Born: unknown
Died: December 9, 2006, Canada
Family: wife Antonina – marriage on October 23, 1948; children: Adam, Richard and Lucy
Medals: Polish Virtuti Militari
During the War:
On the 10th of February, 1940 Piotr and his family was awakened by Russian solders and along with his family was exiled from the family home near Stanisławów (Eastern Poland) and exiled to Siberia. They were taken to a lumber camp near Kirov. After the amnesty, Piotr made it to Tashkient where he was assigned to the 20th Infantry Regiment, part of the 7th Polish Division. With this unit he travelled through the Middle East to Palestine. He was ordered to South Africa and after three months he was transferred to England where he arrived in August 1942. In June 1944 was a member of the 3rd Squadron, 10th Polish Dragoon Regiment. He served with the 1st Polish Armoured Division through France, Holland, Belgium and Germany.
After the War:
After World War II he returned to England and found work in a brick factory. It was in Ridgmount, Bedfordshire, England while working as a mechanic at a large brick factory, that Peter finally got to meet his “pen pal” sweetheart Antonina when she arrived from a Polish refugee camp in East Africa. They were married in St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Nantwich, Chestershire, England on October 23rd, 1948. Residing in England until 1951, they immigrated to Port Arthur in Canada with their first-born son Adam. Peter and Antonina went on to have 2 more children, Richard and Lucy. Following brief employment in the bush and at the shipyards, Peter went into business for himself. He owned and operated “Adam’s Plumbing” in Port Arthur, a successful business that he ran until his retirement in the mid 1980’s. He joined SPK (Polish Combat’s Association), Branch #1 and served the branch for 30 years.
author: Stan Skrzeszewski, Canada
source of information: SPK w Kanadzie, January 1995 (1/133) & Obituary