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Age: 30

Note: This fighter was not included in the original (unfinished) list of fallen fighters published in the brochure “Partizanski spomenik u Mostaru” (1980). According to the information provided by the family, Luka G. Cvitković already had his memorial plaque as early as 1965, on which there was a mistake stating Trst (Trieste) as the place of death. He has been added to partizansko.info upon the family’s request. The inscription can be corrected to: Luka G. CVITKOVIĆ (1915 Mostar – 1945 Martinovo Selo).

documentation:

another document or proof of the memorial stone (e.g., a photograph).

Luka G. CVITKOVIĆ

(1915. Mostar – 1945. Martinovo Selo)

LUKA CVITKOVIĆ, son of GRGO, born on March 4, 1915, in the settlement of Ilići (Radobolja) near Mostar. Joined the People’s Liberation War on February 15, 1945. A fighter of the 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion. According to a document, he was wounded by a launcher on April 9, 1945, at a position near Senj and was sent to the medical station of the 19th Division for treatment. He is listed as one of the fallen fighters of the 6th Dalmatian Brigade, 19th Division, with serial number 48. He died on April 22, 1945, in Martinovo Selo (municipality of Jelenje) during the battles for the liberation of Rijeka and was buried on the same day in that place.

After the war, Luka’s remains were transferred to the memorial ossuary in Trsat. In the crypt, there is a plaque with the name Luka Cvitković.

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source and photos: family photos and documentation (document from the Military Historical Archive in Belgrade about the wounding and death) (surrendered on 6/6/2023)

The memorial plaque of Luka Cvitković also appears in the frame of a documentary film: https://youtu.be/R3qvtQJ0kfg?t=265

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