Edward JURCZENKO

Polish 2nd Corps

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Edward Jurczenko was born to parents Julian and Jozefa (nee Nikolaj) on 3 September 1922 in Stojanow, district of Radziechow, county of Tarnopol (now Ukraine).

 

While residing there and apprenticing as a locksmith, that part of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union following the 17 September 1939 invasion and because he was Polish, Edward was deported to the Soviet Union in 1940.

 

Although Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union were officially released on 30 July 1941, Edward could not enlist in the reborn Polish army until 25 March1942.  He was posted to the 28th Infantry Regiment, 10th Infantry Division.

 

Together with the Polish Army units, he was evacuated to Iran, crossed the Soviet-Iranian border and came under British command effective 1 April 1942. He was transferred to Palestine, via Iraq, arriving on 7 May 1942 where he was posted to the Reserve of the Commander-in-Chief, Polish Army in the Middle East.

 

On 11 August 1942, Edward was transferred to the Reserve Centre and seconded on a training course to the Army Training Centre on the 17th of that month.

 

On 3 April 1943 Edward was transferred to the 7th Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. He served in the Middle East until the 2nd Corps was shipped to Italy, participating in the Italian Campaign until the end of the war.

 

The entire 2nd Corps was then transferred to the United Kingdom. Edward arrived in England on 27 July 1946.  He enlisted in the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC) and served in the United Kingdom until his discharge on 20 August 1948, on absorption into industry.

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Edward married Norma Beryl Page on 10 December 1949, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. He died on 15 July 2000, in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, at the age of 77.

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