Born on 17 December 1899 in Rakoniewice son of Martin and Mary.
From 1906 to 1914 he attended primary school in Rakoniewice. June 16, 1917, he was appointed to the German army, where he stayed to 7 December 1918 as a German soldier was at the front in France, where he was wounded.
7 December 1918, he received a 14-day holiday, which the Prussian army has not yet returned.
In early January 1919, he joined the insurgent team rakoniewickiej.
4th of January 1919 shall participate in the defense Rakoniewice is a member of Groups defending the city at the mouth of the road to Rostarzewa.
January 5, 1919, the part in the liberation of Rostarzewa and Wolsztyn. After getting Wolsztyn, along with other insurgents fighting for the liberation of Kopanica, Babimost and New Kramska.
After Wielkopolski Uprising Stefan Nowak took part in the war in the vicinity of the Bolshevik Bobruysk. The front was odkomendorowany to Szfadronu 17 Cavalry Regiment in Zbąszyń, where he was offered the position of a professional soldier. Proposals are not accepted and returned to Rakoniewice.
August 27, 1939, he was drafted into the hospital No 702 DOK VII Poznan. He fought in the vicinity of Kutno, Stryków, Zgierz, Lowicz and Friday, where on Sept. 10 with a group of 10 thousand. soldiers gets captured by the Germans. But October 10 was released and returned home. Nowak hired local Germans in the German company as an agricultural laborer in Rakoniewice weight. He worked there until the liberation Rakoniewice on 25 January 1945
DECORATIONS
- Wielkopolski Uprising Cross
- Bronze Cross of Merit
- Victory and Freedom Medal
- Grunwald badge
- Gold Cross of Merit
Prepared by Kazimierz Nowak
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