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Allegiance
  
Greece

Died
  
September 23, 1915

Years of service
  
1878–1915

Rank
  
Lieutenant General

Service/branch
  
Hellenic Army

Name
  
Konstantinos Damianos


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Battles and wars
  
Greco-Turkish War, Balkan Wars

Education
  
Hellenic Military Academy

Konstantinos Damianos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δαμιανός, 1853–1915) was a senior Greek Army officer who fought in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913.

He was born in Athens in 1853, and graduated from the Greek Army Academy on 7 February 1878 as an Artillery Adjutant. He fought in the Epirus front of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 with the rank of Major.

In 1911, he was named CO of the 3rd Infantry Division at Missolonghi, 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 Kavala.

He was suspended from active service on 4 April 1915 and died in Athens on 23 September 1915.

References

Konstantinos Damianos Wikipedia