Fernande Bataille | |
Birth: | 5 December 1906 Rouen, Normandy, France |
Death: | 29 August 2017 Nice, Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur, France |
Age: | 110 years, 267 days |
Country: | FRA |
Validated |
Fernande Bataille (5 December 1906 – 29 August 2017) was a French supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2020. At the time of her death, she was the oldest known survivor of French Resistance.
Biography[]
Fernande Bataille was born in Rouen, Normandy, France on 5 December 1906. She lived in the Maghreb and then in Tunisia. She joined the French Resistance during WW2. She served as agent P1 and P2 in the resistance network "Maunier" and assisted the head of an important sector of Bizerte, one of the most major military ports of the Mediterranean, then located in this French colony occupied by the "Axis forces". Sub-lieutenant of the French Combatant Forces, Fernande Bataille received, on 8 July 1972, the Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm. La Normande arrived in Nice in 1956. She married Paul Bataille on 22 October 1957. She worked in various trades, including cashier at the Rialto cinema. She also obtained the rank of Commander of the Legion of Honor which was awarded to him on 8 May 2015.
Bataille died in Palatines retirement home in Nice, Provence-Alpes Cote d'Azur, France on 29 August 2017 at the age of 110 years, 266 days. She was one of the oldest living people in France at the time of her death. She had two grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.