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Born 27.12.1911 Louky nad Odrou ( Karviná district )
He grew up in Rychvald u Fryšták where his father Jan was a shoemaker and later a saffar on a farm.
After common school he trained as a carpenter and worked in this field until he joined the army.
1.11.1939 he was presented for basic military service to the 2nd company of the 8th infantry regiment of the Silesian
1936 return from the army, recruited to the state police, served in Moravská Ostrava
21.5.1938 as part of the mobilization he joined his unit
after 15.3.1939 helped to take Czechoslovak soldiers and other persons fleeing from the Germans across the border to Poland
21.6.1939, after their resistance activities were revealed, he and his brother Fridolin crossed the border into Poland and reported to the Czechoslovak army in Krakow
25.7.1939 he leaves for France on the ship Chrobry with a signed commitment to the Foreign Legion
by 2.8.1939 after landing in France he takes a train via Lille, Marseille and from there by boat via Oran to the Foreign Legion base in Sidi Bel Abbes
2.8.1939 Private of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion
after 1.9.1939 he was transported by boat to France via Oran
26.9.1939 presented to the Czechoslovak army in Agde as a private of the 7th company, 1st infantry regiment and assigned as an accountant
10.1.1940 transferred to the 3rd Infantry Regiment
1.2.1940 Lance Corporal
25.5.1940 corporal
17.7.1940 on the ship Neuralia arrives in England, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Czechoslovak Brigade, volunteered for the air force, but was not selected because of his age
1.1.1941 to the 4th Company of the 1st Battalion
1.2.1941 sergeant
17.6.1941 signed up for special tasks and was sent to the course, subsequently also completed airborne training at STS - 51 in Ringway
1.8.1942 sergeant, assigned to CALCIUM Airborne
28.10.1942 Staff Sergeant
3.11.1942 transferred to the MNO, a reserve body for special tasks, completes other special courses
October 1943 transported to Algiers, Africa, for further training and deployment
January 1944 transferred to the Italian base Bari, receives further training
7.3.1944 awarded the Commemorative Medal of the Čs. Army Abroad with F and VB labels
3/4.4.1944 dropped from Brindisi base with CALCIUM paratroopers near Čejkovice near Nasavrki
June 1944 wounded in a firefight with the Gestapo, managed to escape
Until May 1945, he performed intelligence tasks within the Resistance
21.7.1945 promoted to the rank of lieutenant
26.1.1946 lieutenant
16.3.1946 discharged from service
by 1955 returned to service in the police and later the National Security Corps
11.8.1955 dies of cancer
His parents were interned in the Svatobořice camp during the war. Brother Alois joined the resistance and was arrested on 13 October 1944 and imprisoned in a concentration camp until the end of the war. Brother Fridolin served as a radio operator in the 68th RAF Squadron
Decorations :
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 Commemorative Medal of the Czechoslovakia. Army Abroad with F and VB labels Medal of Merit 1st Class
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