Recipients - Person - Instytut Pileckiego

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  • Lorna Bale
    Lorna Bale (Photo: Bale family private archive)

    awarded

    Lorna Bale
    (1896–1978)

    President of the Polish Army League in New Zealand. During World War II, she actively engaged in helping Polish soldiers and children.

  • Ann Jacques
    Photo of Anna Jacques: Ian Matheson Municipal Archives in Palmerston North.

    awarded

    Ann Jacques
    (1893–1994)

    Secretary of the Polish Army League in New Zealand, an organization that supported Polish soldiers during World War II. Together with her husband William, she supported, among other initiatives, the center for Polish orphans in Pahiatua.

  • Narinobu Hirayama
    Narinobu Hirayama

    awarded

    Narinobu Hirayama
    (1854–1929)

    He actively supported the Polish Relief Committee for Children of the Far East in its efforts to rescue Polish orphans from Siberia, which was gripped by famine and revolution.