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Name: Wanda Gillon
Maiden Name: Jabłońska
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1937-06-26
Place of birth: Poland, Lwowskie, Lwów, Lwów
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
Date of death: 2013-3-
Place of death: Canada
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Fathers given name: Jozef
Entry ID: 145996 Mothers given name: Florentyna
Mothers maiden name: Szozda
Given name of spouse: Norman
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Description: Deported with her parents, brother Wieslaw, and twin sister Irena (who died in Teheran). Father was a Brewery inspector before the war, and traveled extensively - this may have been the reason for their deportation. In Siberia, her father worked in the forest, her brother (who was 12) was sent to Russian school, mother looked after the two infant girls and did not work.
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Personal Situation at the outbreak of WWll

Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Skalat,
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Ethnicity: Polish
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: Infant
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FROM: yyyy mm dd To: yyyy mm dd To: Soviet socialist republic Oblast Locality
1941 00 00 1942 00 00 Russian SFSR Jakucka republika autonomiczna
1941 00 00 1942 00 00 Uzbek SSR

Other Information: Evacuated to Persia with the Polish Army. Her father joined the Army and her brother joined the cadets.

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Please provide information if none of the preceding apply: Her sister died in Teheran. They reached Tengeru in 1942 and stayed until 1950 when the camp was closed. Her father was in Lebanon until 1945 and then went to England, as did her brother. Her father's family and mother's family members were repatriated after the war.

Residence After 1945

Country State District Locality Nearest large city Description
Canada Ontario Brampton
United Kingdom London
Tanzania Tengeru until 1950, then school and work until 1960

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