Stergios Daoutis ( el, Στέργιος Νταούτης) also known as Kapetan Perifanos () was a significant Greek military leader of the Macedonian Struggle and of the

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Biography

Daoutis was born in the late 19th century in Ano Seli of Imathia. In 1907, he set up his own armed group and acted in the area of the Giannitsa Lake against the

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komitadjis. There, he first cooperated with Ch. Pradounas, then with G. Fragakos and the chieftain Georgios Gonos Yiotas in common operations against Bulgarian armed groups and Ottoman army detachments.

John S. Koliopoulos John S. Koliopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Σ. Κολιόπουλος) (Ioannis Koliopoulos in modern transliteration) was a Greek historian, born in the village of Votani, Kastoria in 1942. He was the author of ''Plundered loyalties: Axis occupat ...

(editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, σελ. 40Επετηρίς Αγωνιστών Μακεδονικού Αγώνος 1903-1909, Nr. 2754 During the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

he participated as a volunteer with his men, working with officers

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, V. Stavropoulos and P. Papatzaneteas, in numerous operations and battles for the

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. The most important battles in which Stergios Daoutis took part in were the Battle of Petra, the Battle of the Milia karavanserai, the Battle of Lianovergi, the Battle of

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and the liberation of

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. In the

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he collaborated with Michail Anagnostakos in operations in Vertiskos and Assiros, as well as in the

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. Later he fought for the Independence of Northern Epirus (1914) as a chieftain, cooperating with the armed group of Georgios Tsontos.

Personal life and Death

Daoutis married Marika Papatzikou, they settled in

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and had two children. Daoutis died on 21 April 1973 and was buried with full honours. Local politicians and military leadership attended his funeral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daoutis, Stergios 1973 deaths Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle Greek Macedonians Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars 19th-century births Northern Epirus independence activists People from Naousa, Imathia