Konstantinos Damianos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Δαμιανός, 1853–1915) was a senior

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officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. He was born in

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in 1853, and graduated from the

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on 7 February 1878 as an Artillery Adjutant. He fought in the

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front of the

Greco-Turkish War of 1897 The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 or the Ottoman-Greek War of 1897 ( or ), also called the Thirty Days' War and known in Greece as the Black '97 (, ''Mauro '97'') or the Unfortunate War ( el, Ατυχής πόλεμος, Atychis polemos), was a w ...

with the rank of Major. In 1911, he was named CO of the 3rd Infantry Division at

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, which he also commanded during the Balkan Wars, with the rank of Major General. In 1914 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and assigned the command of the newly constituted IV Army Corps at

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. He was suspended from active service on 4 April 1915 and died in

on 23 September 1915.

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1853 births 1915 deaths Hellenic Army lieutenant generals Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) Military personnel from Athens {{Greece-mil-bio-stub