Background
He was born in Raška, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire.
He was born in Raška, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire.
He finished the Military Academy as a non-commissioned officer
He fled Ottoman tyranny to Kuršumlija, in the Kingdom of Serbia. He joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization in 1905, fighting under Jovan Babunski and Gligor Sokolović in Poreč and on the Babuna against Bulgarian and Albanian bands. He was an assistant of the Upper Staff of Panta Radosavljević-Dunavski, Nikola Janković-Kosovski and Pavle Blažarić as a non-commissioned officer
In 1908, he worked with Vojislav Tankosić in training volunteers in Bosnia.
He is regarded a hero in all wars between 1912 and 1918, during which he had the rank of lieutenant colonel. He wore an Albanian costume during battle in order to confuse the enemy.
He died of exhaustion in Veliki Bečkerek (modern Zrenjanin), in Banat, on May 27, 1923.