serviceyears branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title battles_label name
1877 -- 1916 hellenic army 1916 patras sfakia greece royal greco-turkish war of 1897 , balkan wars 1853 15px lieutenant general manousogiannakis-1912 . jpg emmanouil manousogiannakis
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emmanouil manousogiannakis

emmanouil manousogiannakis -lrb- , 1853 -- 24 july 1916 -rrb- was a senior greek army officer who distinguished himself in the balkan wars of 1912 -- 1913 .
he was born in the region of sfakia in crete -lrb- then still part of the ottoman empire -rrb- in 1853 .
he studied at the greek army academy and was commissioned into the army as an ensign of the artillery .
during the greco-turkish war of 1897 , he participated in the greek expeditionary corps to his native crete under colonel timoleon vassos .
in 1909 , with the rank of colonel , he served as minister of military affairs in the short-lived cabinet of dimitrios rallis .
in early 1911 manousogiannakis was placed as co of the 1st infantry division at larissa .
his division 's performance during the great spring maneuvres of 1912 earned him a promotion to major general .
manousogiannakis led the 1st division during both balkan wars , and distinguished himself especially during the second balkan war against bulgaria in the battles of lahanas and kresna .
after the war , he was promoted to lieutenant general and placed in command of the newly established ii army corps at patras .
there he died on 24 july 1916 .
