Book - The Obscure Heroes of Liberty by Dr. Kenneth M. Baker

THANKS

to the following for their inestimable help and support:

The Collet family and particularly Jacques Collet, grandson of
Auguste Collet who figures strongly in the book.
The Sacré family and particularly Mr. Didier Gilbert, great-great-
grandson of the Sacré family, Désiré and Alice Sacré.
Mr. Sébastien Morancé, Chief Librarian at the Bibliothèque
Jean de la Fontaine of the City of Ath, without whose help the
unravelling of the prisoner helpers of Mainvault, Hainaut,
would not have been possible.
Mr and Mrs Stan Hansen for providing the text of Bert
Hansen's memoir and encouraging me to research the people
who helped Bert.
Mr. Freddy Declerck, Honorary Member of the New Zealand
Order of Merit (OM), Former Chairman of the Memorial
Museum Passchendaele 1917, Former President of the
Passchendaele Society of Belgium, and Life Member of the
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association, of
Langemark (near Passchendaele), Belgium. It was Freddy who
had the confidence to think I would be able to unravel the
history of these people.
To the many, many others who are too numerous to name
and who put up with my persistence and questions.

Kenneth M. Baker, November 2018

The returns from book sales all go to charities promoting education
and understanding in Belgium/New Zealand relations and specifically :
The New Zealand Pilgramage Trust