Thursday, February 28, 2019
Walter Kozlowsi was deported by Soviets from east part of Poland to Siberia along with his family and hundreds of thousand of other Poles as a results of aggression on September 17, 1939 by Soviet Union. Following the German Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 most Polish prisoners-of-war were released and re-joined the Polish Army which had began re-forming under General Wladyslaw Anders, He joyed the Polish Army under command of General Anders and participated in a Battle of Monte Casino in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. When the war ended he was demobilized in England . His family town was under the Soviet's occupation and as a result he chose Canada as his new home. In Winnipeg he worked for many years running successfully his own business. He was an active member on the Polish Canadian community, being one of the founding member of the Polish Combatants' Association Branch 13 in Winnipeg. He was a kind, generous man, helping newcomers for many yesrs. Czesc Jego pamieci!
Wieczny Odpoczynek racz mu dac Panie.
