Franjo Malgaj
| Franjo Malgaj | |
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Franjo Malgaj in 1918 or 1919 wearing a Kingdom of SHS uniform
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| Born |
November 10, 1894 Hruševec, Šentjur, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) |
| Died | May 6, 1919 (aged 24) Tolsti Vrh near Dravograd in Carinthia |
| Allegiance |
 Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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| Unit |
87th Infantry regiment (Austria-Hungary) "Maister's fighters" |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia |
Franjo Malgaj (November 10, 1894 – May 6, 1919) was a Slovenian soldier, military leader and poet. He was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army. After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I, he became one of the commanding officers in the Slovene volunteer army under Rudolf Maister's command that fought against German Austrian units during the struggle for the northern Slovenian borderlands. He later became an officer in the Army of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He died during the Austrian-Yugoslav struggles in 1919. He is considered a Slovenian national hero.
He was born in Hruševec near the Lower Styrian town of Šentjur, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Slovenia). After finishing the elementary school in the nearby Styrian town of Celje, he enrolled to the Celje First Grammar School. He later studied in the Carniolan town of Kranj and in Pazin (Istria).
After graduating from the school for infantry reserve officers in Graz, he participated in the Italian campaign during World War I. He participated in the first and second battles of the Isonzo, where he contracted Typhoid fever. After recovering, he was transferred to the Tyrolean sector of the front. For his bold attacks on the Italian stronghold on Monte Zebio he received the Golden Medal and transferred to the 87th Infantry regiment in Celje. In October 1918, he started to study law at the University of Graz.
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