 Complete the following phrase:  He was born in 1895 in Samsun of the historic region of Pontus and was son of Kosmas Akoglou and Afroditi Grigoriadi. He spent his early childhood in his mothers birthplace, Kotyora now Ordu. He later returned to Samsun where he completed his studies after graduating from the local high school. In 1915 he came to Greece where he was enlisted in the troops of the Provisional Government of National Defence based in Thessaloniki, taking part in the 