Hall of Images
Leduchowicz family
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RAF Halton, many years later |
Leon and Józek’s return visit to RAF Halton. |
Polish Air Force in the UK |
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RAF Halton |
Lord Trenchard at RAF Halton, at our passing out parade, on 30th July 1947. |
Polish Air Force in the UK |
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RAF Halton Mess Room |
RAF Halton Mess Room |
Polish Air Force in the UK |
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Leon and Józef at RAF Halton |
Leon and Józef at RAF Halton |
Polish Air Force in the UK |
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Leon and Józef, with their mother |
Leon and Józef, with their mother |
Polish Air Force in the UK |
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Leon, Bronek and Józef in 1948 |
Leon, Bronek and Józef in 1948 |
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Carnarvon Castle |
Ship which transported my family from Africa to Southampton, UK, on the 28th June 1948. |
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Bronek in Egypt around 1943 |
Bronek in Egypt around 1943 |
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders) |
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Rail station at Żiabki |
Our departure point to Siberia |
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Rail station at Żiabki |
Our departure point to Siberia |
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Bronek while serving in the Polish Army in 1938 |
Bronek while serving in the Polish Army in 1938 |
September 1939 Campaign |
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Harvest festival in Prozoroki |
Harvest festival celebration in the mid 1930’s. Father and Marysia towards left-hand side, Mother, Leon, Frania and Józef towards right side. |
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Our church in Prozoroki |
Celebration of mass in the church. The first lady seated in the second row from the front is my cousin Frania who died in 2007. |
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Our church in Prozoroki. |
Our church in Prozoroki. |
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Our church in Prozoroki. |
Our church in Prozoroki. |
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Our church in Prozoroki. |
Our church in Prozoroki. |
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Choir in pre-war Kresy |
Parish choir with Bronek aged 20 pictured in the front row, extreme right hand side. The photograph was taken around 1934. |
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Leduchowicz family photo, in 1952 |
Top left to right: Frania, Bronek, my mother Maria, my father Hipolit and Marysia. Kneeling: Leon and Józef. |
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Kidugala and Ifunda reunion, 1995 |
Names of attendees |
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Map of the East African Camps during WWII |
Map of the East African Camps during WWII |
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Staff at Kidugala Hospital |
Some of the staff at Kidugala Hospital with Maria Leduchowicz second from the right. Other nurses pictured include – Sister Tomaszewska, H. Drozycka, S.Mucha, J.Kuncewicz. |
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Maria, Frania and their mother in Tengeru |
Tengeru was the largest settlement in East Africa and was located approximately eighteen miles from Loliondo. |
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Church in Kidugala |
Church in Kidugala with Father Macieszki and young people of the settlement. |
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Group at Lolinodo Hospital |
Father Winczowski from Tengeru used to come to officiate mass for the patients and staff at Lolinodo Hospital every Sunday. |
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African safari |
Youngsters from Kidugala’s school were taken on a safari by the Director of the settlement. Natives had killed a zebra and the photograph shows Maria Leduchowicz sitting on the animal with her sister Frania alongside. |
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Loliondo Hospital |
High up in the wood stood a beautiful building that housed around forty patients. The patients were from local settlements, as well as from the army, and most suffered from tuberculosis. Effective care was provided by Doctor Mogilnicki. |
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First Holy Communion at Loliondo Hospital. |
Boys names – Franuś Wojewoda, Wieśio Konieczny. |
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Patients in Loliondo Hospital for those suffering from tuberculosis. |
Maria Leduchowicz kneeling next to a child patient. Her sister Frania is at the far right. Photograph provided by Maria (Leduchowicz) Kubiak-Czajka. |