J�zef Kowalski was a Polish supercentenarian and the last surviving veteran of the 1919?1921 Polish-Soviet War. Kowalski served in the 22nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Army. He took part in the September Campaign in World War II, and was later held in a concentration camp. On his 110th birthday, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for his war service by President Lech Kaczy?ski, of Poland. He lived in Tursk, near Sul?cin, in a care home. On 23 February 2012 Kowalski was promoted to the rank of kapitan, and on 16 August 2012 he was nominated to become an honorary citizen of the city of Wo?omin, having already become an honorary citizen of both Warsaw and Radzymin. 

February 2nd, 1900 in Smerekivka  /  Died:   Dec 6th, 2013 - aged 113