Jastrzebski, Jerzy Jan

Date of birth:: July 29th, 1895 (Awizance, Poland)
Date of death:: April 24th, 1944 (Venafro, Italy)
Buried on:: Polish War Cemetery Cassino
Plot: II. Row: B. Grave: 7.
Service number:: 1895/100 / III
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Jerzy Jastrzebski, a veteran from WW1, was captured by the Wehrmacht on 18 October 1939. He spend some time in a POW camp near Krakow, where he managed to escape from. In 1940, Jastrzebski fled via Hungary to France. On 23 April 1944, Colonel Jerzy Jastrzebski was seriously injured by a landmine on top of the Monte Trochio. He died in the hospital of Venafro the next day. Jastrzebski was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.

1918: Captain
1925: Major
1931: Lieutenant Colonel
1936: Colonel
1944: Brigadier General (posthumously)

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Medal Niepodleglosci

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: January 25th, 1933

Znak Pamiatkowa Generalnego Inspektora Sil Zbrojnych

Awarded on:: May 12th, 1936

Order Odrodzenia Polski Kawalerski

Awarded on:: November 11th, 1936

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

For service during the First World War.

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:: HQ, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West

No. 50 (posthumously awarded

Krzyz Monte Cassino

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:: HQ, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West

Posthumously awarded