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Stanislav Sondermajer
Stanislav Sondermajer
	Stanislav "Staško" Sondermajer
Native name	Станислав Сондермајер
Born	5 September 1898; Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	5 August 1914 (aged 15); Dobrić Kingdom of Serbia
Allegiance	Army of the Kingdom of Serbia
Service / branch	Kingdom of Serbia
Years of service	1914
Battles / wars	World War I, Battle of Cer

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Stanislav "Staško" Sondermajer (5 September 1898 – 5 August 1914) was the youngest Serbian soldier killed at the beginning of the First World War during the Battle of Cer; he died on the battlefield at the age of 15.^[1]

Early life

Stanislav Sondermayer was born on 5 September 1898 in Belgrade, in 1914 he was a sixth-grade student of the Second Belgrade Secondary School. He was the youngest of the Sondermayer family, son of surgeon Colonel Dr Roman Sondermajer, founder and director of the Serbian Army Medical Service, and of Stanislava Đurić Sondermayer, volunteer nurse in both Balkan wars, daughter of General Dimitrije Đurić and grand-daughter of Dimitrije Matić. His siblings Tadija and Vladimir, were both junior officers at the outbreak of the war, having both served in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 (Vladimir only 4 years older than Stanislav had been decorated with a silver medal for courage) while his sister Jadviga was a volunteer nurse.^[1]

War service and death

When war broke out on 12 July 1914, the men were preparing to go to the front following the Austro-Hungarian invasion; Stanislav eager to join the army to defend his homeland stood before his father seeking a blessing to go but his father refused as Stanislav was still too young.

Stanislav ran away from home to the border, he was taken in by a local volunteer group somewhere near Šabac; an experienced rider, he managed to enter the service in the Third Cavalry Regiment on July 16 under the command of Colonel Peter Savatic.^[2]

He participated in the Battle of Cer where he was fatally wounded on August 5, during a charge on the Austro-Hungarian corps near the village of Dobrić, exactly one month before his sixteenth birthday.^[1]

Legacy

After the battle the women from the village of Bogosavac found his body and brought him back to the village to be buried; a diary wrapped in a handkerchief with Stanislav's notes was found on him. In them, he wrote about the death of his mother, two days after the mobilization, and his feelings from being at the front. His body was buried in the center of the village where a monument was later erected to the young hero. Isidora Sekulić wrote the song Tihestrofe, dedicated to Stanislav Sondermajer, while Historian prof. Miodrag Ibrovac, who was also his classmate, wrote:

A heartfelt regret, young, and so famous, the little hero of the Third Cavalry Regiment is living an eternal dream in the field of honour.
— Miodrag Ibrovac

On August 5, 2011, the remains of Stanislav were reburied in Bogosavac, after a memorial prayer service.

References

Sources

Bojan Pajic (2019). Our Forgotten Volunteers: Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One. Australian Scholarly Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925801-44-6.
Jovo Simišić (2018). Sondermajers - patriots and heroes. Politika.

