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>Momčilo Gavrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Moмчилo Гaвpић; 1 May 1906 – 28 April 1993) was the youngest soldier in the First World War

>In the beginning of August 1914, Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed his father, mother, grandmother,[2] his three sisters, and four of his brothers.[3][5] His house was also set on fire. Momčilo survived because he was not at home when it happened—his father had sent him to his uncle earlier.[2]
>Left without family and without a home, Momčilo went to find the 6th Artillery Division of the Serbian army, which was near Gučevo at the time.[4] Major Stevan Tucović, brother of Dimitrije Tucović, accepted Gavrić into his unit after hearing about what had happened, and assigned Miloš Mišović, a soldier in the unit, to be Gavrić's caretaker.[3][4] The same evening, he took revenge by showing his unit the location of the Austro-Hungarian soldiers, and participated in the bombardment, as told by his son Branislav Gavrić in an interview.[2]

>At the age of 8, after the Battle of Cer, he was promoted to the rank of kaplar (Corporal) by the commander of his unit, and given a military uniform.[6]

>When his unit was sent to Thessaloniki, Major Tucović sent him to Sorovits where he hastily went through the equivalent of four grades of elementary education.[4]

>In Kajmakčalan, vojvoda Mišić was stunned when he saw a uniformed ten-year-old boy in the trenches. Major Tucović explained the situation to him; that Gavrić had been with them since the Battle of Cer, and that he had both been taught discipline and been wounded during his time in the unit.[2] Mišić promoted Gavrić to podnarednik (Lance Sergeant), and the order was read out to the whole division.[2][4][6]

tl;dr kid's family gets slaughtered and he joins the army at age 8, gets promoted to Lance Sergeant by age 10 in WW1