Efstathios Katsikogiannis

Efstathios Katsikogiannis (Greek: Ευστάθιος Κατσικογιάννης) was a Hellenic Army officer who reached the rank of major general.

Efstathios Katsikogiannis
Efstathios Katsikogiannis as a colonel
Native name
Ευστάθιος Κατσικογιάννης
Bornc. 1869
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch Hellenic Army
Years of service?-1922
Rank Major General
Commands held11th Infantry Division
Battles/warsGreco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)

He was born in Athens in around 1869, to a family of armatoloi of the Valtos region.[1] He was commissioned an artillery officer in the Hellenic Army, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, where he commanded the 11th Infantry Division.[1]

He retired, on his own request, with the rank of major general, on 7/20 December 1922.[1]

References
  1. "Κατσικογιάννης Εὐστάθιος". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τέταρτος: Καβάδης–Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume IV: Kavadh–Morea] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1929. p. 103. OCLC 31255024.
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