The Forgotten Soldier

The Centenary of the First World War in Croatia 2014-2018

1914-1918 / 2014-2018

Country Troops Killed WoundedPrisoners /Missing

Total Casualties Casualties %

Russia 12,000,000 1,700,000 4,950,000 2,500,000 9,150,000 76.3

British Empire 8,904,467 908,371 2,090,212 191,652 3,190,235 35.8

France 8,410,000 1,357,800 4,266,000 537,000 6,160,800 73.3

Italy 5,615,000 650,000 947,000 600,000 2,197,000 39.1

Romania 750,000 335,706 120,000 80,000 535,706 71.4

Serbia 707,343 45,000 133,148 152,958 331,106 46.8

Belgium 267,000 13,716 44,686 34,659 93,061 34.9

Germany 11,000,000 1,773,700 4,216,058 1,152,800 7,142,558 64.9

Austria-Hungary 7,800,000 1,200,000 3,620,000 2,200,000 7,020,000 90.0

Turkey 2,850,000 325,000 400,000 250,000 975,000 34.2

• Huge losses• Only rough estimations exist (90-120.000 killed)• No registry of Croatian losses • Documents on Croatian regiments mostly in the

Vienna War Archives• High public interest among Croatian citizens

WW1 FAQs

• Croatian citizens want to know:

• Did my grandfather fight in WW1? Where?• Which unit did he serve in? Who was his

commanding officer?• Was he wounded? Was he killed?• Where did he die? In which battle? Where was

he buried?

Ivan ŠPRAJC

•Born in 1881 in Sisak, County of Zagreb, Croatia •Lived in Jezerane, County of Lika-Krbava, Croatia •Catholic, farmer, married•Reserve infantry-man, 79th Infantry regiment, 3. Field company•Killed on 1 May 1916, Reserve Hospital Nr. 19, Vienna•Cause of death: Tuberculosis•Buried on 3 May 1916, Vienna’s Central Cemetery

Zvonimir BUTKOVIĆ

•Born in 1882 in Rab, Island of Rab, Zadar District, Dalmatia •Lived in Gospić, County of Lika-Krbava, Croatia•Catholic, lawyer•Reserve assault trooper, 79th Infantry Regiment, 1st Reserve Company.•Killed on 21 July 1916 near Halyczany, Wolhynia, Russia•Witnesses: Ernst Kremenić, Cadett, Johann Mazur•Buried on 21 July 1916 in Halyczany

Michael STUBLIĆ

• Born in 1885 in Dugo Selo, County of Zagreb, Croatia• Catholic, farmer, married• Infantry-man, 53 Infantry Regiment, III. Reserve Company• Died on 20 October 1915 in Rakovac, District Tolmein/Tolmin,

Küstenland (Slovenia)• Cause of death: hit in the lungs• Buried in Rakovac

Croatian WW1 Registry

•Database of actors (soldiers)•Database of archival documents•Database of military units•Database of battlefields and military actions

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