| Miša Aleksić-Marinko | |
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| Birth name | Milan Aleksić |
| Nickname | Miša, Marinko |
| Born | 1876 |
| Died | May 27, 1923 (aged 47) |
| Place of birth | Raška region, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia) |
| Place of death | Zrenjanin, Kingdom of Serbia (now Serbia) |
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| Years of service | 1904–1918 |
| Unit | Stefan Nedić-Ćela's band |
Milan Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic language: Милан Алексић ), nicknamed Miša (Миша), known by his nom de guerre Marinko (Маринко), was a Serbian Chetnik active from 1905 to 1918.[1] He was born in Raška, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire.[1] He fled Ottoman tyranny to Kuršumlija, in the Kingdom of Serbia.[1] He finished the Military Academy as a non-commissioned officer.[1] He joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization in 1905, fighting under Jovan Babunski and Gligor Sokolović in Poreč and on the Babuna against Bulgarian and Albanian bands.[1] He was an assistant of the Upper Staff of Panta Radosavljević-Dunavski, Nikola Janković-Kosovski and Pavle Blažarić as a non-commissioned officer. In 1908, he worked with Vojislav Tankosić in training volunteers in Bosnia.[1] He is regarded a hero in all wars between 1912 and 1918, during which he had the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] He wore an Albanian costume during battle in order to confuse the enemy.[1] He died of exhaustion in Veliki Bečkerek (modern Zrenjanin), in Banat, on May 27, 1923.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 П. Д. С. Јеринић, Војводе из четничке акције у Старој Србији и Маћедонији 1903-1912, Добровољачки гласник, бр. 32, Београд 2008, 32-33; Simo Živković (December 1998). "Sakupi se jedna četa mala". Srpsko-nasledje.rs. http://www.srpsko-nasledje.rs/sr-l/1998/12/article-11.html. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
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