This is my father's military driving license. He signed up with the Polish Army under British Command in Haifa, Palestine on 26th August 1940; he was already in the Polish regular army when the Nazis invaded in 1939. This license is dataed 6 May 1941, 9 months after he resumed service and a month after the start of the seige of Tobruk. It took 9 months to get from southern Poland to Haifa and and another 9 months to get the license. There is an unexplained puckered hole going right through the folded license.
British Military Paybook
Cover
Page 1 to 2
Pages 2 to 3
Pages 4 to 4a
Pages 4b to 5
Page 6 to 6
Pages 8 to 9
Pages 10 to 11
Pages 12 to 13
Page 14 to 15
Pages16 to 17
Pages 18 to 19
This pay book probably applies only to his service with the Polish Resettlement Corps in England, after he was discharged from active service.
Pages 20 to 21
Page 22 to 23 (Discharge Sticker)
Back of Discharge Sticker
Instruction to Train a Replacement Prior to Retirement from Thorseby Colliery
This is not a military document, but I have nowhere else to put it at the moment. My father had it in his pocket when he died underground in Thorseby Colliery.
