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    CHAŁKO WŁADYSŁAWA ANIELA

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    Born: September 30, 1915 in Kołomyja, Poland

    Died: August 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Buried : Powązki cemetery in Warsaw – section 144

    Family: father Józef Wróblewski, mother Ewa Stefania (nee Krzysztofowicz). Parents, sister Czesława (Ludwik) Klonowska, brother Zdzisław (Jadwiga) moved from Kołomyja to Poland after World War II – they died there in their old age.

    Married: Zbigniew Chałko

    Medals: Polish: Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (Golden Cross of Merit), Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami (Silver Cross of Merit with Swords); British: War Medal 1935-1945, Italy Star.

    Fates before joining Anders Army : A graduate of Ursuline Sisters’ secondary school (matriculation exam) in Kołomyja. 2-year course in Physical Education and Military Training in Lviv. Women’s Military Training instructor.During WWII deported by the Soviets in 1940 to Siberia (area of Omsk). After the amnesty in 1941 she joined Polish Army in USSR.

    Military history: Soldier of Polish Army in USSR and later Polish 2 Corps, 5th Kresowa Infantry Division. Nurse in army hospitals in Persia, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt. Director of field hospital at Monte Cassino.

    Post-War: After World War II she stayed in Great Britain, where he married on 31 October 1947 Zbigniew Chałko (soldier of Polish Home Army, fought in Warsaw Uprising 1944). Son Krzysztof Maria Jerzy born 21 August 1948. Emigrated to USA in 1951, family settled in Chicago. A longtime employee of the Polish National Association (Związek Narodowy Polski). Social activist: member and former president of the Legion of Young Polish Women in America (Legion Młodych Kobiet w Ameryce), member of the Branch of former soldiers of 5th Kresowa Infantry Division.  Son – a professional officer of US Army (retired 1992), retired lecturer at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Fluent in Polish. He lives with his family in a suburb of Chicago.

    author : Barbara Chałko, daughter-in-law

    Polish military ID of Władysława Wróblewska, issued on 15th August 1945; source: archive of Krzysztof Chałko

    Chicago, year 2003 – from the left: granddaughter Anna, Władysława Chałko, granddaughter Katarzyna, daughter-in-law Barbara Chałko – all involved in Polish scouting (ZHP-Świat); source: archives of Krzysztof Chałko

    ABOUT THE PROJECT

    “Polish 2nd Corps Virtual Museum” is a long-term project, initiated in 2021 on the initiative of the World Polonia Council (Rada Polonii Świata) and Mrs. Teresa Berezowska from Canada, implemented in partnership with the Polska360 Foundation from Warsaw, which since 2015 has been implementing a number of projects documenting the fate of the soldiers of the 2nd Corps ( including a project of biographical interviews with soldiers of the 2nd Corps from Poland and Great Britain, 2016-2017, the exhibition “Ruins at the Monte Cassino – the fate of the Kresowiaks – soldiers of the 2nd Corps” – financed by the Office for Veterans and Victims of Oppression; caring for 2 Corps combatants in Poland or permanent cooperation from 2017 with the Association of Former Soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces in the West “Carpathians” from Warsaw). Read more...

    O PROJEKCIE

    “Wirtualne Muzeum 2 Korpusu” jest projektem wieloletnim, zainicjowanym w 2021 r. z inicjatywy Rady Polonii Świata i Pani Teresy Berezowskiej z Kanady, realizowanym w partnerstwie z Fundacją Polska360 z Warszawy, która od 2015 r. realizuje szereg projektów dokumentujących losy żołnierzy 2 Korpusu (m.in. projekt notacji biograficznych z żołnierzami 2 Korpusu z Polski i Wielkiej Brytanii, 2016-2017, wystawa “Gruzy na szczycie – losy Kresowiaków – żołnierzy 2 Korpusu” – ze środków Urzędu do Spraw Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych; sprawowanie opieki nad kombatantami 2 Korpusu czy stała współpraca od 2017 r. ze Stowarzyszeniem Byłych Żołnierzy Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie “Karpatczycy” z Warszawy). Czytaj dalej...

    PARTNERZY

    The project is financed by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Republic of Poland as part of the Polonia and Poles Abroad 2022 competition.
    The publication only expresses the views of the author(s) and cannot be equated with the official position of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland.

    Projekt finansowany ze środków Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów w ramach konkursu „Polonia i Polacy za Granicą 2022”.
    Publikacja wyraża jedynie poglądy autora/ów i nie może być utożsamiana z oficjalnym stanowiskiem Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów.

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