Vukajlo Božović ( sr-cyr, Вукајло Божовић; d. 1926), known as Priest Vukajlo (поп Вукајло) was a

Serbian Orthodox The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches. The majority of the population in ...

priest and revolutionary. Božović participated in the Balkan Wars, as a commander of a detachment in

Ibarski Kolašin North Kosovo ( sr, Северно Косово, Severno Kosovo; sq, Kosova Veriore), also known as the Ibar Kolašin ( sr, Ибарски Колашин, Ibarski Kolašin; sq, Koloshini i Ibrit or ''Kollashini i Ibrit''; earlier ''Old Kolašin ...

. He was the father of writer

Grigorije Božović Grigorije Božović ( Pridvorica, Ottoman Empire, now in Kosovo, 15 November 1880 - Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 4 January 1945), was a writer, professor of the Prizren seminary, one of the leaders of the Serbian movement in Macedonia, prima ...

First Balkan War

During the Serbian mobilization of 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 ...

, the Chetnik detachments of the Serbian 3rd Army included: ''Medveđa'', colon headed by captain

Dušan Sekulić Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in countries of Yugoslavia; and among Slovaks and Czechs. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul". Occurrence In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular nam ...

Ljubomir Vulović Ljubomir Vulović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Вуловић, 6 January 1876 – 27 June 1917), known by his nickname Ljuba (Љуба), was an artillery major in the Serbian Army, conspirator of the May Coup, and member of the Black Hand. Life Lju ...

and

Nikodim Racić Nikodim is a masculine given name which may refer to: *Saint Nikodim I (died 1325), Eastern Orthodox saint, 10th Metropolitan of Peć and Archbishop of the Serbs *Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad Metropolitan Nikodim (secular name Boris ...

(Lisica-Prapaštice-Priština), and colon headed by

Božin Simić Božin Simić (1881–1966) was a veteran of the struggle for Macedonia and Old Serbia, member of the Black Hand, a volunteer in the Balkan Wars and World War I, and prior to World War II became a Communist spy, a traitor to the Kingdom of Yugosla ...

(Svirci-Novo Brdo-Kačanik); ''Kuršumlija'', under the command of captain and Chetnik vojvoda

Vojislav Tankosić Vojislav Tankosić ( sr-cyr, Војислав Танкосић, 20 September 1880 – 2 November 1915) was a Serbian military officer, ''vojvoda'' of the Serbian Chetnik Organization, major of the Serbian Army, and member of the Black Hand, who p ...

and captain

Dragutin Nikolić Dragutin ( Cyrillic: Драгутин) is a masculine given name. Those bearing it include: * Stephen Dragutin of Serbia * Dragutin Topić * Dragutin Dimitrijević * Dragutin Mitić * Dragutin Tadijanović * Dragutin Šurbek * Dragutin Lerman ...

(Kuršumlija-Merdare-Malo Kosovo-Štimlje-Crnoljeva-Prizren-Ljuma); ''Lukovo'', under the command of captain Pavle Blažarić (Lukovo-Madljika-Drenica); and ''Kolašin'', under the command of ''prota'' Vukajlo Božović.Trifunović 1933, pp. 97-98 Alongside these detachments, were two smaller ones located at the front of the Ibar Army, the first headed by reserve lieutenant Panta Miladinović, the second headed by Chetnik vojvoda Živko Gvozdić. The commander of all these detachments was major Alimpije Marjanovic.

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*Full name: Vukajlo N. Božović

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First Balkan War

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