Berezowski, Julian Cecil: my Army recollections (November 18, 2006)
Interviewee: Berezowski, Julian Cecil, b. 1929
Interviewer: Pratt, Will
ABSTRACT: Lieutenant-Colonel Julian Berezowski Biographical Sketch Joined a Reserve Force field artillery battery in 1945, Kamsack, Sask. Gunner affiliation until retirement from Regular Force Nov. 1984. Trained as an officer cadet at the Royal Canadian School of Artillery at Work Point Barracks. Commissioned a Regular Force 2/lt in Victoria in195l. Served with an antiaircraft Battery in Victoria until 1955. Two years as Army Recruiting Officer on Vancouver Island. 1957 Germany First Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. 1959 artillery survey course, Royal School of Artillery in England. Return to the First Regiment in Germany promoted to captain, forward observation officer. 1961 instructor at the Royal Canadian School Artillery, Shilo, Man. Central Command Headquarters in Oakville, Ont., general staff from 1964 until 1967. United Nations in Cyprus, Canadian operations and intelligence staff officer, Aug. 1965-Feb. 1966. 1968 second in command of a Militia artillery training regiment Headquarters, Camp Borden, Ont., promoted to major. Mobile Command Headquarters at St. Hubert, P.Q. in Sept. 1970 general staff, FLQ crisis in Quebec. Staff Officer (Army Reserves), Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa. United States Army Command and General Staff Course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1972-73. 4 years at Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, Ont. Promoted to LCol in 1976. Washington, DC in 1977, senior Canadian liaison officer to Headquarters, US Army Material Command. National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa 1981 until retirement in 1984, Director of Standardization Coordination. Returned to Victoria, 1985. A director with Royal United Services Institute of Victoria and the Federation of Military and United Services Institutes of Canada. Interview Summary This interview dealt primarily with Berezowski's 1965-66 posting to the United Nations Force in Cyprus as the operations and intelligence staff officer. 1:00 Artillery Training @ Shilo, 6:00 Germany and NATO, 12:30 FLQ Mobile Command HQ, 21:00 Observed Van Doo's & "Operation Snowgoose", 27:00 June 1965 learns of posting to Cyprus, 54:00 Organization of UN HQ, 1:07:00 Development of Intelligence Classification system for UN, 1:16:00 Swedish Contingent @ Famagusta, 1:27:00 Intelligence issues with UN, 1:45 Intelligence system explained, 2:00:00 Leave to Beirut, 2:05:00 Incident involving death of General Thimaya, 2:24:00 Greek Cypriot Armour and UN Recoilless Rifles, 2:31:00 Informal Cold War diplomacy, 2:43:00 Commentary on Canadian Peacekeeping
An interview/narrative of Lieutenant-Colonel Julian Berezowski's experiences whilst serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Interview took place on November 18, 2006.
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel.
- In Collection:
- 1 sound recording (MP3)
- 51.5, 10.5
- 48.4359, -123.35155
- Original recording (WAV) on compact disc (CD) in Special Collections.
- Canadian Military Oral History Collection
- BJC_501
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection
- November 21, 2006
- Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 8 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 44 kHz. Digitized by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2006. Migration metadata by KD and MT.
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