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Smorawinski, Mieczyslaw Makary

Date of birth:
December 25th, 1893 (Kalisz, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
April 9th, 1940 (Katyn, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Katyn
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Major General Mieczyslaw Smorawinski was executed by the NKVD on 9 April 1940.

1914: Standard-bearer
1915: Second lieutenant
1915: First lieutenant
1916: Captain
1918: Major
1920: Lieutenant Colonel
1922: Colonel
1 January 1928: Brigadier General
5 October 2007: Major General (posthumously)

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1920
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1931
Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1931
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1933
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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