Panek, Józef Boleslaw
- Date of birth:
- September 24th, 1920 (Maków, Poland)
- Date of death:
- September 28th, 1941 (Tobruk, Libya)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Knightsbridge
Plot: 8. Row: E. Grave: 17.
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Panek was a professional skier with the TS "Wisła" Zakopane from 1937 to 1939.
In September 1939, he fled to France (via Hungary) and eventually joined the Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade in the Middle East. Panek was killed at Tobruk.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Starszy Strzelec
- Unit:
- Polish Independent Brigade Group, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Posthumously awarded
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