Career
Auger began the war as an infantry officer He was wounded in action on 31 August 1914. He transferred to flying service in 1915, only to be wounded again on 8 July.
On 22 September 1915, he took command of 31 Escadrille.
He scored twice in this assignment, on 13 March and 2 April 1916. Auger was seriously injured in a crash on 16 April.
He recovered, and flew with Escadrille 3 to score again on 9 February 1917. A week later, he was wounded yet again, in a dogfight with four Germans A month later, on 17 March 1917, Auger took command of Escadrille 3.
Auger then upgraded to a Spad.
On 28 July, he took his Spad into a dogfight with five German planes, and was shot in the neck. Bleeding profusely, he somehow still managed to land behind friendly lines but bled to death within a few minutes. Jasta 8 seems to have been his opponent.
Its commanding officer, Gustav Stenzel, was killed in this fight, with no one claiming him.
Rudolf Francke of Jasta 8 posted a claim that went unconfirmed, but was probably Auger.
