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TIL of Momcilo Gavric, a seven year old who joined the Serbian army during WW1 after his parents were killed by Austrian soldiers. His first assignment was to point out the positions of the soldiers who had killed his family the day before. He was promoted to Corporal and later to Lance Sergeant

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