Sarkis Torossian
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Develi |
| Date of died | October 17,1954 |
| Died | The Bronx |
| New York | |
| United States | |
| Resting place | Arlington Cemetery |
| Service/branch | Military of the Ottoman Empire |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Books | From Dardanelles to Palestine |
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| ID | 1876899 |
Sarkis Torossian Life story
Sarkis Torossian was a decorated Ottoman Armenian captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship. After the Armenian Genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against the Ottoman Empire.
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