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Name: Zbigniew Węglarz
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Gender: Male
Date of birth: 1914-08-05
Place of birth: Poland, Krakowskie, Kraków,
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
Date of death: 2007-1-8
Place of death: Poland
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Entry ID: 147493 Mothers given name:
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Given name of spouse: Hedwig
Maiden name of spouse: Garbusińska
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Description: Zbigniew was born in Kraków. In 1933 he enrolled in the Navy Cadet School in Toruń and graduated in 1936.
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Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Pomorskie, Gdynia miasto, Gdynia,
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Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Roman Catholic
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Occupation at the outbreak of WWll: Polish Navy officer
Military status at the outbreak of WWll: Active Duty
Military Rank at the outbreak of WWll: Officer

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Polish Navy Destroyer Division 1933 1948
Other Military Service: Lieutenant (Por Mar) Węglarz escaped from Poland on the 30th August 1939 to Great Britain. with the Polish Navy destroyer division. He served in the Narvik campaign, the Dunkirk evacuations, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Convoys.
Participation in WWII battles: Battle of the Atlantic (1939-09-03 - 1945-05-07), Narwik, Norway (1940-04-09 - 1940-06-08), September campaign (1939-09-01 - 1939-10-06)
Medals received: Polish: Cross of Valour (three times); Knight of the Order of the Polonia Restituta; Marine medal: Norway Participants medal: British War Medals: 1939-45 Star; Italy Star
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Poland Pomorskie Gdynia Gdynia Zbigniew returned to Poland after the war. He was Commander of ORP Błyskawica from 1948-50. He was repressed by the Stalinist regime during the 1950s and later rehabilitated. He lived in Gdynia and later moved with his family to Kraków. He is buried in Cemetery Rakowice, in Kraków.

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