1896Born, Belgrade, Serbia19051912Attended Cadet School in Odessa, Russia. Graduated Military Academy (Artillery) in Petrograd, Russia19141919Served Serbian army in Serbia; twice wounded in action19191921Member of the Serbian military mission in Sofia, Bulgaria19211923Attended the Ecole supérieure de guerre in Paris, France19241927Served with a regiment in the Yugoslav Army, deployed to the general staff college in Belgrade, Yugoslavia19271932General staff officer on various assignments with the Yugoslav army, including a detail as Aide de Camp to His Majesty King Alexander of Yugoslavia19321935Military attaché in Rome, Italy19351936Chief of staff for an infantry division in Yugoslavia19361940Director of intelligence, general staff, Belgrade, Yugoslavia19401941Military Attaché in Moscow, U.S.S.R.19411942Director of intelligence, Yugoslav Force in Egypt1942Expelled from the Yugoslav Military after the Yugoslav army "Cairo Affair"19421948Commissioned by British military authority; served as Colonel with the British Forces in the Middle East in Egypt19481949Co-partner and chief translator at a translating office in London19511952Worked as an inspector with a South African insurance company in Nairobi, Kenya1989DiedFrom the guide to the Zarko Rista Popovic Papers, 1917-1980, (Hoover Institution Archives)