Jastrzebski, Jerzy Jan
- Date of birth:
- July 29th, 1895 (Awizance, Poland)
- Date of death:
- April 24th, 1944 (Venafro, Italy)
- Buried on:
- Polish War Cemetery Cassino
Plot: II. Row: B. Grave: 7. - Service number:
- 1895/100 / III
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Jerzy Jastrzebski, a veteran from WW1, was captured by the Wehrmacht on 18 October 1939. He spend some time in a POW camp near Krakow, where he managed to escape from. In 1940, Jastrzebski fled via Hungary to France. On 23 April 1944, Colonel Jerzy Jastrzebski was seriously injured by a landmine on top of the Monte Trochio. He died in the hospital of Venafro the next day. Jastrzebski was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.
1918: Captain
1925: Major
1931: Lieutenant Colonel
1936: Colonel
1944: Brigadier General (posthumously)
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Medal Niepodleglosci
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- January 25th, 1933
- Awarded on:
- May 12th, 1936
- Awarded on:
- November 11th, 1936
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- HQ, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
No. 50 (posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- HQ, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
1939-1945 Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Medaille Interalliée de la Victoire 1914–1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - R.Pers.2 Korpusu Nr. 164/46.
- Kałdowski. J., Pułkownik Jerzy Jastrzębski 1895-1944, p. 10
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