Wladyslaw NAJDUCH
Polish 2nd Corps
Born near Tarnopol, Poland in 1920, he was deported to Siberia in 1940 by the Russians, Wladyslaw spent nearly 2 years in forced labour camps before being freed by the 'amnesty'. He journeyed south in order to join the Polish army that was being formed in the USSR, and evacuated to Persia with the army. He served in the Polish 2nd Corps in the Middle East and in the Italian Campaign. After the war, he emigrated to Canada, thanks to as 2-year labour contract offered by the Canadian government. Wladyslaw died in Winnipeg in 2003.
Photos courtesy of his son David.
Drawings made in Siberia, 1941-42
Sketch of the labour camp
Wladyslaw self portrait aged 20 years 4 months drawn in gulag
Soldiers in southern USSR in 60 degree heat
MIDDLE EAST
Banks of the Tiger River, Iraq, 1943.
Group with jeep and motorcycles, 19441
Motorcycle in Kirkuk, 1943
Wladyslawin Rehovot, Palestine, 1943
Paczkowski coming out
of a tent,1943
Three soldiers with beer, 1943 II 14
Three generals in desert, 1943
Wladyslaw with dog and tent, Iraq 1943 III 2
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
Monte Cassino, 1 VII 1946
Leccia Italy, 26 VII 1945
Monument, 4th Armoured Regiment
Professor of Physics & Chemistry
Professor of Math & Geometry
Professor Polish Literature
Students at work, May 1946
Wladyslaw with 2 civilians
Ship "Sea Robinson" to the UK, August 1946
Ship "Sea Robinson" to the UK, August 1946
ENGLAND
Wladyslaw on a Scottish beach
Buckingham Palace, London
Bristol Suspension Bridge
Whitley Camp
