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236314 Pte. Gvozden Spasoje Lukiae Royal Yugoslav Army from:Yabac, Serbia, Yugoslavia Gvozden Lukiae was born during WW1 in the Sokolske mountains. His father, Spasoje, served in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia during that war. His mother was killed or was missing during the second offensive of Austro Hungarian Army. Gvozden was looked after by peasants after his mother death. His father Spasoje returned home with lost leg at Salonika. Soon he married another women and they sent Gvozden far from home so that children of new wife could earn land that belonged to Gvozden's late mother. Gvozden took a job of stone carver for graves. He met a young woman named Cveta and married her. He than got his first son who he named after Serbian's late King Alexander. When Cveta was pregnant with his second son, the Nazi Germany attacked Yugoslavia. Gvozden freely joined up as did so many young men, thinking this will be another war fought like his father's war. But he was wrong. Yugoslav generals were not like the generals of the Kingdom of Serbia form WW1. They lacked experience which earlier generals had because they were active in many wars since 1878. Also Yugoslavia was not in war for 21 years. Gvozden was captured as well as many other soldiers of the Yugoslav Army. He was sent to a German labour camp Stalag IXc. We didn't know in which camp he was until we looked at a photo with the seal of Stalag IX c. He never came back. He never met his second son, who married a girl who was a daughter of men who also joined the army in April war and survived war as member of National Liberation Front. We only heard rumors. One of them say he was working at factory for wood in Stalag IXc and that he cut his finger and died from bleeding. Other more romantic story is that he met a young daughter of owner of wood factory and that after the war he stayed in Germany and had children with her. We are not certain what happened with him. All we have is his photo with his comrades. He is the man on the photo in the right lying on ground. If you have any information about this man, my great grandfather, please contact me. Add to this record.  Related Content: Stalag 9C Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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