Jerzy Koziołkowski
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| Born | 20 March 1911 Tarnów, Austria-Hungary (present day Poland) |
| Died | 27 July 1990 (aged 79) Tarnów |
| Allegiance | Poland |
| Service/ | Polish Navy |
| Years of service | 1932–1947 |
| Rank | Komandor porucznik Captain |
| Commands held | ORP Kujawiak ORP Sokół |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross) Cross of Valour Cross of Merit Distinguished Service Cross Navy Cross |
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Jerzy Karol Koziołkowski (20 March 1911 – 27 July 1990) was a submarine commander of the Polish Navy during World War II.
Biography
He was the son of Stanisław, an engineer employed by the municipal power plant in Tarnów, and Helena Łozińska, who died when Jerzy was one year old. After completing primary school he moved with his family to Kielce where he graduated in 1929. He entered the Polish Navy Academy and became sub-lieutenant (podporucznik) on 15 August 1932. He was sent to the Pinsk Flotilla. From 1933 to 1934 he attended a course in the École d'application des enseignes de vaisseaux, during which he took an instructional cruise on the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc. In 1934 he served on the destroyer ORP Wicher, in the next year he completed an underwater listening course in the Centre d'études de la Marine in Toulon. From May to July 1938 he served as commander of the torpedo boat ORP Kujawiak.[1]
During the
After the war ended he decided to stay in the West. He was a co-founder and the first secretary of the Navy Association (Stowarzyszenie Marynarki Wojennej), and a member of the Polish Resettlement Corps. He led commercial law agency. In 1952 he moved to Canada and graduated from the University of Ottawa. He specialized in the resocialization of young people. In the years 1966 – 1976 he was a university teacher. He became a Canadian citizen and worked as adviser to the Government of Canada. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve. It was not until 1974 that he returned for the first time in Poland.
Jerzy Koziołkowski died suddenly during a visit to his fatherland in 1990.
Awards and decorations
Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross
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Cross of Valour
Cross of Merit
Navy Medal
Distinguished Service Cross
Military promotions
 sub-lieutenant (podporucznik) |
1932 |
lieutenant (porucznik) |
1935 |
 lieutenant commander (kapitan) |
1940 |
 commander (komandor podporucznik) |
1944 |
 captain (komandor porucznik)
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Notes
- ^ Wierzykowski, Waldemar (2012). Od kanonierki do fregaty. Okręty spod biało-czerwonej i ich dowódcy 1920–2011. Świnoujście. p. 16.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "THE POLISH NAVY IN BRITAIN, 1939-1947".
- ^ Piaskowski, Stanisław M. Okręty Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. p. 93.
References
- Edmund Juśko: Komandor por. Jerzy Koziołkowski (1911–1990). Tarnowski dowódca jednego ze „Strasznych bliźniaków” [w:] "Tarnowskie Studia Historyczne. Tom I". Tarnów: 2009. ISSN 2080-6906.
- Jan Kazimierz Sawicki (red.): Kadry morskie Rzeczypospolitej. Tom II: Polska Marynarka Wojenna. Cz. 1: Korpus Oficerów 1918–1947. Gdynia: 1996. ISBN 83-86703-50-4.
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