Youngest female soldier in World War One: world record set by Maria Zaharia

Youngest female soldier in World War One: world record set by Maria Zaharia

MARASESTI, Vrancea County, Romania--Maria Zaharia (also known as Măriuca Zaharia; born 1905, Pădureni, Mărășești, Romania - died August 6, 1917, Mărășești, Romania), was a Romanian girl of twelve years, heroically fallen in the battles of Mărășești during the First World War, the only child-hero buried in the Mausoleum of Mărășești,...

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