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Name: Romana/Roma Wal
Maiden Name: Hanytkiewicz
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1919-
Place of birth: Poland, Białostockie, Białystok miasto, Białystok
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
Date of death: 1998-
Place of death: United States
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Given name of spouse: Roman
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Given name(s) of children: Danuta
Description: Arrested on July 19, 1940, at 3 o’clock in the morning, Roma was imprisoned on the suspicion of working with the Polish underground. On September 18, she was moved to a cell marked Number 113 in Minsk (present-day Belarus). On June 12, 1941 she was moved to a different prison in Polotsk (Belarus). Ten days later she was taken to the rail station and began the long journey to Siberia. Her final destination, Tobolsk, located in the western Siberian lowlands at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh Rivers. Released on 2 September 1941, she and her friend (Maryla Goralska) found work in the area until they learned of the formation of the Polish Army in the south. They left in February 1942 and made their way to Kermine. They enlisted in the Polish Army on March 13, 1942.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Białostockie, Białystok, Bialystok,
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Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
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FROM: yyyy mm dd To: yyyy mm dd To: Soviet socialist republic Oblast Locality
1942 02 00 1942 04 00 Byelorussian SSR
1942 02 00 1942 04 00 Russian SFSR
1942 02 00 1942 04 00 Uzbek SSR

Other Information: Released on 2 September 1941, she and her friend (Maryla Goralska) found work in the area until they learned of the formation of the Polish Army in the south. They left in February 1942 and made their way to Kermine. They enlisted in the Polish Army on March 13, 1942.

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Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders) worked in the office of the Commander of the Polish 7th Infantry, Colonel Okulicki, in Naft Khanaquin, and later in Rehovot, Palestine. 1942 3 13 1943 10
Polish Air Force in the UK Switched to the Polish Air Force as a WAAF and traveled from the Middle East to the UK, spent some time in Scotland, then trained in Wimslow, England. 1943 10
Polish Air Force in the UK Newton RAF station in Nottinghamshire 1945 8 1947 11 23
Polish Air Force in the UK Officer Cadets Training Unit (OCTU) - received officers Commission on August 8, 1945. 1945 4 1945 8
Polish Air Force in the UK Promoted to corporal and transferred to the statistics department at the Polish Headquarters in London 1945 4
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Residence After 1945

Country State District Locality Nearest large city Description
United Kingdom Nottinghamshire 1945-1951
United States Washington Seattle Bellevue, suburb of Seattle
Canada Ontario Toronto 1951-1958

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