Ściana Hołdu - Kresy Siberia

Personal Details


	Name:	Adam Apolinary Kaznowski
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	Gender:	Male
	Date of birth:	1916-05-13
	Place of birth:	Poland, Lwowskie, Lwów miasto,
	Did this person die during World War ll?:	No
	Date of death:	1965-10-20
	Place of death:	United Kingdom
	Cause of Death:	Heart attack
	Fathers given name:	Erazm
Entry ID: 146602	Mothers given name:	Apolonia Józefa
	Mothers maiden name:	Nycz
	Given name of spouse:	Helen Mary
	Maiden name of spouse:	Hughes
	Given name(s) of children:	Jan, Stefania, Michal, Zbigniew, Adam Józef, Andrzej
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll:	Poland, Lwowskie, Lwów miasto,
Kresy Inhabitant Status:	Civilian settler / Family member of civilian settler
Ethnicity:	Polish
Religion:	Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll:	Student of Comparative Slavonic Philology at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwow
Military status at the outbreak of WWll:	Reservist
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Deportations and Repressions

OD: yyyy	Mm	Dd	Do: yyyy	Mm	Dd	Do: Socjalistyczna Republika Radziecka	Oblast	Miejscowość
1940	04	29	1942	02	25	Russian SFSR	Magadańska oblast'

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Arested by NKVD on the night of 29th April 1940 at 11.15pm. Detained and interrogated in the "Brygida" and subsequently "Zamarstynów" prisons. 10th December 1940 sentenced to 8 years hard labour in the Kolyma district of Siberia and deported to the Starobielsk prison camp in Russia in May 1941. Transported by train to Vladivostok, then via the Sea of Okhotsk to Magadan, arriving in Kolyma on 28th August 1941. Transported on foot from Magadan to camp "47 Kilometer". In the autumn of 1941, when the 'amnesty' was declared for Polish prisoners in the USSR, he was initially not released and was told his name was not on the list of those to be released. After confronting the camp commandant he identified his own name and was released on Boxing Day 1942. He subseqently worked to buy the ticktes and and made his way south to Uzbekistan to join the Army. He enlisted, and was evacuated to Persia (Iran) with the Army, then subsequently to Iraq, Palastine and Egypt.

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Military Experience

Służył w	Jednostka	Od: yyyy	Mm	Dd	Do: yyyy	Mm	Dd
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)	podporucznik mgr 3 batalion ckm (2nd Lieutenant, later promoted to Captain) of the 3rd heavy machine gun batalion	1942	2	25	1946	10	21

Other Military Service:	Nr ewidencyjny 3 DSK/Serial Nr in 3 DSK 1916/64
Participation in WWII battles:	Monte Cassino, Italy (1944-01-17 - 1944-05-19)
Medals received:	Krzyż Walecznych 2 razy (Crosso of Valour with bar)/ twice, Cross of Monte Cassino (Polish), 1939/45, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939/45.
Other Battles:	Took part in the battles of Ancona, Rimini and Bologna.

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Residence After 1945

Kraj	Stan	Dzielnica	Miejscowość	Najbliższe duże miasto	Opis
United Kingdom	Norfolk	Norfolk	Gooderstone	Swaffham	School Teacher (Russian language)