILL, HALLOWES), GC, MBE
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No. & Rank at the Time of Action:
Unit/Occupation: Women's Transport Service (FANY)
Date and Place of Birth: 28th April 1912, Amiens, France
Family: Daughter of Gaston Brailly, Croix-de-Guerre, Medaille Militaire who was killed at Verdun, France in 1918. Married Roy Sansom 1931, Peter Churchill in 1947 and Geoffrey Hallowes in 1956
Early Life:
Date and Place of GC Action: April 1943-May 1945, Ravensbruck Concentration Camp, Germany
The London Gazette: 20th August 1946