1300 Corporals

Student Battalion
ђачки батаљон
Monument on Mount Rajac, part of Suvobor.
ActiveSeptember 1914–1918
Country Kingdom of Serbia
AllegianceSerbia (Allies)
Typeinfantry
Size1,300
Nickname1300 Corporals

The Student Battalion (Serbian: ђачки батаљон, romanized: đački bataljon), known as the 1300 corporals (1300 каплара), was a volunteer unit of the Royal Serbian Army made up of students that were sent as reinforcement to the Serbian First Army in World War I. They notably participated at the Battle of Kolubara.

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