Personal Details
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| Name: | Zofia (Sophie) Zwierz (Zeville) | |
| Maiden Name: | Zemanek | |
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| Gender: | Female | |
| Date of birth: | 1925-02-06 | |
| Place of birth: | Poland, Kobryn | |
| Did this person die during World War ll?: | No | |
| Date of death: | 1976-2-24 | |
| Place of death: | United Kingdom | |
| Cause of Death: | Accidental | |
| Fathers given name: | Stanislaw Zemanek | |
| Entry ID: 116025 | Mothers given name: | Maria Zemanek |
| Mothers maiden name: | Szafran | |
| Given name of spouse: | Maciej Zwierz | |
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| Given name(s) of children: | Anne Marie Zeville, Marta Morton, Eve Zeville | |
| Description: | Folder 120.1 "Szkoła Młodszych Ochotniczek" (girl volunteers school) |
Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll
| Residence at the outbreak of WWll: | Poland, Lwowskie, Lwów miasto, ul.Gródecka 8 B, |
| Kresy Inhabitant Status: | |
| Ethnicity: | Polish |
| Religion: | Roman Catholic |
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| Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: | School girl |
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Deportations and Repressions
| FROM: yyyy | mm | dd | To: yyyy | mm | dd | To: Soviet socialist republic | Oblast | Locality |
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| 1940 | 04 | 13 | Kazakh SSR | Semipałatyńska oblast' |
| Other Information: | After amnesty, she went to Semipalatynsk for a month, working with her sister [Jadwiga] in a sewing room. On March 5 [1942], they were called to the Polish Army by General Tokarzewski and went to Szachryzjab to join the 6th Infantry Division. |
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Military Experience
| Served in | Unit | From: yyyy | mm | dd | To: yyyy | mm | dd |
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| Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders) | Nurse with Polish Red Cross, called to the Polish Army by General Tokarzewski and enlisted at Szachryzjab with the 6th Infantry Division. | 1942 | 3 | 5 |
| Other Military Service: | Zofia Zwierz Record of ServiceMarch 23 1942 Polish Land Forces under British Command Teheran, Persia (17 years old)May 1942 Nursing course-Polish Red Cross Hospital, Teheran.November 25, 1942 Wartime diploma in nursing of the Polish Red Cross. Nurse in No. 4 Polish Army General Hospital, Teheran, Persia and Mossul, Iraq.Feb 25, 1943-Aug 26, 1944 Taking University Matriculation in a Polish high school in Nazareth.August 27, 1944 Posted to A.T.S.CoyOct 10, 1944 Promoted into military sisters corps as a Nursing Sister and posted to the Polish Wing at 22 Indian General Hospital, Rehovoth PalestineJune 1945 Posted to No.7 Polish Military Hospital (surgical wards) Ancona, ItalyFeb 1, 1947 Commissioned by British War Office as 2/Sub (Lieutenant) ATS/PRC (Nursing) and posted to No.4 Military Hospital / PRC Whitchurch, Salop, UK as sister 1/c. psychiatric ward.Sept 27, 1947 Demo |
| Participation in WWII battles: | |
| Medals received: | British Defense Medal, British War Medal, Polish Army Medal |
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Other Wartime Circumstances
| Other Information: | Wrote schoolchild essay in 1942 in the Middle East about being deported to Siberia - at Hoover Institute, Stanford University. Box 120, Folder 1. Children, Reports, Szkola Mlodszych Ochotniczek. Scan 61: [http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/41/0/-/120/skan/full/EEfdJNM9F9kt4l-9LFP65A]; Scan 62: [http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/41/0/-/120/skan/full/cyUIaCR5hnIYpHi6ovsg_Q]; Scan [63 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/800/41/0/-/120/skan/full/zyHpomK-eF15Mmjp5BeMLA]. |
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