Aleksander Hrynkiewicz (1896-1981); the last adjutant to Marshal Józef Piłsudski. He was a member of the Riflemen's Association from 1912, and served in the Polish Army from 1918. An officer in Józef Piłsudski's 1st Cavalry Regiment. In the ranks of this regiment, he took part in the Polish-Soviet War, commanding a platoon. In 1928, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the cavalry officers' corps. On 21st March 1935, he was transferred to the Cabinet of the Minister of Military Affairs as adjutant to Marshal Józef Piłsudski, and remained so until his death. In 1939, he served as deputy commander of Józef Piłsudski's 1st Cavalry Regiment. After the September defeat, he took up an underground fight against the Germans in the ranks of the Home Army. From 1941, he was commander of the 5th Mokotow District of the Home Army. He took an active part in the fighting during the Warsaw Uprising. After the fall of the uprising, he was in German captivity. After the war, he returned to Poland, revealed himself and was sent to work in the Recovered Territories. Subjected to much harassment by the communist security police, he decided to flee and arrived in Canada in the 1960s. He settled first in Toronto and later in Montreal. He was awarded, among others, the Order of Virtuti Militari and the Cross of Valour three times. He died in Montreal and was buried in the Mount Royal cemetery.