Thanks Stefan - will keep you posted on how I go. Do you have an
address for Alexander so I can access his database? I will also
contact the UK re. my grandfather though do not have a great deal of
information on regiment etc, though do have a UK naturalisation
certificate.
As for my father I have recently contacted the head of Military
History at Switzerland's Military Academy and asked him if he would
know of/has any leads. From the paraphernalia I have (letters,
photos, medals) it would seem my father's division was somehow tied
to the Swiss army and his entry into Switzerland is dated 19.6.40.
Not too up on my history here - do we have a communist gov. or not at
this time in Poland? Anyway, will wait to see if Herr. Fuhrer (I'm
not kidding!) has any info for me.
As for me I'm currently living in Singapore and before that was in
the Middle East (Kuwait) for four years. I occasionally get back to
Australia to visit friends. I often wonder if my wanderings and
feelings of 'roots-lessness' are a fall out from my father's and his
family's experiences.
Thanks for your reply
Grace
--- In Kresy-Siberia@y..., Stefan Wisniowski <swisniowski@p...> wrote:
Hi Grace
I hope that Alexander of the Polish Committee of "Memorial" in
Moscow can
help you by checking his database, which definitely includes
Archangel
(Siberia) but possibly he has access to Kazakhstan records as well.
It would definitely help to have as much detail on the person being
sought
as possible. Here is what I think you have provided on your
grandmother so
far:
Zofia Pundyk (nee/z domu) Stratkowska, living in Kolomyja in 1921,
taken to
a camp in Kazakhstan in 1940 - likely died there. Mother of
Stanislaw Josef
Pundyk, born in Kolomyja in 1921, but he was not deported.
You may also be able to get more information on your grandfather
and his war
record from the British Army records, as it sounds like he was a
sergeant
with the Polish Army, and if he ended up in Scotland he was probably
attached to the British during the war. You have to send details
on your
relationship to the veteran in question and the possible units and
dates of
service (I would mention Scotland). Write to:
The Ministry of Defense
Army Records Centre, POLISH SECTION
Bourne Avenue Hayes
Middlesex, England UA3 1RF
PHONE 0208-573-3831 FAX 0208-569-2751
As for your father, as he was born in 1921 he must have been about
18 when
the war broke out. Was he sent to Switzerland before the war by
the 2nd
Republic government or after the war by the communist PRL
government?
By the way, I am in Sydney - are you nearby? I believe that there
are a
couple of Sybiracy here (but not on e-mail) who were in
Kazakhstan...
--
Stefan Wisniowski
Moderator, Kresy-Siberia
