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Baluk, Stefan Klemens "Starba"

Date of birth:
January 15th, 1914 (Warsaw/Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
January 30th, 2014 (Warsaw/Mazowieckie, Poland)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Plot: FIV. Row: tuje. Grave: 14.
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Brigadier General Stefan Baluk was a Polish officer and resistance commander during the Second World War. He belonged to one of the trained Polish special agents of 'Cichociemni'.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Plutonie "Agaton", Batalion "Pięść", Zgrupowanie "Radosław", Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:
1944
For delivering critical intel to Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski on 28 August 1944.
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
2000
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
2004
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
2014

Posthumously awarded
Order Odrodzenia Polski Krzyż Wielki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With swords
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

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