born: February 17, 1908, Łomża, Poland
died: February 1, 1999, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
wife: Maria Żochowska nee Truszkowska married in 1935
medals: Polish – Cross of Valour
Fates before joining Anders Army:
After graduating from high school in Łomża, Poland, Stanisław Żochowski joined the Polish Army. In 1930 he graduated from the School of Infantry Cadets in Ostrów Mazowiecka, and in 1935 he finished law studies in Lublin. In the years 1936-1938 he studied (in the rank of infantry captain) at the War Academy in Warsaw. From 1938 he served in the 29th Infantry Division.
Participant in the September Campaign of 1939 in Poland. After escaping from German captivity and unsuccessful attempts to break through from Poland to France, he begins underground work – initially in the Polish National Military Organization (Narodowa Organizacja Wojskowa, NOW), and from 1942 in the Polish National Armed Forces (Narodowe Siły Zbrojne, NSZ), where he took the position of Chief of Staff. In 1944 he was sent to London to the Supreme Commander of the Polish Armed Forces in London. The purpose of his mission was to discuss the conditions for merging NSZ with the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa). After three month journey he got to London and was awarded the Cross of Valor. He then served in the Operations Department of the Commander-in-Chief’s Staff.
Military history at Anders Army:
Eventually he was sent to the Polish 2nd Corps in Italy, where he served in the Corps Headquarters. After the end of World War II, a liaison officer for General Władysław Anders in the Świętokrzyska Brigade of NSZ in Germany. In 1946, demobilized with the rank of major, he found himself in Great Britain.
Post-War:
Stanisław Żochowski stayed in Great Britain until 1950, when he left for Australia together with his wife and daughter, who had been brought from Poland earlier, and settled in Brisbane (Queensland). He made a living by growing flowers. In the late 1950s he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. As a lawyer, political scientist and historian, he was a member of the Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad (PTNO). He published a lot – mainlny at his own expense, despite the huge distance from Polish archives in exile (he collected materials by correspondence) – historical books on World War II, articles, including in the Parisian Polish “Kultura”. In 1993, he defended his doctorate at the Polish University Abroad in London (PUNO). He died in Brisbane in 1999.
