Alex Polowin

Alexander Polowin (15 April 1924 – 16 August 2022) was a Lithuanian-born Canadian Second World War veteran.

Born in Lithuania to a Jewish family Polowin immigrated to Canada at age 3. He decided to enlist in the Royal Canadian Navy at 17 because of the experiences of his relatives in Lithuania under German occupation during the Second World War. In order to enlist he tricked his father, who could not read English, into signing a document attesting that he was 18. He initially supported convoys to the Soviet Union, but during Operation Overlord was assigned to protecting landing craft.

Polowin died in Ottawa, Ontario on 16 August 2022, at the age of 98.