Panta Grujić
Pantelije "Panta" Grujić (Smederevo, Principality of Serbia, 20 July 1866 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 14 April 1958) was a Serbian army divisional general.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Smederevo[3] in 1866. Pantelije Grujić graduated from the Military Academy in 1890, making the military his life’s career. He first participated in the Balkan Wars where he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the IX infantry regiment Kralj Nikola I in the Danube division then under the command of Miloš Božanović, the Great War and the Second World War when he was captured with Chief of Staff Pantelija Kurišić and sent to a German prisoner-of-war camp.[4]
During the breakthrough of the Thessaloniki front, as part of the 1st Army, as an infantry colonel Panta Grujić commanded the Morava Division of the 1st Army. At the time (5 August 1917) he was in correspondence with his nephew Commander (Voivode) Kosta Vojinović, the most important leader in occupied Serbia.[5] On 3 November 1918 he was promoted to Divisional General.[3]
Military career
- January 1917 - November 1918: Commander of the Moravian Division
- 3 November 1918: Promoted to Divisional General
- November 1918 - 28 May 1919: Commander, Morava Division District
- 28 May 1919 - 27 August 1919: Troop Commander, Banat
- 27 August 1919 - 15 November 1921: Commander, Osijek Division District
- 15 November 1921 - 2 February 1922: Commander, District of the Danube Division
- 2 February 1922 - 25 August 1922: President, Military Disciplinary Court
- 25 August 1922 - 30 September 1922: Commander of Belgrade
- 30 September 1922 - 22 February 1923: Commander, 3rd Army District
- 28 February 1923 - 26 January 1927: Inspector of Infantry[2][6]
Orders and decorations
He was a recipient of the Order of Karađorđe's Star with swords of the third degree - Knight medal.
Sources
- Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941 by Mile S. Bjelajac
- Andris J. Kursietis, personal archives
- "Knights of Karadjordj's Star with Swords" Tomislav S. Vlahović, 1988
References
- ↑ Vojska Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca 1918-1921. Narodna knj. 1988. ISBN 9788633102452. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Грујић Пантелија Панта". June 11, 2020. Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Generali i admirali Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1918-1941: Studija o vojnoj eliti i biografski leksikon. Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije. 2004. ISBN 9788670050396. Search this book on
- ↑ nemanja.stankovic[at]inardesco.com, Nemanja Stankovic. "Fotografija Komadant Moravske divizije Panta Grujić i načelnik štaba ppukovnik Pantelija Kurišić u logoru, autor Momir Alkalaj :: FotoMuzej, virtuelni muzej srpske i svetske fotografije". www.fotomuzej.com.
- ↑ Historical Abstracts: Twentieth century abstracts, 1914-2000. American Bibliographical Center of ABC-Clio. 1994. Search this book on
- ↑ "Grujic, Pantelija-Panta : G". https://www.valka.cz. External link in
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