POLISH REFUGEES IN PERSIA, 1942-1945 - Mrs Mary Sheehan, from Sittingbourne in Kent, England, but who spent 17 years in Persia, received the MBE in the New Year Honours List for her excellent work in connection with Polish refugees. She is seen here distributing clothing to Polish refugee children in Teheran. There are large numbers of Polish refugees in Teheran, Persia. These pictures show some of the children about Christmas time. They are orphans deported by the Soviets to Siberia in 1939 and evacuated from the Soviet Union to Persia and Palestine with the main body of the future 2nd Polish
POLISH REFUGEES IN PERSIA, 1942-1945 - Mrs Mary Sheehan, from Sittingbourne in Kent, England, but who spent 17 years in Persia, received the MBE in the New Year Honours List for her excellent work in connection with Polish refugees. She is seen here distributing clothing to Polish refugee children in Teheran. There are large numbers of Polish refugees in Teheran, Persia. These pictures show some of the children about Christmas time. They are orphans deported by the Soviets to Siberia in 1939 and evacuated from the Soviet Union to Persia and Palestine with the main body of the future 2nd Polish Corps Sheehan, Mary
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