Mrs. Doyle was a hero. She will be awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest decoration, in honor of her in 1 helping to liberate the country from the Nazis.
Mrs. Doyle was one of the female agents 2 for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). She engaged in gathering 3 ahead of the DDay landings. "It wasn't until after my first round of 4 that I was told to become a member of it," she said in a rare interview.
"We 5 how to get in a high window, and how to climb over roofs without being 6," she recalled.
After the training, she was 7 behind enemy lines under a code name, Paulette. 8 aged 23, she dressed up like a poor 14yearold French girl to make the Germans less suspicious. She used bicycles to 9 the area, passing information through coded messages.
The 10 would take half an hour to send and the Germans need an hour and a half to pick up the 11. She would have just enough time to send her message and move on before being 12.
She would sleep rough in forests and was 13 to hunt for food, or stay with our supporters. "One family I stayed with told me we were 14 a squirrel," she told the Army News, "I found out later it was a rat. I was half 15 so I didn't care."
It wasn't until the last 15 years or so that Mrs. Doyle made known her career as a 16 "My eldest son found out by 17 something on the Internet, and my children 18 I send off for my medals," she said.
"I was asked if I wanted them to be 19 presented to me, and I said no, I didn't, it was my family who wanted them."
Laurent Contini, the French ambassador to New Zealand, said, "I have deep 20 for her bravery and it will be with great honor that I will present her with the award."
