Access: from Raoul Urbain's grave, take Avenue Aguado to the end. Turn left into a very small alley and after about twenty metres, in the tenth row, you will see the tomb of Augustin Avrial. (Div. 91)

Mechanical worker. Member of the International Working Men's Association. Commander of the 66th Battalion of the national guard as soon as the Republic was proclaimed, he played a major role on 18 March in Montmartre. Elected by the 11th arrondissement, he was a member of the labour and trade, executive and war committees. He fought on the barricades. He went into exile in London and then Alsace. He joined the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party. Inventor of a sewing machine and a petrol-powered motorbike.

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