Stefan Majchrzak was born in Helenow, Poland on 16 December 1912.

 

Stefan was in the Polish Army before the war, and he participated in the September Campaign in Poland. He was captured by the Germans and taken to a German Prisoner of War camp in Germany, where he spent the remainder of the war.

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In 1947, Stefan emigrated to Canada on a 2-year work contract. He met and married Mary Horbatiuk, worked on a farm, then at various mines. Stefan and Mary settled in Lac du Bonnet in 1967, then moved to Kelowna, B.C., in 1989, returning to Winnipeg in 1992.

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Stefan passed away in Winnipeg on 21 April 2000 and was buried at the Transcona Cemetery.

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Copyright: Majchrzak family

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