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Wawrzyniak, Jozef

Date of birth:
June 1st, 1910 (Lasek)
Date of death:
November 4th, 1980 (Pozna?, Poland)
Service number:
1910-5-III
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Podporucznik (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
3rd Carpathian Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
For transporting heavy cannons to Hill 324, from which German positions and the monastery hill at Monte Cassino could be shelled.
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Medal Za Zasługi dla Obronnosci Kraju - Złoty
Znak Honorowa Miasta Poznania

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