Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Katsotas i te kainga o Stamna i Aetolia-Acarnania i te 1896. I puta ia mai i te Hellenic Army Academy i te tau 1916 hei Kaihauturu Tuarua o te Infantry, a i mahi ia i te ope taua tae noa ki tana reti i te tau 1929. Whai muri i te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Kariki-Itari
I te tau 1940, i karangahia ia ki te mahi, ka whawhai ia ki te aroaro o Albania hei rangatira rangatira mo te rangatū o te rangatira. Whai muri i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Kariki i te Paenga-whawha o te tau 1941, ka rere ia i te whenua ka uru atu ki nga ope o te kawanatanga Kariki i te rerenga ki te Waenganui rawhiti. I riro i a ia te mana o te 1st Greek Infantry Brigade, i whawhai ai ia i te Pakanga Tuarua o El Alamein.