1916 - 1921 Graduated from the municipal school in Prostějov
1921 - 1925 followed by the Real Gymnasium in Prostějov
1925 - 1929 Teachers' Institute Olomouc
1931 basic military service, classified as a radiotelegraphist
1932 passed the school for reserve officers in Turnov
1933 second lieutenant in the reserve, after his discharge from the army he worked as a teacher in Moravian schools
1934 transferred to the Municipal School in Studenec near Jilemnice, taught mathematics, art and French
1938 took an active part in the mobilisation
1940 At the beginning of the year he was warned that he was threatened with arrest by the Gestapo and decided to leave his homeland
On 28 February 1940 he left Studenec and emigrated to France via Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Syria
2.6.1940 he was drafted into the Czechoslovak army in France, enlisted in the 1st Infantry Regiment, with which he participated in the retreat battles
12.7.1940 sailed to England, was assigned to the 1st Battalion
1941 signed up for special duties in the Protectorate
In October 1941 he was transferred to the 2nd Department of the Ministry of National Defence, where he worked in the intelligence department of the exiled Ministry of National Defence, later as head of the cipher department. He significantly participated in the preparation of the operation of the paratroop group ANTIMONY. He was the author of the codenames of the operations.
1944 assigned to the CHROMIUM Group
In September 1944, he completed a course in reception groups, Eureka, S- phone, at STS - 40
In October 1944, paratroop training at STS - 51
In January 1945, followed by a transfer to the Bari base in Italy.
In February 1945, he prepares for the next action
It wasn't until early April 1945 that he flew with the group to the drop. Due to bad weather, the landing was not carried out.
April 1945: transfer to Rosignano airfield near Pisa
4.5.1945: another unsuccessful attempt to land
15.5.1945 return by plane to England
In June 1945 he returned to his homeland
In the summer of 1945 he became head of the cipher department of the Ministry of the Interior.
In October 1946 he was dismissed from the Ministry because of his membership in the National Socialist Party and his anti-communist views
In January 1947, he is in the repatriation department of the Ministry of Interior
On 26 February 1948, just before his arrest, he managed to escape back to London, where his family later came to visit him. Here he joined the anti-communist resistance
In June 1948, he was sent to the Czechoslovakia as an agent to organise the resistance movement and set up a radio link with London, trying to contact former Western soldiers
On 16 June 1948 he was arrested by the STB after betraying former radio operator Karel Svoboda, in prison he managed to chew a vial of cyanide and died
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