Dear Chris!
Hryla - perhaps Hnyla.
Village Hnyla now called Karpatske. It is Turka district Lviv region.
Information about the village:
http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%...8C%D0%BA%D0%B5
By 1914, Galicia was the part of Austria. Then the official language was German. Documentation also was conducted in German.
Austrian Army was under it spoke German.
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Igor