----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Kurchina" <frankur@worldnet.att.net> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Austrian draft pre-WW1 > > > JimTedrick@aol.com wrote: > > > > My gr. grandfather Gajo Kukic (44) came from Goricka through Trieste in > > February 1913 to Ellis and his son Stojsa 15 and a half (16 on the manifest) > > through Bremen in November 1913. I have read that even though war had not > > formally started that there were hostlities in the part of the wourld where > > they came from. I wonder if they were avoiding military service in any way? > > They left their wife/mother behind and as far as I know never made it back. > > Jim > > > Balkan Wars > > http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/EastEurope/FirstBalkan.html > > First Balkan War November 28, 1912 > Second Balkan War June 29, 1913 > > Of course this would have effected Serbia and the rest of the Balkans, but I don't believe that it had much to do with Croatia and Central Europe. Robert Jerin