 Popović akaberekwa muna 1881 muSjenica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire nhasi kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweSerbia. Mhuri yake yakatiza kutonga kweOttoman ndokugara muKragujevac, kwaakapinda chikoro. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza paMilitary Academy muBelgrade muna 1903 aine chinzvimbo chemuchinjikwa wechipiri, Vojin Popović akasarudza kujoina chetnik sangano muna 1905, uye muna 1911 akabatana nesangano rakavanzika Kubatana kana Rufu Ruoko Rutsvuku. Akarwa neOttomans muMacedonia neOld Serbia pakati pa1905 na1912 hondo dzeCelopek, Кumanovo, Prilep, Bitola, nemhenderekedzo yeVardar uye vachirwa nevaBulgaria parwizi Bregalnica muna 1913. Akakunda mukurumbira wemauto muhondo yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga yehondo yeDrina, iyo Kolubara uye kunyanya yeCer, uye yakashongedzwa neOrder yeKarađorđe Star, 4th uye 3rd kirasi mukuru uye mutungamiri. Akakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wemauto weSerbia Army, uye pasinei nemukurumbira wake wokuva mukuru mukuru akaoma uye asingadzoreki, akafarirwa nechivimbo chakakwana. Akayeukwa pamusoro pezvose somutungamiri wechetnik vojvoda akaisvonaka zvikurusa nemhaka yokutungamirira kwake kwokushingaira uye kunokurudzira kwechiuto. Zvikamu zvake zvakapa chengetedzo yeCrown Prince Aleksandar Karađorđević panguva yekubva muAlbania iyo yakatevera mushure mekurasikirwa kukuru kwakaitwa neSerbia muna 1915. Munguva yechando ya1916 akatungamira chikwata chevazvipiri chakaita muhondo nevaBulgaria pamusoro pechikomo cheMt Nidža, Kajmakčalan, paSalonika Front. Akakuvadzwa paGrunište vis munzvimbo yeRwizi Crna, asi akaramba achitevera muvengi. Musi waNovember 29, 1916, panguva yokupedzisira yehondo, akafa nepfuti yakabaya mwoyo wake. 