Hinko Alabanda

Hinko Alabanda (Zadar, November 6, 1882 – München, August 1959) was a colonel in Independent State of Croatia during World War II.
==Early life==
Hinko Alabanda was born on November 6, 1882 in Zadar to father Ivan and mother Anka, née Stecher, of German origin whose family traces its roots to Switzerland. He graduated from the cadet school of the Austro-Hungarian army in 1900, in Kamenica and was promoted to the rank of ensign on August 18, 1901. 
===World War 1===
The growing tension and political circumstances in the Monarchy after the assassination of Franjo Ferdinand put the entire army on alert, and Alabanda was also drafted into the army. He was assigned to the reinforced torpedo factory in Pula, where he works on the construction and improvement of torpedo tubes. In 1916, he was transferred to the factory of military trucks, where he works on improving engines. In May 1918, he transferred to the coastal command of Omiš, where he performed the duties of manager of the industrial rear.
===Interwar period===
At the end of the war, he stayed in Dalmatia. As Zadar was occupied by Italy, he and his family moved to Kaštel Stari. He worked for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Omiš, Sarajevo, Slavonski Brod and Ljubljana. In Ljubljana, he studied and graduated from the technical faculty, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, he became a member of several support societies of Croatian orientation. His long-standing friendship with the Kvaterniks and the common political thought about an independent Croatia brought him closer and closer to the Ustasha movement, so he became a sworn Ustasha in 1940. He had a hard time bearing the death of Petar Kvaternik, who was killed by Serbian officers.
==Independent State of Croatia==
====Home guard====
After the proclamation of the NDH, he requested active service in the army, and since August 1941 he has been working as an infantry captain in the Home Guard. From September 1942 to January 1943, he was the commander of the 9th infantry battalion, then promoted to the rank of colonel. Since February 1943, he has been the commander of the 1st Home Guard Corps in Sisak. In the same year, he was appointed commander of the Home Guard Military Academy in Zagreb. With his recruits, whom he trained a year earlier, he participates in conflicts with partisan forces. In the battles near Lijevi Štefanko on the 21. September 1942, he was awarded the "Medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelić for Bravery". At the beginning of 1943, he was withdrawn to Zagreb and placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense, which on March 1943 assigned him to the command of the novice regiment in Zemun.
====Ustashe milita====
After he retired in January 1944, he became dissatisfied with his retirement and transferred to the Ustasha army, on January 29, 1944, he received the rank of Ustasha colonel.
==Exile==
In May 1945, he escaped to Austria; he was captured and until 1947 was in an American camp near Salzburg. After his release from the camp, he went to Munich, where he lived until his death. (He held the rank of general in exile, which he allegedly received before the collapse of the NDH). After 1950, he worked in the Anti-Bolshevik People's Bloc. The District Court in Zagreb sentenced him to death in absentia on January 1, 1946.
Category:1882 births
Category:People from Zadar	
Category:Colonels (military rank)
Category:1959 deaths