Camille d'Ornano

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Camille d'Ornano was a Lieutenant Colonel in the French Army leading up to the Second World War. He had been appointed as commander of the Chad garrison prior to the initiation of hostilities. During the war he supported the Free French participating and co-leading a successful attack on Kufra.

After the war he was named High Commissioner of the Afars and Issas (1976-1977), once known as French Somaliland and currently known as Djibouti.

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http://www.battlefront.co.nz/Article.asp?ArticleID=465.