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Mathurin Henrio is a young French resistance fighter, born on April 16, 19291 at a place called Tallen Crann in Baud in Morbihan in Brittany and died on February 10 , 1944 in this same locality, shot down by German soldiers while helping resistance fighters.

At the age of fourteen, he became the youngest Companion of the Liberation 1.

Summary 1	Biography 2	Tributes and distinctions 2.1	Decorations 2.2	Other tributes 3	Notes and references 4	Bibliography 5	See as well 5.1	Related articles 5.2	external links Biography During the Second World War, the locality Poulmein, located about two kilometers north of Baud 1 , was chosen to serve as a base for the maquis in zone 1. TheFebruary 10, 1944, denounced, members of the maquis are about to be arrested while they are on their way to Hennebont 1. A gunfight breaks out and the guerrillas fall back towards Poulmein to alert their comrades who decide to flee by erasing the traces of their passage in the farm which serves as their base camp 1. The identity card of one of the resistance fighters was found at the scene of the fight by a worker, a young man named Louis Le Gal who, knowing the person holding this card, decided to bring it back to him 1.

En route, the latter meets in Tallen a young son of farmers 1, Mathurin Henrio, who decides to accompany him 1. Arrived at the farm, the two young people help the resistance fighters to load their belongings and their weapons, but they are surprised by the Germans 1.

Most resistant manage to escape, but two were captured and two others shot 1. Mathurin Henrio, fleeing across the fields, was shot in the back before being killed 1.

His body was exhibited the next day in the town hall of Baud. Two days later, nearly 3,000 people attended his funeral 1.

He was made a Companion of the Liberation posthumously, by decree ofNovember 20, 1944. He is the youngest of the 1,038 resistance fighters to have received this decoration. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 1.

Tributes and distinctions Decorations Companion of the Liberation, by decree ofNovember 20, 1944 ; Croix de guerre 1939-1945. Other tributes The “rue Mathurin Henrio” bears his name in Baud. The “Operation Mathurin” and the “ Mathurins ” collective for the renovation of the Museum of the Order of the Liberation, are thus named in his honor