Generalul-erou Dimitrie Petrescu Tocineanu ‒ moldovean prin naștere, bănățean prin adopție, militar prin vocație, erou prin sacrificiu [Articol]

Abstract

General-hero Dimitrie Petrescu Rocineanu – moldavian by birth, banat by adoption, military by vocation, hero by sacrifice. We can say that Dimitrie Petrescu Tocineanu was the providential man that was send in hot and uncertain place, Banat region, after World War I. He holds several informal names, as a “Millitary who fought in three wars”, “The first Romanian officer who arrived in Banat”, “Musician officer”, but he remains “Eroic general”. He was born in Bârlad, and participated in second Balcan Wars and fought in World War I. He was sent to the Romanian embassy in Petrograd, and after that he was the first Romanian officer who was sent in Banat, as a liaison officer around franch army. He was the cabinet chief of Romanian`s embassy from Budapest, led by minister Diamandy. He married in Lugoj and contributed to the cultural and sporting development of the city. In the World War II he fought in Est Front and he was wounded in 1943, February 11, in Abhazia, two weeks later, he died and last wish was to be buried at lugoj.