Jura Meshterović ( Serb. Ураura Meshteroviћ / Đura Mešterović ; May 18, 1908 , Srpski Itebei - June 15, 1990 , Belgrade ) - Yugoslav Serbian military commander, colonel general of medical forces, chairman of the Committee of the Red Cross of the SFRY.
| Jura Meshterovich | ||||||||
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| Serb. Ураura Mešteroviћ / Đura Mešterović | ||||||||
| Date of Birth | May 18, 1908 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Srpski Itebei , Austria-Hungary | |||||||
| Date of death | June 15, 1990 (82 years old) | |||||||
| A place of death | Belgrade , SFRY | |||||||
| Affiliation |  Yugoslavia | |||||||
| Type of army |  Yugoslav People's Liberation Army and Yugoslav People's Army : medical service | |||||||
| Rank | Colonel General | |||||||
| Commanded | partisan hospitals in Zabljak and Foca, sanitary team of the 1st proletarian division , head of the military medical mission in Italy | |||||||
| Battles / wars | Spanish Civil War , Yugoslav People's Liberation War | |||||||
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| Retired | head of the sanitary service of the JNA , chairman of the Committee of the Red Cross of the SFRY | |||||||
Biography
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. From 1937 to 1939 in Spain he participated in the civil war on the side of the Republicans. Member of the CPY since 1938.
On the fronts of the People’s Liberation War of Yugoslavia since 1941, he was the head physician of the partisan hospitals in Zabljak and Foch. Later, he headed the sanitary team of the 1st proletarian division of the NOAU. He was the head of a medical military mission in Italy, and has been to the USSR several times.
After the war, the head of the sanitary service of the Yugoslav People’s Army and the chairman of the Committee of the Red Cross of the SFRY. He was awarded a number of orders and medals.
Literature
- Vojna enciklopedija , 2. izd., 1978, Zvezek 5, str. 418.
- Gospodlosvensky savremenitsi - Ko ј e ko u Gugoslavia. Chronometar, Beograd 1970. Godina.
- War encyclopedia (kiga peta) . Beograd 1973. Hod.