Career
Savić was born in the village of Garaši, south of Belgrade. His father Sava "Saviša" Bošković settled in Garaši from Bjelopavlići (in modern Montenegro). His paternal great-grandfather Vukašin Bošković was a knez of the Bošković brotherhood in Bjelopavlići.
He participated in the Freikorp of the Austrian Army in the Koča"s frontier, in the same unit as Karađorđest
