[1] He fled Ottoman tyranny to Kuršumlija, in the Kingdom of Serbia,[1] where he graduated from the Military Academy as a non-commissioned officer.

[2] 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.

[1] He was an assistant of the Upper Staff of Panta Radosavljević-Dunavski, Nikola Janković-Kosovski and Pavle Blažarić as a non-commissioned officer.

[1] He wore an Albanian costume during battle in order to confuse the enemy.

[1] He died of exhaustion in Veliki Bečkerek (modern Zrenjanin), in Banat, on May 27, 1923.