Born: February 4, 1908 in Kraków, Poland
Died: 1994, Canada
Buried: Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, Canada
Family: father Julian; mother Maria (nee Wysocka)
Medals: Polish – Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, Army Medal, Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Before the war:
High School (Gimnazjum im. Sobieskiego and Gimnazjum oo. Jezuitów in Chyrów) completed in 1926. Studied law at the Jagiellonian University and after five years of serving in a law office he opened his own practice in Kraków in 1936.
During the War:
In 1939 he served with a unit at Włodzimierz Wołyński and once the Soviet forces entered Poland he crossed into Hungary where he was interred in Eger (Erlau). He escaped from there and made it into Yugoslavia and then to France. He spent a short time in the Camp de Carpian near Marseilles, and then went on to a transition camp at Bressuire. He then was assigned to an anti-aircraft artillery unit near the mouth of the Loire. After the fall of France, he made it to Great Britain where he continued to serve with his anti-aircraft unit, where after further training he was advanced to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. During the invasion of Europe, he served with the 1st Polish Armoured Division in the Supplies and Transport units. He served through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was advanced to the position of adjutant to the commander of the supply units.
After the War:
He returned to Great Britain until he moved to Canada in 1951. In Canada he served with the Polish Scouting Association, The Canadian Polish Congress, where he served as President from1974-80. He served as the first leader of the Rada Polonii Wolnego Świata. He was also in charge of the campaign to build the Katyn Monument in Toronto. He also served with the Polish Combatants’ Association.
author: Stan Skrzeszewski, Canada
source of information: SPK w Kanadzie, April 1995 (2/134)