[1] Darinka was born as a third child and first daughter in a poor patriarchal family in the village of Kloka in January 1896.

At the time of her youth, it was uncommon for girls in rural Kingdom of Serbia to be sent to school, so Darinka never had a formal education and stayed illiterate.

In 1941, her husband Vojislav, a Royal Yugoslav Army soldier, was sent to Nazi Germany as a POW.

Once the Chetniks took control of the area, they learned about Darinka and her daughters' activities and raided her home, searching for a wounded Partisan soldier.

[1] By the Decree of the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito, Darinka Radović was declared People's Hero of Yugoslavia on 9 October 1953.