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Bortnowski, Wladyslaw

Date of birth:
November 12th, 1891 (Radom)
Date of death:
November 21st, 1966 (Glen Cove/New York, United States)
Buried on:
Polish Cemetery Our Lady of Czestochowa
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Major General Bortnowski was prisoner of war from 1939 to 1945.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1921
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Rank:
Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Awarded on:
1922
Krzyz Walecznych
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1925
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1926

No. 1904
Lacplesa Kara ordenis III skiras
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1926
Krzyz Zaslugi Wojsk Litwy Srodkowej
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
March 17th, 1930
"For merits in the field of military training".
Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1936
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1936
"For merits in military service".
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
November 11th, 1936
"For work in regaining independence".
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
November 10th, 1938
"For outstanding merits in military service".
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Atbrivosanas cinu 10 gadu jubilejas pieminas medala
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Commander
Officier in de Leopoldsorde / Officier de l'Ordre de Léopold

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