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Edwarda (nee Szczygiel) FIJAL
Women's Auxiliary of the Polish 2nd Corps

Wisia Mikolajczyk and Hela Lyszczarz, Edwarda's mother age 15, c1918
Hela Samolewicz, cousin of Hela Lyszczarz, Rzeszow, 1926


Wedding Karol Janusz, Godowa nad Wislokiem, 1933 04 10
(9 year old Edwarda is in the first row)

Marion Fijal's family in 1925


Marion Fijal in Military School uniform pre-WW2

Marian Fijal (center front) with other resin gatherers, Siberia 1940

Marian on left, Edwarda 3rd from left, Siberia, 1941-08-27

Hanka Dobrowolska and Edwarda, Husiatyn, 1938

Edwarda in Teheran
(Persia), March 1942

Edwarda and Edek Szczygiel, Rehevot Palestine, 1942

Wanda Kniezatko, Edwarda, British Officers, Rehevot, 1946

Sornowski, Edwarda, and Habowski, Pahlevi, 1942 08 16

Irka Rutyna, Edwarda's mother Helena, Edwarda.

Edwarda in uniform

Edwarda volunteers to clean up new arrivals, Pahlevi 1942

Skit in Rehevot 1943 03 10. Krysia Kumor, Lila Osetek, Stefa Kacperska, Irka Zulauf, Halina Kwiatkowska abd Tusia Korniewska

Cadets in Nazareth, 1943-44

Edwarda and friends

Cadet School, 3 May 1943

El Kantara Egypt, Dec 1944, Farewell to Commandant Gasiorkowa

LtoR Pani Kniezarko, Edwarda, Zosia Solinska, Marysia Zajac, Dr Kotovicz, Rehevot 1946

Marian Fijal, Polish Air Force in the UK

Warrant Officer Marian Fijal, PAF England, 1945

Edwarda and Marian in the UK


Wedding 1948-07-03 in Leominister, England

Edwarda with Rysiek and Krystyna, in Toronto


Marian's uniform and medals
Edwarda and Marian in Toronto
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