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

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priest and revolutionary. Božović participated in the

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as a commander of a detachment in Ibarski Kolašin. He was the father of writer

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First Balkan War

During the Serbian mobilization of the

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

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, Ljubomir Vulović and Nikodim Racić (Lisica-Prapaštice-Priština), and colon headed by

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

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and captain Dragutin Nikolić (Kuršumlija-Merdare-Malo Kosovo-Štimlje-Crnoljeva-Prizren-Ljuma); ''Lukovo'', under the command of captain

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(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

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, the second headed by Chetnik vojvoda

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. The commander of all these detachments was major

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*Full name: Vukajlo N. Božović

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First Balkan War

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