- Georg Dragičević
Georg Dragičević (born "Đuro Dragičević";
7 November 1890 inKalesija -28 July 1980 inVienna ) was a Croatian soldier who was a member of the army ofAustria-Hungary , Royal Yugoslavia, and theIndependent State of Croatia .He attending the Technical Military Academy at Mödling near Vienna and graduated from there as a Leutnant on
18 August 1911 with an assignment to Festungsartillerieregiment Kaiser Nr.1 (Fortress Artillery), then based in Vienna. At an early age, he joined the Imperial Army, and later served the empire in theFirst World War inPoland . During the war, on mobilisation in August 1914, he was promoted toOberleutnant and given command of a battery in the 106th Field Artillery Brigade equipped with obsolete 9-centimetre field guns. For his service in the war, he was rewarded theMilitary Order of Maria Theresa .After the war, the empire collapsed and Dragičević travelled to the newly-formed
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in his homeland and joined theRoyal Yugoslav Army . Within the Yugoslavian army, he became second-in-command of the anti-aircraft unit.During
World War II , Dragičević first served as the head of the Army Artillery service of theCroatian Armed Forces of theIndependent State of Croatia . He was later assigned to the Croatian embassy inBerlin where he was in charge of weapons procurement for the nation. He survived theBattle of Berlin , but was later captured by theRed Army . Dragičević was held in prison camps for nine years, until 1954, where he moved toAustria .He was awarded the
Order of the Iron Crown Third Class with War Decoration and Swords, the Military Merit Cross Third Class with War Decoration and Swords, both the Silver (with Swords) and Bronze Military Merit Medals (Signum Laudis) and theKarl Troop Cross .External links
* [http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/biog/dragic.htm Georg Dragičević]
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