commanded a special band of volunteers and Chetniks in the Lim detachment in Eastern Bosnia, then at Loznica, Krupanj, at Mačkov Kamen and other battlefields. With the outbreak of World War I, Jovan Babunski formed the Sava Chetnik detachment, which was then placed under the command of Major Vojislav Tankosić. The unit went on to fight the Austro-Hungarians in the late summer of 1914 and later destroyed a railway bridge on the Sava River to prevent Austro-Hungarian forces from crossing it. 1915 operations and death During the Serbian Army withdrawal in 1915, Tankosić was mortally wounded in Igrište near Veliki Popović on October 31, 1915, while commanding a battalion. He died from his wounds on November 2, 1915 at the age of 35 in Trstenik. His soldiers took his body and buried him secretly at the local cemetery. The Austrians managed to find the burial place and dug up his body, and, after identifying him, took pictures for the media to convince the public that he was indeed dead. The article, titled "The End of Tankosić", mentioned the Serbian throne and the ultimatum to Serbia, and claimed the death of Tankosić as a victory against their opponents. The remains were relocated by his mother Milja, with the help of the Association of Serb Chetniks, and buried in the Belgrade New Cemetery in 1922. The tomb is now located at the IV parcel, in the third row, grave no. 6. Awards Tankosić received several awards and orders for his courage. Among which were: Order of the Star of Karađorđe, received in 1905 Order of the Star of Karađorđe with Swords, received in 1913 Legacy Streets in the Vračar neighbourhood in Belgrade, the Medijana neighbourhood in Niš, and Kisač neighbourhood in Novi Sad bears his name. See also List of Chetnik voivodes References Sources Books Newspaper articles Category:1880 births Category:1915 deaths Category:People from Ub, Serbia Category:People from the Kingdom of Serbia Category:Serbian military personnel of World War I Category:Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Category:Chetniks of the Macedonian Struggle Category:Serbian rebels Category:Serbian nationalists Category:20th-century Serbian people Category:Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Category:Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Category:Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery Category:Black Hand Category:Young Bosnia Category:Royal Serbian Army soldiers