Antoni Petrykiewicz

Antoni (Antoś) Petrykiewicz (1905 – December 28, 1918) – was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów (now Lviv), over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.

He was a pupil in the second class at Lwów Gymnasium (middle school). When he was only thirteen years old, he joined General Roman Abraham's unit, which defended Lwów's district of Persenkowka.

Petrykiewicz was severely wounded and transported to the hospital. He did not recover and passed away on December 28. Afterwards, Marshall Józef Piłsudski posthumously awarded him the Virtuti Militari, until today Petrykiewicz is the youngest person to have been given this prestigious order.

The boy was buried on the Cemetery of Defenders of Lwów (commonly known as "Cmentarz Orląt" or Cemetery of Eaglets) Lychakivskiy Cemetery.

ee also

* Jerzy Bitschan

References

* [http://www.zspg2.nowysacz.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=3 Nowy Sącz School District "Orląt Lwowskich" (Eaglets of Lwow)] , retrieved November 22 2007. pl icon

Persondata
NAME = Petrykiewicz, Antoni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Petrykiewicz, Antoś
SHORT DESCRIPTION = posthumous Virtuti Militari recipient
DATE OF BIRTH = 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH =
DATE OF DEATH = 1918
PLACE OF DEATH = Lwów