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Roszak, Florian "Trzonek"

Date of birth:
April 17th, 1912 (Westenfeld, Germany)
Date of death:
June 8th, 1940 (North Sea)
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
15.08.1934 - Second Lieutenant of the navy (Podporucznik Marynarki)
19.03.1938 – Lieutenant of the navy (Porucznik Marynarki)
31.07.1940 – Naval Captain (Kapitan Marynarki)

The course of military service - career in Polish Navy:

6.VII 1931 - date of joining the army
6.VII 1931 - 15.VIII 1934 - School of Officers of the Navy in Toruń, Faculty of Technology - student / cadet officer
01.X 1934 - 31.XII 1934 - Academic Corps of Naval Technical Lieutenants. - embarked on O.R.P. "Bałtyk" - Naval Port Workshops - an apprentice / second lieutenant in the navy
01.I 1935 - 30.IV. 1935 - Fleet Team - 1 Company - platoon commander / second lieutenant of the navy
01.V 1935 - 15.VI 1935 - embarked on submarine O.R.P. "Ryś" - Academic Corps of Naval Technical Lieutenants - student / second lieutenant of the navy
16.VI 1935 - 31.VII 1935 - embarked on destroyer O.R.P. "Wicher" - Academic Corps of Naval Technical Lieutenants - student / second lieutenant of the navy
01.VIII 1935 - 31.VIII 1935 - Maritime Air Force Squadron - workshop - Academic Corps of Naval Technical Lieutenants - student / second lieutenant of the navy
01.IX 1935 - 30.XII.1935 - embarked on O.R.P. "Bałtyk" - Navy Port Workshops, Electric Navy Works - trainee in the workshop / second lieutenant of the navy
01.XII 1935 - 31.XII 1935 - Academic Corps of Naval Technical Lieutenants - embarked on O.R.P. "Bałtyk" - visiting of industrial factories in Poland - second lieutenant of the navy
19. I 1936 - 15.II.1937 - embarked on submarine O.R.P. "Żbik" - II mechanical officer - second lieutenant of the navy
16.II 1937 - 25.V 1938 - submarine O.R.P. "Żbik", submarine O.R.P. "Wilk", submarine O.R.P. "Ryś" - a mechanic for the backup crew, a Course for officers of Underwater Swimming (1937) - a second lieutenant in the navy
25.V.1938 - 06.XI 1938 - Commission for Polish Submarines Construction (Eagle class) in the Netherlands - mechanical officer, submarine O.R.P. "Sęp" - a lieutenant in the navy
07.XI.1938 - 08.VI.1940 - submarine O.R.P. "Orzeł" - the first mechanic officer - a navy lieutenant

Posthumously promoted to the rank of Naval Captain (31.VII.1940)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant
Awarded on:
November 17th, 1939
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
O.R.P. Orzel, Marynarka Wojenna, Wojsko Polskie
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1939
For breaking out of the Baltic and joining the Royal Navy in 1939.
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Naval Captain
Awarded on:
1945
Medal Morski za Wojne 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Naval Captain
1939-1945 Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Naval Captain
War Medal 1939-1945

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