3. • Huge losses
• Only rough estimations exist (90-120.000 killed)
• No registry of Croatian losses
• Documents on Croatian regiments mostly in the
Vienna War Archives
• High public interest among Croatian citizens
4. WW1 FAQs
• Croatian citizens want to know:
• Did my grandfather fight in WW1? Where?
• Which unit did he serve in? Who was his
commanding officer?
• Was he wounded? Was he killed?
• Where did he die? In which battle? Where was
he buried?
5. Ivan ŠPRAJC
•Born in 1881 in Sisak, County of Zagreb, Croatia
•Lived in Jezerane, County of Lika-Krbava, Croatia
•Catholic, farmer, married
•Reserve infantry-man, 79th Infantry regiment, 3. Field company
•Killed on 1 May 1916, Reserve Hospital Nr. 19, Vienna
•Cause of death: Tuberculosis
•Buried on 3 May 1916, Vienna’s Central Cemetery
6. Zvonimir BUTKOVIĆ
•Born in 1882 in Rab, Island of Rab, Zadar District, Dalmatia
•Lived in Gospić, County of Lika-Krbava, Croatia
•Catholic, lawyer
•Reserve assault trooper, 79th Infantry Regiment, 1st Reserve
Company.
•Killed on 21 July 1916 near Halyczany, Wolhynia, Russia
•Witnesses: Ernst Kremenić, Cadett, Johann Mazur
•Buried on 21 July 1916 in Halyczany
7. Michael STUBLIĆ
• Born in 1885 in Dugo Selo, County of Zagreb, Croatia
• Catholic, farmer, married
• Infantry-man, 53 Infantry Regiment, III. Reserve Company
• Died on 20 October 1915 in Rakovac, District Tolmein/Tolmin,
Küstenland (Slovenia)
• Cause of death: hit in the lungs
• Buried in Rakovac
8. Croatian WW1 Registry
•Database of actors (soldiers)
•Database of archival documents
•Database of military units
•Database of battlefields and military actions
11. Croatian WW1 Registry
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