Cato Savij by Lerville

Cato Savij Edler von Lerville (born August 24, 1850 in Fiume , † June 20, 1920 in Bozen ) was an Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal .

Life

Savij was September 1, 1870 as a lieutenant of the Austro-Hungarian Army retired and began his military career with kuk Infantry Regiment. 37. In 1894, he was the regional rifle regiment no. III in Trento Major and commander of the country protecting battalion Rovereto-Sarca no. IX. From November 1899 to May 1906, Savij was a lieutenant colonel or colonel in command of the Imperial and Royal Rifle Regiment No. II in Bozen .

In 1906 he took command of the 88th Innsbruck State Rifle Brigade as part of the 44th Landwehr Infantry Troop Division Innsbruck, and on November 1, 1906 he was promoted to major general. In 1909 he was entrusted as commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade Salzburg (3rd Infantry Troop Division Linz of the 14th Corps), from 1910 on Savij was assigned to the 1st Corps Command in Krakow , where he was promoted to field marshal lieutenant on November 1, 1911.

On May 1, 1912, Cato Savij, meanwhile raised to the military aristocracy with the title "Edler von Lerville", retired in Bozen. He died of kidney disease on June 20, 1920 and was buried on June 23, 1920 at 3:45 p.m. at the Bolzano military cemetery in the south arcade, grave no. Savij was married and Roman Catholic. Denomination.

Awards

In the course of his military career, Savij was appointed Knight of the Leopold Order , Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown and Knight of the Franz Joseph Order and received the Military Merit Cross, the War Medal, the Service Badge for 2nd Class Officers and the Bronze Jubilee Commemorative Medal for the armed forces and the military jubilee cross.

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