Kaminski, Wladyslaw
- Date of birth:
- March 17th, 1897 (Siedlce, Poland)
- Date of death:
- May 17th, 1944 (Monte Cassino, Italy)
- Buried on:
- Polish War Cemetery Cassino
Plot: 8. Row: E. Grave: 2. - Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Wladyslaw Kaminsi, a veteran from WW1, was active as senator from 1928 to 1938. He joined the Army in 1939 and was captured by the Red Army. Kaminski was released in 1941 and joined the Anders Army.
Major Wladyslaw Kaminski was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1944 and was eventually killed on 17 May 1944, during the storming of the Monte Cassino monastery.
1 June 1919: Captain
1939: Major
1944: Lieutenant Colonel
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Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille II. Klasse)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Unit:
- 5 Pulk Piechoty (5th Infantry Regiment - Polish Legions)
Krzyz Walecznych
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Awarded on:
- 1931
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion "Rysiow", 5th Wilno Rifle Brigade, 5th Kresowa Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- 13th Wilenski Rifle Battalion "Rysiow", 5th Wilno Rifle Brigade, 5th Kresowa Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Posthumously awarded
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