I've just come across the reference to a Polish Jew who died (of undisclosed causes) in a military hospital in 1924. The name and location of the hospital was shown as Okregowisz, Poznan (county or province). He was only 21 at the time of his death. I'm assuming that he served (and was injured or fell ill) during the First World War. He would have been only 15 in 1918, however, I know that historically, Polish Jews were conscripted into the Russian Army as young as 12 (at least during the 19th century).
Does anyone know anything about a military hospital in Okregowisz? (I'm aware that the Jews of that town were rounded up by the Germans in 1942 and either shot in the woods there or deported to a concentration or death camp - most likely Treblinka.)
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There is no place by such name (Okregowisz), most probably it has been misspelled, perhaps [Okregowy sz(pital)]?
"Okregowy szpital wojskowy" translates as the Regional Military Hospital. BTW, >from 1874, conscripts age for Russian Imperial Army was 21.
