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Giza, Jozef

Date of birth:
March 3rd, 1887 (Dabrówka Polska, Austro-Hungary)
Date of death:
August 16th, 1965 (London, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
Polish Veteran Graves Gunnersbury Cemetery
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1914
Militärverdienstkreuz
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1915
Militär-Verdienstmedaille in Bronze
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1916
Militär-Verdienstmedaille in Silber
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
May 28th, 1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1937
Order Odrodzenia Polski Kawalerski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
HQ, 7th Polish Infantry Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:
October 1945

With swords
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
HQ, 7th Polish Infantry Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Krzyz Monte Cassino
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi

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