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Reunion Brings Polish War Hero Home From Africa
The Bedtarz family of 2223 Avery Ave. welcomed back their uncle Andrew Cavdz, a Polish surveyor and ex prisoner of war, who recently returned after years in East Africa. He described life as a surveyor in British Kenya Nyasaland Tanganyika and Uganda, recounting Christmas in a tent with wildlife nearby and noting the hardships of German occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andres Bedtarz
Avery
Uscle
Frack Buck
Andrew Cavdz
Sirs. Bedsarz
Da¢Wiza Sednarz
Sophie Kolesa
Ashdate
Rzewen
Poland
Chudzicki
Dar
Paland
England
British ‘Colonial Office
London
United States
East Africa
Kenya
Nyasaland
Tanganka
Uganda