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After several months spent in Port Said, February 1944 saw the Polish II Corps being transferred by sea to Taranto, Italy.

The Polish II Corps were transferred from Palestine to Egypt in late 1943.

Zdzisław, Lwow, circa 1937

The couple married the day after Christmas, 1938, with the threat of world war looming ominously.

Youghal beach, Co. Cork

Handwritten in Antonina's script on the reverse of the photo:(trans from Polish)

Irak, Kanakin

Look at my scoundrels!

Stefa, Jadzia, Tosia

(Tosia was a pet name many referred to Antonina by).

Roma, Itali, 1945, May

is inscribed on the reverse of the photo in Antonina's script,

A photo of Zdzisław, Jurek and Antonina by the sea in Bray. They made dear friends in Bray that they kept contact with throughout the years after moving from the area.

Antonina pictured with the mother on her First Communion

A young portrait of Zdzisław, pre-war Lwow.