Borko Paštrović

Borko Paštrović
Born	April 12 1875 Kragujevac, Principality of Serbia (modern Serbia)
Died	18 December 1912 Lezhë Albania
Allegiance	Serbian Chetnik Organization (1903–08) Serbian Army (1912)
Years of service	1904–12
Rank	lieutenant
Battles / wars	Macedonian Struggle, First Balkan War

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Borko Paštrović (Борко Паштровић; April 12, 1875—December 18, 1912) was a Serbian Chetnik commander and later a major of artillery in the Serbian Army during the First Balkan War.

Paštrović was born in Kragujevac, Principality of Serbia (now Serbia) on April 12, 1875 , his origins are from the Paštrović tribe as his surname suggests. After finishing six years of gymnasium in Kruševac, he attended the Military Academy in Belgrade. On April 16, 1905, as a lieutenant in the Kragujevac Chetnik armed band (Serbian: četa) he participated in the Battle of Čelopek against forces of the Ottoman Army, alongside commanders Doksim Mihailović, Savatije Milošević, Lazar Kujundžić, Vojislav Tankosić, Aksentije Bacetović and Pavle Mladenović. He also participated in the First Balkan War, during which he commanded an artillery detachment of the Serbian Army. In Lezhë, on the Adriatic, they clashed with Essad Pasha who tried to withdraw from Shkodër after a long siege. Paštrović was killed in the fighting on December 18, 1912.

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