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Mieczysław Karaszewicz

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Mieczysław Karaszewicz

Quebec | Canada
First name:
Mieczysław
Last Name:
Karaszewicz
Date of birth:
1895
Date of death:
1962
Age:
67
Honours and awards:
Order Virtuti Militari
Biography:

Mieczysław Karaszewicz (1895-1962); Polish colonel. A participant in the Polish-Bolshevik war. In 1940, in France, he joined the PSZ. After the Battle of Dunkirk, he was evacuated to Great Britain, where he served under British command. Awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari. He rests with his wife Wacława Elżbieta Karaszewicz (1899-1971), a lieutenant of the Home Army and a participant in the Warsaw Uprising.

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