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Ocheduszko, Romuald

Date of birth:
January 15th, 1911 (Sanok, Poland)
Date of death:
May 13th, 1944 ("Widmo" hill, Monte Cassino, Italy)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Cassino
Plot: VII. Row: E. Grave: 1.
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

After the Soviet invasion in Poland, Romuald Ocheduszko was arrested and deported to the Soviet Union, where he was released in 1941. Ocheduszko joined the Anders Army and fought in Italy, where he was killed while storming the "Widmo" hill on 13 May 1944.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Porucznik (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
15th Wilenski Rifle Battalion "Wilkow", 5th Wilno Rifle Brigade, 5th Kresowa Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
For valor in the Battle of Monte Cassino.

Posthumously awarded
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Sources

  • - Romuald Ochęduszko
    - Józef Stachowicz : In the service of the homeland. In: Memorial book of the Male Gymnasium in Sanok 1888-1958 . Krakow: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe , 1958, p. 118.