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+|native_name_lang = sr
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-| caption       = Stanislav "Staško" Sondermayer
+| caption       = Stanislav "Staško" Sondermajer
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 | death_date    = {{Death date and age|1914|8|5|1898|09|5|df=y}}
 | birth_place   = [[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom  of Serbia]]
-| death_place   = [[Dobrić]] [[Kingdom of Serbia]]
+| death_place   = [[Dobrić, Šabac|Dobrić]] [[Kingdom of Serbia]]
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-'''Stanislav "Staško" Sondermayer''' (5 September 1898&nbsp;– 5 August 1914), was the youngest [[Serbia|Serbian]] soldier killed at the beginning of the [[First World War]] during the [[Battle of Cer]]; he died on the battlefield at the age of 16.
+'''Stanislav "Staško" Sondermajer''' (5 September 1898&nbsp;– 5 August 1914) was the youngest [[Serbia]]n soldier killed at the beginning of the [[First World War]] during the [[Battle of Cer]]; he died on the battlefield at the age of 15.{{sfn|Jovo Simišić|2018|p=}}
 == Early life ==
+Stanislav Sondermayer was born on 5 September 1898 in [[Belgrade]], in 1914 he was a sixth-grade student of the Second Belgrade Secondary School. He was the youngest of the Sondermayer family, son of surgeon Colonel Dr [[Roman Sondermajer]], founder and director of the Serbian Army Medical Service, and of Stanislava Đurić Sondermayer, volunteer nurse in both [[Balkan wars]], daughter of General [[Dimitrije Đurić]] and grand-daughter of [[Dimitrije Matić]]. His siblings [[Tadija Sondermayer|Tadija]]&nbsp;and Vladimir, were both junior officers at the outbreak of the war, having both served in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 (Vladimir only 4 years older than Stanislav had been decorated with a silver medal for courage) while his sister Jadviga was a volunteer nurse.{{sfn|Jovo Simišić|2018|p=}}
-Stanislav Sondermayer was born on 5 September 1898 in [[Belgrade]], in 1914 he was a sixth-grade student of the Second Belgrade Secondary School.
-He was the youngest of the Sondermayer family, son of surgeon colonel (doctor) [[Roman Sondermayer]], head and founder of the Serbian Army Medical Service, and Stanislava Đurić Sondermayer, volonteer nurse in both [[Balkan wars]], daughter of General Dimitrije Đurić and grand-daughter of [[Dimitrije Matić]].
-His siblings [[Tadija Sondermayer|Tadija]]&nbsp;and Vladimir, were both junior officers at the outbreak of the war, having both served in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 (Vladimir only 4 years older than Stanislav had been decorated with a silver medal for courage) while his sister Jadviga was a volunteer nurse.
 == War service and death ==
-When war broke out on July 12 1914, the men were preparing to go to the front following the Austro-Hungarian invasion; Stanislav eager to join the army to defend his homeland stood before his father seeking a blessing to go but his father refused as Stanislav was still too young.
+When war broke out on 12 July 1914, the men were preparing to go to the front following the Austro-Hungarian invasion; Stanislav eager to join the army to defend his homeland stood before his father seeking a blessing to go but his father refused as Stanislav was still too young.
-Stanislav ran away from home to the border, he was taken in by a local volunteer group somewhere near&nbsp;[[Šabac]]; an experienced rider, he managed to enter the service in the Third Cavalry Regiment on July 16 under the command of Colonel Peter Savatic.<ref>Our Forgotten Volunteers, Bojan Pajic, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Mar. 24, 2019</ref>
+Stanislav ran away from home to the border, he was taken in by a local volunteer group somewhere near&nbsp;[[Šabac]]; an experienced rider, he managed to enter the service in the Third Cavalry Regiment on July 16 under the command of Colonel Peter Savatic.{{sfn|Bojan Pajic|2019|p=242}}
-He participated in the [[Battle of Cer]] where he was fatally wounded on August 5, during a charge on the Austro-Hungarian corps near the village of Dobrić, exactly one month before his sixteenth birthday.<ref> http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/395852/Sondermajeri-patriote-i-heroji</ref>
+He participated in the [[Battle of Cer]] where he was fatally wounded on August 5, during a charge on the Austro-Hungarian corps near the village of Dobrić, exactly one month before his sixteenth birthday.{{sfn|Jovo Simišić|2018|p=}}
 == Legacy ==
-[[File:Bogosavac_003.jpg|thumb|Monument to Staško in Bogosavac]]
+[[File:Bogosavac 003.jpg|thumb|Stanislav Sondermajer's grave in Bogosavac|254x254px]]
-After the battle the women from the village of Bogosavac found his body and brought him back to the village to be buried; a diary wrapped in a handkerchief with Stanislav's notes was found on him. In them, he wrote about the death of his mother, two days after the mobilization, and his feelings from being at the front.&nbsp;
+After the battle the women from the village of [[Bogosavac]] found his body and brought him back to the village to be buried; a diary wrapped in a handkerchief with Stanislav's notes was found on him. In them, he wrote about the death of his mother, two days after the mobilization, and his feelings from being at the front.&nbsp;His body was buried in the center of the village where a monument was later erected to the young hero. [[Isidora Sekulić]] wrote the song Tihestrofe, dedicated to Stanislav Sondermajer, while Historian prof. [[Miodrag Ibrovac]], who was also his classmate, wrote:
-His body was buried in the center of the village where a monument was later erected to the young hero.
-[[Isidora Sekulić]] dedicated her work "Silent Rhymes" to Sondermayer, while his classmate, prof. Miodrag Ibrovac noted: "A heartfelt regret, young, and so famous, the little hero of the Third Cavalry Regiment is living an eternal dream in the field of honour" ...
+{{Quote|text=A heartfelt regret, young, and so famous, the little hero of the Third Cavalry Regiment is living an eternal dream in the field of honour.|author=Miodrag Ibrovac|title=|source=}}
-On August 5,&nbsp;2011, the remains of Stanislav were reburied in the village of Bogosavac, after a memorial prayer service.
+On August 5,&nbsp;2011, the remains of Stanislav were reburied in Bogosavac, after a memorial prayer service.
-== References ==
+==See also==
+* [[Roman Sondermajer]]
-{{reflist}}
+* [[Tadija Sondermajer]]
+==References==
+===Citations===
+{{Reflist|30em}}
+===Sources===
+{{refbegin}}
+* {{cite book|author=Bojan Pajic|title=Our Forgotten Volunteers: Australians and New Zealanders with Serbs in World War One|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WOeZDwAAQBAJ|year=2019|publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing|isbn=978-1-925801-44-6}}
+* {{cite book|author=Jovo Simišić|title=Sondermajers - patriots and heroes|url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/395852/Sondermajeri-patriote-i-heroji|year=2018|publisher=Politika}}
+{{refend}}
 == Further reading ==
-*https://www.vesti.rs/Vesti/Najmladji-heroj-Cerske-bitke.html
+* [https://www.vesti.rs/Vesti/Najmladji-heroj-Cerske-bitke.html Obituary] (in Serbian)
-*http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/57/Srbija+danas/935688/Najmla%C4%91i+heroj+Cerske+bitke.html
+* [http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/57/Srbija+danas/935688/Najmla%C4%91i+heroj+Cerske+bitke.html The youngest hero of the Battle of Cer] (in Serbian)
-*https://arhiva.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Drustvo/677585/Izlozba-o-hrabrim-Poljacima-u-Loznici-Tadija-razvio-srpska-krila
+* [https://arhiva.vesti-online.com/Vesti/Drustvo/677585/Izlozba-o-hrabrim-Poljacima-u-Loznici-Tadija-razvio-srpska-krila. Exhibition about Sondermajer family in Loznica] (in Serbian)
-*https://www.srbijadanas.com/clanak/mali-junak-od-srca-zaljen-tako-slavan
+* [https://www.srbijadanas.com/clanak/mali-junak-od-srca-zaljen-tako-slavan A little hero] (in Serbian)
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 [[Category:1898 births]]
 [[Category:1914 deaths]]
-[[Category:Serbian people]]
-[[Category:Serbian military personnel of World War I]]
 [[Category:Royal Serbian Army soldiers]]
-[[Category:People from Belgrade]]
+[[Category:Military personnel from Belgrade]]
+[[Category:Serbian military personnel killed in World War I]]
+[[Category:Child soldiers in World War I]]
+[[Category:Children killed in World War I]]