B101617 Sgt Wysynski, Alexander Joseph was taken on strength X-4 List (48th Highlanders available for reinforcement) from the X-3 List (hospital) on 28 August 1944. His family states he was on a ship that had been torpedoed. He joined the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 11 September as part of 90 soldiers from the Corps Reception Centre, many of which had not been fully trained.  The battalion on the 11th was at rest in a camp at Cattolica following the crossing of the Melo River and taking of two heavily defended strong points to its north.

On 14 September the battalion moved to the Marano River to begin on the 16th a series of attacks toward the Rimini Line. The Official Historian recorded: “The 48th Highlanders, greatly determined but badly cut up, reached a road junction a half-a-mile south-east of the dominating knoll (Kestrel), but for hours the situation was very difficult.” The battalion was on flat ground, west of an airfield, ground whose visibility was dominated by a German observation post, code named Kestrel, that brought down accurate and unending fire on the battalion. The battalion suffered 58 casualties that day but achieved its objectives. On the 17th the battalion attacked further, still under “murderous fire” directed from Kestrel. Able Company reached its objective after some gallant actions by many of its men but withdrew to a less exposed position, fighting off a German Paratrooper attack to their rear. By the end of the day the battalion had suffered another 32 casualties including Sgt Wysynski who had received a shrapnel wound to his right hip. Sgt Wysynski after being evacuated was sent further back to hospital. On 23 November Sgt Wysynski was posted from hospital to the X-8 List (All non-effective whose return to the UK has been authorized).