Notes
Gwidon Borucki was an actor and singer who performed with Henryk Vars’ ensemble during WWII. Actor, singer and musician Gwidon Borucki (also known by his stage alias, Guido Lorraine) died in Melbourne, Australia, on 31 December 2009. He was born in Krakow, Poland, in 1912. Borucki was a famous performer at various cabarets in Warsaw in the 1930s, especially the Cyrulik Warszawski and Teatr Miniatura. From the beginning of World War II he has been associated with the Tea-Jazz ensemble of Henryk Wars (Henry Vars) in Lwow, and with this group he eventually made it out of the Soviet Union into Persia in 1942. Renamed “Polish Parade,” Wars’ orchestra became a prize-winning Allied Army ensemble and Mr Borucki one of its star performers. After the historic battle of Monte Cassino in Italy, Borucki was the first to sing the specially composed song, Red Poppies of Monte Cassino, which became an instant hit and to this day is one of the most popular Polish war-time songs.
John Monash (Monasch) born
in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1865, the son of
German Polish Jewish migrants, can be researched in any
military history encyclopaedia or in fact by just
‘Googling’ his name on the internet. His history
and list of achievements are long and far too many to detail
in this brief summary. However, might I say that reading his
history is well worth the effort and I can assure you that
his deeds will amaze you. I have found that the deeds are
better labelled on more than one man and in more than one
lifetime.
An
announcement was made in the weeks leading up to the
Centenary of ANZAC by Judy Landau, President VAJEX Aust.
She stated that it gave her great delight to announce
that VAJEX Aust (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex
& Servicemen & Women Australia Inc) has
successfully raised the required funds to build a new
Victorian Jewish Memorial after the style of the
historic Memorial located in the Jewish section of the
Melbourne General Cemetery. After an extensive two year
process, Judy has single-handedly sought letters of
support, raised the funds, and obtained approval from
the City of Port Phillip.
